1770
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| Years: 1767 1768 1769 - 1770 - 1771 1772 1773 | |
| Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
Events
- March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later.
- May 14 - Marie Antoinette arrives at the French court.
- May 16 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France).
- May 16 - Fireworks at the wedding of the crown prince of France in Paris cause a fire – 800 dead
- July 1 - Comet Lexell (D/1770 L1) passes the Earth
- August 22 - James Cook claimed for Great Britain the eastern coast of New Holland (Australia)
- Joseph Priestley, British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil marks.
- Joseph Louis Lagrange proves Bachet's Conjecture.
Births
- March 20 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)
- April 7 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
- April 25 - Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist (d. 1850)
- April 30 - David Thompson, English-Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
- August 3 - King Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
- August 27 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
- December 17 - (baptized) Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
Deaths
- February 26 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer and violinist (b. 1692)
- March 27 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian artist (b. 1696)
- May 30 - François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)
- August 24 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet (b. 1752)
- October 18 - John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721)af:1770
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