The temperature on June 16, 1765 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
Day of death April 17, 1777
The temperature on April 17, 1777 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
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