The temperature on December 6, 1739 was about 6.0 °C. There was 117 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Day of death November 11, 1784
The temperature on November 11, 1784 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
March 11 » The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
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