March 8 » Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
March 11 » The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
July 19 » Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
November 10 » English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
December 30 » Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Day of marriage July 5, 1722
The temperature on July 5, 1722 was about 17.0 °C. Source: KNMI
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
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