June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Day of marriage May 15, 1768
The temperature on May 15, 1768 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. Source: KNMI
March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
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