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Day of death June 23, 1770

• The temperature on June 23, 1770 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
  • 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 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
  • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
  • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1733 » Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (b. 1672)
• 1770 » Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
• 1775 » Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and author (b. 1692)
• 1779 » Mikael Sehul, Ethiopian warlord (b. 1691)
• 1806 » Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1811 » Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1740)