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Years:
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1768
1769
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1770
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1771
1772
1773
Decades
:
1740s
1750s
1760s
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1770s
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1780s
1790s
1800s
Centuries
:
17th century
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18th century
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19th century
1770 was a
common year starting on Monday
(see link for calendar).
Events
March 5
-
Boston Massacre
: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the
American Revolutionary War
5 years later.
May 14
-
Marie Antoinette
arrives to French Court.
May 16
- 14-year old
Marie Antoinette
marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes
Louis XVI
King of France
). (marriage is consummated four years later)
May 16
–
Fireworks
in the wedding of the crown prince of France in Paris cause a fire – 800 dead
July 1
– Lexell Comet passes the Earth
August 22
-
James Cook
claimed for
Great Britain
the eastern coast of
New Holland
(
Australia
)
Joseph Priestley
, British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove
pencil
marks
Joseph Louis Lagrange
proves
Bachet's Conjecture
Births
March 20
-
Friedrich Hölderlin
,
German
poet, novelist, and dramatist (d.
1843
)
April 7
-
William Wordsworth
, English poet (d.
1850
)
April 30
-
David Thompson
, English-Canadian
explorer
, the first
European
to explore the
Columbia River
from source to mouth.
May 22
- Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain , third daughter of
King George III
August 3
- King
Frederick William III of Prussia
August 27
-
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
, German philosopher.
December 17
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
, German composer (baptized) (d.
1827
)
Deaths
March 27
-
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
, Venetian artist (born
1696
)
August 24
-
Thomas Chatterton
, English poet (born
1752
)
October 18
-
John Manners, Marquess of Granby
, British soldier (born
1721
)
Giuseppe Tartini
, Italian composer and violinist (born
1692
)
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