Historical Events In 1770

Jan 01   In the year 1770 date of action in the opera "Madeleine"   

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

Jan 19   On this day in history battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)   

Jan 25   In the year 1770 francis Burdett, British politician   

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

Feb 05   Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary) in the year 1770.   

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

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   In the year 1770 jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer   

Feb 26   On this day in history antoine Reicha, composer   

Feb 26   In the year 1770 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   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   In the year 1770 daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death)   

Mar 25   On this day in history carl Friedrich Ebers, composer   

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

Mar 28   Sophie Mereau, writer on this day in history.   

Apr 07   On this day in history the birth of William Wordsworth, English Poet   

Apr 07   William Wordsworth, England, poet laureate (Prelude) in the year 1770.   

Apr 09   Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 12   In the year 1770 townsend Acts repealed   

Apr 14   In the year 1770 george Canning, London, British PM (1827)   

Apr 19   Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname in the year 1770.   

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   In the year 1770 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   Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs in the year 1770.   

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 in the year 1770.   

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   Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary) was born in the year 1770.   

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

Feb 20   On this day in history birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer   

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

Feb 26   In the year 1770 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   On this day in history death of charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)   

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

Feb 26   Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1770.   

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

Mar 27   Giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73 in the year 1770.   

Apr 19   Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1770.   

Apr 25   In the year 1770 death of jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)