January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
Day of marriage October 21, 1745
The temperature on October 21, 1745 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: helder omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
July 26 » The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
Day of death April 30, 1789
The temperature on April 30, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
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