1770

Ludwig Van Beethoven (Composer)

William Clark (Explorer, Lewis & Clark)

Captain James Cook’s expedition landed on the east coast of Australia.

Quakers opened a school for blacks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Captain James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running into it.

Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France.

The “Boston Massacre” took place as British soldiers who had been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing several people.

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