6 events found for 1770
Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia
Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding
The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspind
James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names
The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France, who later becomes king of France
British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef