June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
November 5 » William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
Day of marriage April 22, 1733
The temperature on April 22, 1733 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.
Day of death April 3, 1766
The temperature on April 3, 1766 was about 9.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
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