March 8 » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
April 5 » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
July 25 » Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.
Day of marriage January 30, 1760
The temperature on January 30, 1760 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
Day of burial February 16, 1778
The temperature on February 16, 1778 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
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