The temperature on January 8, 1742 was about -3 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
Day of death February 3, 1774
The temperature on February 3, 1774 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
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