April 8 » Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
July 8 » An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000km (620mi) of Chile's coastline.
October 1 » Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
October 22 » Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
November 18 » The future Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.
Day of marriage August 23, 1755
The temperature on August 23, 1755 was about 18.0 °C. There was 180 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken regen donder bliksem. Source: KNMI
April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
Day of death May 8, 1793
The temperature on May 8, 1793 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
June 24 » The French Constitution of 1793 is formally adopted, although it is effectively suspended by the Committee of Public Safety.
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
Day of burial May 11, 1793
The temperature on May 11, 1793 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
December 25 » General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.
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