January 26 » The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
February 27 » The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
February 28 » Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
March 1 » Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.
Day of marriage October 30, 1729
The temperature on October 30, 1729 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
November 9 » Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
November 29 » Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
Day of death September 27, 1776
The temperature on September 27, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
Day of burial October 1, 1776
The temperature on October 1, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
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