The temperature on December 11, 1760 was about 5.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
Day of death March 10, 1774
The temperature on March 10, 1774 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: sneeuw geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
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