1770

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1740s  1750s  1760s  – 1770s –  1780s  1790s  1800s
Years:	1767 1768 1769 – 1770 – 1771 1772 1773

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1770 Media

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  July 5: Russia defeats Ottomans at the Battle of Chesma (painting by Ivan Aivazovsky)

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  Portrait of Manuel Belgrano made in London (1815) by French artist Francois Casimir Carbonnier, for whom Belgrano posed during his diplomatic mission at the english capitol. The portrait is currently hold at the "Museo Municipal de Artes Plásticas Dámaso Arce" museum at Olavarría.

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  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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  Beethoven

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  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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  The life of the Rev. George Whitefield,

1770 (MDCCLXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1770th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 770th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1770, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• March 5 – Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later.
• May 14 – Marie Antoinette arrives at the French court.
• May 16 – 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France).
• May 16 – Fireworks at the wedding of the crown prince of France in Paris cause a fire – 800 dead
• June 3 – Gasper de Portola and Father Junipero Serra establish Monterey, which was the capital of California from 1777-1849.
• July 1 – Comet Lexell (D/1770 L1) passes the Earth
• August 22 – James Cook claimed for Great Britain the eastern coast of New Holland (Australia)
• Joseph Priestley, British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil marks.
• Joseph Louis Lagrange proves Bachet's Conjecture.

Births

• December 17 – Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised).