January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
Day of marriage June 7, 1728
The temperature on June 7, 1728 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
February 28 » Peshwa Bajirao I of the Maratha Empire defeats Asaf Jah I in the Battle of Palkhed.
August 29 » The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
Day of death August 20, 1776
The temperature on August 20, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
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