The temperature on January 5, 1778 was about -6 °C. There was 114 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
Christening day January 11, 1778
The temperature on January 11, 1778 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
Day of death February 24, 1781
The temperature on February 24, 1781 was about 3.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
August 24 » American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
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.
October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
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