Major Events
- Mar 5 Boston Massacre (Incident on King Street): British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them. African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die; later held up as early black martyr. Massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings.
- Apr 19 British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia. Writes in his log book that “what we have as yet seen of this land appears rather low, and not very hilly, the face of the Country green and Woody, but the Sea shore is all a white Sand.”
- Apr 28 British Captain James Cook, aboard HMS Endeavour, first lands in Australia at Botany Bay
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William Wordsworth
George Canning
Manuel Belgrano
Robert Jenkinson
William Clark
Ludwig van BeethovenMore People Born in 1770
Crispus Attucks
George Whitefield
George GrenvilleMore 1770 Deaths
Articles About 1770
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre as depicted by Paul RevereMarch 5
Sportsman Who Became Larger Than Life
Nothing suggested that Daniel Lambert, born on this day, would evolve from an athletic youngster to the mountain of a man that he became.March 13
Horatio Nelson: From Frail Boy to National Hero
A 12-year-old boy stepped into a world where many men feared to tread on this day: the harsh and brutal British Navy. He was legend-to-be Horatio Nelson.November 27
Famous Weddings in 1770
- May 16 Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France
- Jul 19 Founding Father of the United States John Dickinson (37) weds land and estate owner Mary Norris (30) in a civil ceremony
- Sep 9 Founding Father of America Robert R. Livingston (23) weds John Steven's daughter Mary Stevens
Frederick North
Frederick the Great