The temperature on April 7, 1771 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.
Day of death July 15, 1777
The temperature on July 15, 1777 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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