May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
Day of death June 1, 1780
The temperature on June 1, 1780 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
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