February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
Day of marriage April 30, 1728
The temperature on April 30, 1728 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by west. Weather type: donder bui hagel regen. Source: KNMI
February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
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