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What Happened in January 1770

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Historical Events

  • Jan 1 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
  • Jan 13 Pierre de Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis" premieres in Paris
  • Jan 19 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)

Frederick North Prime Minister

Jan 28 Frederick North becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain after Augustus FitzRoy resigns

British Prime Minister Frederick North
British Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy

Events in 1770

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 25 Francis Burdett, British politician, born in Derbyshire, United Kingdom (d. 1844)
Born in 1770

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 7 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, dies at 74
  • Jan 20 Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)


What Happened in 1770

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