1771
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1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
- 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.
- 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.
Births
- April 13 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (d. 1833)
- 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 – Duke Frederick William of Brunswick
- November 14 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
Deaths
- July 30 – Thomas Gray, English writer (b. 1716)
- Augustus George of Baden-Baden
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