The temperature on February 6, 1757 was about 4.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
Day of burial June 29, 1781
The temperature on June 29, 1781 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
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