Historical Events In 1770

Jan 01   Date of action in the opera "Madeleine" in the year 1770.  

Jan 13   De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Jan 19   Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) in the year 1770.  

Jan 25   Francis Burdett, British politician in the year 1770.  

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

Feb 05   In the year 1770 alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)  

Feb 18   In the year 1770 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer  

Feb 20   On this day in history ferdinando Carulli, composer  

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

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

Feb 26   On this day in history antoine Reicha, composer  

Feb 26   On this day in history francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72  

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

Mar 05   Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 28   Sophie Mereau, writer in the year 1770.  

Apr 07   The birth of William Wordsworth, English Poet on this day in history.  

Apr 07   In the year 1770 william Wordsworth, England, poet laureate (Prelude)  

Apr 09   In the year 1770 capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)  

Apr 11   On this day in history george Canning, (C) British PM (1827)  

Apr 12   Townsend Acts repealed in the year 1770.  

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

Apr 19   In the year 1770 amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname  

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   Capt James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia on this day in history.  

Apr 28   On this day in history marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60  

Apr 28   Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs on this day in history.  

Apr 30   David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River) in the year 1770.  

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

May 01   In the year 1770 russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people  

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Jan 25   Francis Burdett, British politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly  

Feb 05   Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 18   In the year 1770 birth of johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer  

Feb 20   In the year 1770 birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer  

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

Feb 26   Antoine Reicha, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 02   Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826) was born in the year 1770.  

Jan 07   In the year 1770 death of carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)  

Jan 20   Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722) died on this day in history.  

Feb 22   On this day in history death of christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution  

Feb 26   On this day in history francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72  

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

Mar 27   On this day in history 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   Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700) died on this day in history.