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Year 1770 (MDCCLXX) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1770

January - June

March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans trampled by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later.
April 19 - British explorer, Captain James Cook, and his crew aboard the Endeavour become the first recorded Europeans to encounter the Eastern coastline of the Australian continent.
May 7 - 14-year Marie Antoinette arrives at the French court.
May 16 - Marie Antoinette marries Louis-Auguste (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France).
May 16 - Fireworks, lit by Eric Engelbrecht, at the wedding of the crown prince of France in Paris cause a fire: 132 dead.
June 3 - Gasper de Portola and Father Junipero Serra establish Monterey, which was the presidio of Alta California territory for Spain from 1777-1822, United Mexican States 1824-1846, until California Republic.

July - December

July 1 - Comet Lexell (D/1770 L1) passes the Earth.

July 5 - Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

July 21 - Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russian commander Pyotr Rumyantsev routs 150,000 Turks in the Battle of Kagul.

August 22 - James Cook claims the eastern coast of New Holland (Australia) for Great Britain.

Undated

Falkland Crisis (1770)

Joseph Priestley, British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil marks.

Joseph Louis Lagrange proves Bachet's Conjecture.

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