May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
Day of death February 4, 1770
The temperature on February 4, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
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