January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Day of marriage January 25, 1769
The temperature on January 25, 1769 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.
Day of death February 21, 1781
The temperature on February 21, 1781 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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).
August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
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