Page 2: Historical Events In 1770

May 01   Smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives.   

May 04   Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51   

May 10   Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61   

May 10   Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians).   

May 16   Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France   

May 16   Marie Antoinette (age 14) marries the future King Louis VI of France (age 15)   

May 16   The Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette get married   

May 19   Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer   

May 26   The Orlov Revolt, a inaugural attempt to revolt against the Turks before the Greek War of Independence ends in disaster for the Greeks.   

Jun 03   Manuel Belgrano, Argentina.   

Jun 03   Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in Calif   

Jun 04   James Hewitt, composer.   

Jun 07   Earl of Liverpool, (C) British PM (1812-27)   

Jun 11   Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef   

Jun 11   Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia   

Jun 19   General Church of New Jerusalem established   

Jun 28   Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia.   

Jul 05   Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire   

Jul 06   Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish   

Jul 07   Russian fleet, with British sailors as officers, defeats Turkish navy at Tchesme, Turkey.   

Jul 14   David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71.   

Jul 26   Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65.   

Aug 01   William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition   

Aug 03   Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)   

Aug 22   James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia.   

Aug 24   Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies.   

Aug 26   Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42.   

Aug 27   Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialectic)   

Sep 09   Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73   

Sep 19   Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker.   

Sep 30   Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat   

Oct 01   Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64.   

Oct 01   Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799).   

Nov 05   Etienne P de Senancour, French author (Obermann).   

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Jan 25   Francis burdett: British politician   

Jan 26   Alexander carlyle: Moderator of general assembly   

Feb 05   Alexandre brongniart: Paris, mineralogist/geologist (tertiary)   

Feb 18   Johann christian heinrich rinck: Composer   

Feb 20   Ferdinando carulli: Composer   

Feb 22   Jan matyas nepomuk august vitasek: Composer   

Feb 26   Antoine reicha: Composer   

Mar 02   Louis gabriel suchet: French marshal    

Jan 07   Carl gustaf tessin: Swedish politician (b. 1695)   

Jan 20   Charles yorke: Lord chancellor of great britain (b. 1722)   

Feb 22   Christopher snider: Aged 11, boston, becomes 1st martyr of us revolution   

Feb 26   Francois hanot: Composer,    

Mar 05   Crispus attuks: Slave, is 1st of 5 killed during boston massacre   

Mar 27   Giovanni b tiepolo: Italian painter (banquet of cleopatra),    

Apr 19   Esprit joseph antoine blanchard: Composer,    

Apr 25   Jean-antoine nollet: French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)