1771
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| Years: | 1768 1769 1770 – 1771 – 1772 1773 1774 |
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1771 (MDCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1771st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 771st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1771, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda are arrested, leading to his execution and her banishment from Denmark
- 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.
- October 9 – The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland. Captain Raymund Lourens and his crew escape unharmed.
- 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)
- April 18 – Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
- April 27 – Jean Rapp, French general (d. 1821)
- 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 – Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick (d. 1815)
- October 23 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)
- November 14 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. U momma)