February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
Day of marriage May 2, 1723
The temperature on May 2, 1723 was about 15.0 °C. Source: KNMI
June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
Day of death June 16, 1775
The temperature on June 16, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
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