1771

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Years: 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 - 1771 - 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776

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.
• 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

Year in topic

• 1771 in literature
• 1771 in science

Births

• June 5 - Prince Ernest Augustus of Great Britain, fifth son of King George III, later King of Hanover
• August 14 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet.
• September 5 - Archduke Charles of Austria, third son of Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany, general and statesman
• October 9 - Duke Frederick William of Brunswick
• Emperor Kokaku of Japan

Deaths

• July 30 - Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer (* 1716)
• Augustus George of Baden-Baden

Heads of states

• China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
• France - Louis XV King of France (1715-1774)
• Holy See - Clement XIV pope (1769-1774)
• Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
• Spain - Charles III King of Spain (1759-1788)
• Sweden
  • Adolf Frederick King of Sweden (1751-1771)
  • Gustav III King of Sweden (1771-1792)

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