The temperature on May 5, 1770 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: mottig betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
Day of death July 2, 1793
The temperature on July 2, 1793 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
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