The temperature on November 3, 1755 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
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.
November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
Christening day August 26, 1757
The temperature on August 26, 1757 was about 14.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
Day of marriage May 13, 1781
The temperature on May 13, 1781 was about 28.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt donder. Source: KNMI
January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
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