See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
January 21 -
Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by
his brother Abd-ul-Hamid I.
May 10 -
Louis XVI becomes King of France.
July 21 - Russo-Turkish War, 1768-74: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the
Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending six years of war.
September 5 - First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of
Quebec in British North America.
Births:
February 1 -
Felix van den Houten.
February 2 -
Lena van Rookveen.
February 11 -
Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist/administrator/publicist.
February 17 -
Raphael Peale, painter.
February 24 - Prince
Adolphus of Great Britain, 1st Duke of Cambridge.
July 10 -
Dimmen van den Houten.
August 12 -
Robert Southey, English Romantic poet, biographer .
December 12 -
Adriaan van den Houten.
Baptized:
February 20 -
Janna van der Schelde.
March 12 -
Jannetje Oosterling.
June 5 -
Marietje Quant.
October 23 -
Anna Catharina van den Houten.
Deaths:
January 21 -
Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
April 4 -
Oliver Goldsmith, playwright.
August 25 -
Niccolò Jommelli, composer.
September 22 -
Pope Clement XIV.
December 2 -
Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer.
December 27 -
Richardina Gockinga.
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