The temperature on January 8, 1756 was about 5.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
February 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
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