Explore 456 historical events from 1770–1779.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition departed from Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army under Richard Montgomery began the Siege of Fort St. Jean in the…
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of …
Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led an uprising that was quickly suppressed by the Order.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia failed to capture the city of…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early…
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. He was concurrently duke and prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire befor…
King George III expanded on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at…
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became t…
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France
The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston…
Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act of 1774 is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldie
New Caledonia is a French territory consisting of a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. L…
New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia at the b…
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
The city flag of Taunton, Massachusetts, also known as the Taunton Flag and the Liberty and Union Flag, was first adopted in 1774 and has since been adopted as the flag of Taunton.…
The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
Rhode Island is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean…
Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves
The Quebec Act 1774 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which set procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec. One of the principal components of the act was the e…
The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America
The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted on July 4, 1774, exactly two years prior to the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. The resolutions were part of a wi…
Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's…
The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian armies victorious against the Ottoman Empire. Russia's victory brought the Yedisan between the rivers…
Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war. It is the…
Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political theorist. He publ…
British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by…
Jean-Baptiste Biot was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteo…
Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1862)
Christian Leopold von Buch, usually cited as Leopold von Buch, was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe an der Oder and is remembered as one of the most important c…
Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1853)
Ellis Cunliffe Lister-Kay was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1841.
Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician (died 1853)
Sir Francis Beaufort was an Irish hydrographer and naval officer who created the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale.
Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (died 1857)
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician. In 1800, he migrated to Sydney, New South Wales, and from 1819, he served as the commandant…
William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (died 1850)
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7, 1691, by William…
Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. It began as a rebellion and turned into a revolution eventually creating the…
American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands…
The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. It began as a rebellion and turned into a revolution eventually creating the…
American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British…