Historical Events In 1770

Jan 01   On this day in history date of action in the opera "Madeleine"  

Jan 13   De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris in the year 1770.  

Jan 19   Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) on this day in history.  

Jan 25   On this day in history francis Burdett, British politician  

Jan 26   Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly in the year 1770.  

Feb 05   On this day in history alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)  

Feb 18   Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Ferdinando Carulli, composer in the year 1770.  

Feb 22   In the year 1770 christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution  

Feb 22   Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Antoine Reicha, composer in the year 1770.  

Feb 26   Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Mar 05   In the year 1770 boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom  

Mar 05   In the year 1770 crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre  

Mar 05   On this day in history the Boston Massacre takes place when British soldiers kill five colonists who had been taunting them.  

Mar 13   Daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death) on this day in history.  

Mar 25   Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   Sophie Mereau, writer in the year 1770.  

Apr 07   The birth of William Wordsworth, English Poet in the year 1770.  

Apr 07   On this day in history william Wordsworth, England, poet laureate (Prelude)  

Apr 09   Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) in the year 1770.  

Apr 11   George Canning, (C) British PM (1827) in the year 1770.  

Apr 12   Townsend Acts repealed on this day in history.  

Apr 14   On this day in history george Canning, London, British PM (1827)  

Apr 19   Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname on this day in history.  

Apr 19   In the year 1770 esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74  

Apr 20   Capt Cook arrives in New South Wales in the year 1770.  

Apr 28   On this day in history capt James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia  

Apr 28   In the year 1770 marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60  

Apr 28   In the year 1770 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs  

Apr 30   David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River) on this day in history.  

May 01   Forby Sutherland is laid to rest at Botany Bay. He is the first European to be buried in New South Wales on this day in history.  

May 01   On this day in history russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people  

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Jan 25   On this day in history birth of francis Burdett, British politician  

Jan 26   Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly was born on this day in history.  

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)  

Feb 18   Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1770 birth of jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer  

Feb 26   On this day in history birth of antoine Reicha, composer  

Mar 02   In the year 1770 birth of louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)  

Jan 20   In the year 1770 death of charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)  

Feb 22   Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution died in the year 1770.  

Feb 26   In the year 1770 francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72  

Mar 05   Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre died in the year 1770.  

Mar 27   In the year 1770 giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73  

Apr 19   Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Apr 25   On this day in history death of jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)