1770

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

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

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

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Heads of states

Events

• March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolution 5 years later.
• May 16 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France).

• 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

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)