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Birthday December 9, 1770

• The temperature on December 9, 1770 was about 3.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: hagel regen omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
  • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
  • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
  • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
  • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1742 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist († 1786)
• 1745 » Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer († 1818)
• 1748 » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic († 1822)
• 1752 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer († 1813)
• 1779 » Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor († 1853)
• 1787 » John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower († 1865)