The temperature on February 20, 1729 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen storm(achtig) betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: winderig. Source: KNMI
November 9 » Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
November 29 » Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
Day of marriage May 4, 1766
The temperature on May 4, 1766 was about 13.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: donder. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
Day of death November 5, 1780
The temperature on November 5, 1780 was about 10.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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.
May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
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