February 28 » Peshwa Bajirao I of the Maratha Empire defeats Asaf Jah I in the Battle of Palkhed.
August 29 » The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
Day of marriage March 11, 1754
The temperature on March 11, 1754 was about -1 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: sneeuw omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Day of death November 7, 1781
The temperature on November 7, 1781 was about 10.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
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