1771
1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
EventsJanuary 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. 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 1781Discovery 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.
BirthsJune 5 - Prince Ernest Augustus of Great Britain, fifth son of King George III, later King of HanoverAugust 14 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet.September 5 - Archduke Charles of Austria, third son of Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany, general and statesmanOctober 9 - Duke Frederick William of BrunswickNovember 14 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologistEmperor Kokaku of JapanRichard Trevithick, English inventor (d. 1833)
DeathsJuly 30 - Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer (* 1716) Augustus George of Baden-Baden
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