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List of 1770 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1770

What happened in the year 1770?

Date Event
March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
March 25, 1770 Daskalogiannis, leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule
April 19, 1770 Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
April 19, 1770 Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
April 20, 1770 The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
April 29, 1770 James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
May 16, 1770 The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
June 11, 1770 British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
June 19, 1770 New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg wrote: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
July 1, 1770 Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000 km; 1,360,000 mi).
July 5, 1770 The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
July 7, 1770 The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
August 21, 1770 James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
August 22, 1770 James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
November 14, 1770 James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.