The temperature on October 12, 1768 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. Source: KNMI
February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
Day of burial March 14, 1777
The temperature on March 14, 1777 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
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