March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
Day of death May 30, 1776
The temperature on May 30, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
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