What is 1770?
{{Year nav|1770}} {{Year in various calendars|1770}} {{Year article header|1770}} == 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 14]] – [[Marie Antoinette]] arrives at the French court. * [[May 16]] – 14-year old [[Marie Antoinette]] marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] [[King of France]]). * [[May 16]] – [[Fireworks]] at the wedding of the crown prince of France in Paris cause a fire – 800 dead * [[June 3]] – [[Gaspar de Portola|Gasper de Portola]] and [[Junipero Serra|Father Junipero Serra]] establish [[Monterey, California|Monterey]], which was the capital of California from [[1777]]-[[1849]]. * [[July 1]] – [[Comet Lexell]] (D/1770 L1) passes the Earth * [[August 22]] – [[James Cook]] claimed for [[Great Britain]] the eastern coast of [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]] ([[Australia]]) * [[Joseph Priestley]], British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove [[pencil]] marks. * [[Joseph Louis Lagrange]] proves [[Lagrange's four-square theorem|Bachet's Conjecture]]. == Births == * [[December 17]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (baptised). [[Category:1770| ]]