March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
Day of marriage March 27, 1712
The temperature on March 27, 1712 was about 5.0 °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 December 1, 1768
The temperature on December 1, 1768 was about 10.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: regen donker. Source: KNMI
April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
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 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
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