February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.
Day of marriage February 10, 1732
The temperature on February 10, 1732 was about 5.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken vochtig. Source: KNMI
June 9 » James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
September 16 » In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
November 29 » The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
December 7 » The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
Day of burial June 11, 1781
The temperature on June 11, 1781 was about 24.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt. 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.
June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
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