1770

Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s

Years: 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 - 1770 - 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775

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 16 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France).

Year in topic

• 1770 in literature
• 1770 in science

Births

• March 20 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist
• April 7 - William Wordsworth, English poet (+ 1850)
• May 22 - Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, third daughter of King George III
• August 3 - King Frederick William III of Prussia
• Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
• Georg Hegel, German philosopher

Deaths

• August 24 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet (born 1752)
• October 18 - John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (born 1721)
• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian artist (born 1696)
• Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer and violinist (born 1692)

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 of Sweden King of Sweden (1751-1771)

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