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★09 Nov 1729
Great Britain, France, and Spain signed the Treaty of Seville to end the Anglo-Spanish War, although the underlying tensions were left unresolved.

★14 Sep 1752
In adopting the Gregorian calendar under the terms of the Calendar Act 1750, the British Empire skipped eleven days, with September 2 being followed directly by September 14.

★08 Sep 1755
French and Indian War: Despite being ambushed at the start of the Battle of Lake George, the British and their Mohawk allies were able to defeat the French and their Indian allies.

★20 Mar 1760
A fire of unknown cause broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, destroying 349 buildings and leaving over a thousand people homeless.

★10 Oct 1760
In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname gained territorial autonomy.

★13 Aug 1762
Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following year.

★14 Feb 1779
English explorer James Cook was killed near Kealakekua when he tried to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of the Island of Hawaii.

★13 Aug 1779
American Revolutionary War: Off the coast of Maine, the United States suffered its worst naval defeat until the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

★25 May 1782
American Revolutionary War: Colonel William Crawford led a failed expedition to destroy enemy American Indian towns along the Sandusky River in the Ohio Country.

★15 Mar 1783
A potential uprising in Newburgh, New York, was defused when George Washington asked Continental Army officers to support the supremacy of Congress.

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