The temperature on May 11, 1768 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
Day of death October 25, 1776
The temperature on October 25, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
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