1771
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Years: 1768 1769 1770 - 1771 - 1772 1773 1774 |
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Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s |
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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1771 in topic: Lists of leaders: |
1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- January 17 - Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda are arrested, leading to his execution and her banishment from Denmark
- January 22 - Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to England.
- July 17 - Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
- September 8 - In California, Fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera found Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in what is now San Gabriel, California.
- October 9 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland. Captain Raymund Lourens and his crew escape unharmed.
- November 16 - During the night the Tyne floods, destroying many bridges and killing several people; the main bridge at Newcastle upon Tyne is not completed until 1781
- Discovery of Oxygen.
- The territory of Baden-Baden is inherited by the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, forming Baden.
- Emperor Go-Momozono ascends to the throne of Japan
- Plague in Moscow - 57.000 dead
- The trade monopoly with Iceland is transferred to the Danish crown.
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Births
- April 13 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor (d. 1833)
- April 18 - Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
- June 5 - Prince Ernest Augustus of Great Britain, King of Hanover (d. 1851)
- August 14 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer (d. 1832)
- September 5 - Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general and statesman (d. 1847)
- September 23 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
- October 9 - Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick (d. 1815)
- October 23 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)
- November 14 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
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Deaths
- January 5 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)
- January 11 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)
- February 12 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710)
- February 20 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678)
- March 8 - Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)
- May 21 - Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)
- June 8 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716)
- July 30 - Thomas Gray, English writer (b. 1716)
- November 6 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)
- November 13 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712)
- December 6 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)
- December 23 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)
- December 26 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
- December 27 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695)