January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
Day of marriage October 12, 1781
The temperature on October 12, 1781 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
Day of death December 15, 1793
The temperature on December 15, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
Day of burial December 19, 1793
The temperature on December 19, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
June 2 » French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
December 23 » The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
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