1771 in History – What happened in year 1771

In history, year 1771 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1771.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1771:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
16 may	The Battle of Alamance—the final battle of the War of theRegulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues oftaxation and local control—was fought.
16 may	The Battle of Alamance-the final battle of the War of the Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control—was fought.
17 july	Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his explorationof the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred agroup of about 20 Copper Inuit.
13 July	The famous British navigator James Cook's historic journey to Earth's southern hemisphere ended after three years.
25 December	The Mughal ruler Shah Alam II ascended the throne of Delhi under the patronage of the Marathas.
12 February	Gustav III became king of Sweden.
09 January	Emperor Go-Momozono accepted the throne of Japan after the abduction of his maasi.
12 February	Gustav III became king of Sweden.
15 March	The Society of Civil Engineers first met in London), the oldest engineering society in the world.
07 May	Samuel Hearn Discovered Canada's Copper Mean River
14 July	Mission San Antonio de Padua was established in California.
02 June	Armida, presented an Oparek Drama Per Music by Antonio Salieri at Vietana Bergtheater.
08 August	The first record city cricket match was played at Horsham in England.
08 September	Mission San Gabriel Arcancy was established in California.
09 October	The merchant ship Whowa Maria sank near the coast of Finland.
16 November	The West Indian Company and Amsterdam divided Suriname.

Famous birthdays in the year 1771:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 July	Ferdinando Paer / Composer / Italy
11 September	Mungo Park / Surgeon / Scotland
11 May	Laskarina Bouboulina / Army Officer / Greece
13 April	Richard Trevithick / Engineer / United Kingdom
14 November	Marie François Xavier Bichat / Anatomist / France
14 May	Thomas Wedgwood / Photographer / United Kingdom
14 May	Robert Owen / Business Man / United Kingdom
15 April	Nicolas Chopin / Educator / France
15 August	Walter Scott / Writer / Scotland
16 March	Antoine-Jean Gros / Painter / France
17 September	Johann August Apel / Author / Germany
19 June	Joseph Diaz Gergonne / Philosopher / France
19 July	Thomas Talbot / Politician / Ireland
20 June	Thomas Douglas / Politician / Scotland
20 March	Heinrich Clauren / Author / Germany
20 June	Hermann von Boyen / Politician / Russia
22 August	Henry Maudslay / Engineer / United Kingdom
24 June	Éleuthère Irénée du Pont / Chemist / France
25 September	Nikolay Raevsky / Politician / Russia
25 December	Dorothy Wordsworth / Poet / United Kingdom