February 3 » The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
February 15 » Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
June 14 » King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
July 1 » Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
August 24 » Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
September 25 » Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
Day of marriage January 31, 1712
The temperature on January 31, 1712 was about 1.0 °C. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
Day of death August 9, 1755
The temperature on August 9, 1755 was about 15.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
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