12th February » Gustav III of Sweden named Gustav III becomes the Monarchy of Sweden or King of Sweden.
16th May » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolution e.g American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "War of the Regulation e.g Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
14th July » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
17th July » Bloody Falls Massacre: Chipewyan people called Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
17th August » Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis in Scotland
9th October » The Netherlands e.g Dutch merchant ship 'Vrouw Maria' sinks near the coast of Finland.
17th October » Premiere in Milan of the opera 'Ascanio in Alba', composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, age 15.
Famous Birthdays in 1771
15th March » Robert Hett Chapman, American minister and academic (d. 1833)
16th March » Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (d. 1835)
20th March » Heinrich Clauren, German author (d. 1854)
13th April » Richard Trevithick, English engineer (d. 1833)
15th April » Nicolas Chopin, French educator (d. 1844)
18th April » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (d. 1820)
11th May » Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek commander (d. 1825)
14th May » Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)