The temperature on November 22, 1737 was about 6.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
Day of death March 17, 1777
The temperature on March 17, 1777 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
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