February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.
Day of death May 19, 1779
The temperature on May 19, 1779 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
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