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   In the year 1770 alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly   

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

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

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

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

Feb 22   On this day in history jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer   

Feb 26   On this day in history antoine Reicha, composer   

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   On this day in history crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre   

Mar 05   The Boston Massacre takes place when British soldiers kill five colonists who had been taunting them in the year 1770.   

Mar 13   On this day in history daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death)   

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

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

Mar 28   In the year 1770 sophie Mereau, writer   

Apr 07   In the year 1770 the birth of William Wordsworth, English Poet   

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) on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Townsend Acts repealed in the year 1770.   

Apr 14   George Canning, London, British PM (1827) on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 20   In the year 1770 capt Cook arrives in New South Wales   

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

Apr 28   Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs in the year 1770.   

Apr 30   On this day in history david Thompson, English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River)   

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   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   In the year 1770 birth of alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)   

Feb 18   Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born in the year 1770.   

Feb 20   On this day in history 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 in the year 1770.   

Mar 02   On this day in history birth of louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)   

Jan 07   Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695) died on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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