The temperature on April 10, 1767 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. Source: KNMI
June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
Day of death October 17, 1775
The temperature on October 17, 1775 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen donker. Source: KNMI
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
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