The temperature on April 28, 1755 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
Day of marriage March 2, 1788
The temperature on March 2, 1788 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
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