The temperature on May 23, 1754 was about 16.0 °C. There was 176 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Day of marriage October 13, 1780
The temperature on October 13, 1780 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
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