The temperature on May 6, 1770 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
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