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Calendar overview 1771
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| 1771 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 1219/20 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1763/64 (turn of the year September 11th / 12th) |
| Bengali solar calendar | 1176/77 (beginning of April 14th or 15th) |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1827/28 (turn of the year April) |
| Buddhist calendar | 2314/15 (southern Buddhism); 2313/14 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 74th (75th) cycle
Year of the metal rabbit辛卯 ( at the beginning of the year metal tiger 庚寅) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 1133/34 (turn of the year April) |
| Dangun era (Korea) | 4104/05 (October 2/3) |
| Iranian calendar | 1149/50 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 1184/85 (April 15-16) |
| Jewish calendar | 5531/32 (September 8/9) |
| Coptic Calendar | 1487/88 (September 11-12) |
| Malayalam calendar | 946/947 |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 2081/82 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 2082/83 (turn of the year October) |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1827/28 (turn of the year April) |
events
Politics and world events
Sweden
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- February 12: After the death of King Adolf Friedrich , his son Gustav III. King of Sweden . At the time he is in Paris. There he signs a commitment to the existing constitution presented to him by the Reichsrat. At the same time, he secured the support of the French king at the upcoming State Chamber Day . In the Reichstag, two parties made up of the nobility and non-nobles face each other irreconcilably. Gustav III first tries to find a balance between the two parties.
Other events in Europe
- February 23: An edict on judicial reform is issued in France .
- June 17: Daskalogiannis , the leader of the Cretan uprising against the Ottoman Empire , is skinned alive.
- Due to the lack of male heirs, the Catholic margraviate of Baden-Baden falls to the Protestant line of Baden-Durlach . Margrave Karl Friedrich now rules the entire margraviate of Baden again .
Falkland Islands
- January 21: The Falklands Crisis between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Spain ends with an agreement. Great Britain is getting back the Port Egmont settlement , which was captured by Spain in the previous year , but the question of whether the Falkland Islands belong to it has not been conclusively clarified. On September 15th, a British flotilla took over Port Egmont again.
North America
- May 16: The Battle of Alamance ends the so-called Regulators Rebellion, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina against local authorities and their tax collection. Governor William Tryon suppresses the rebellion.
business
- Karl Gottlieb von Windisch founds the Preßburgisches Wochenblatt for the expansion of the arts and sciences .
- The Vienna Stock Exchange is founded by Empress Maria Theresia as one of the oldest stock exchanges in the world .
science and technology
- February 19: Charles Messier finds the first galaxy , Messier 49 , while observing the sky in the Virgo galaxy cluster . It is an elliptical galaxy about 60 million light years away.
- The German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered the element oxygen while working at Uppsala University .
Culture
Visual arts
- Angelika Kauffmann paints the portrait of Anne Loudoun, Lady Henderson of Fordell in oil on canvas . The portrait is particularly influenced by Thomas Gainsborough .
literature
- May: Johann Wolfgang Goethe probably wrote the Mailied .
- Her story of Fräuleins von Sternheim made Sophie von La Roche the first German-speaking writer to gain European importance. The morally sensitive letter novel was originally published anonymously by the editor Christoph Martin Wieland .
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe puts down a first manuscript by Götz von Berlichingen , the so-called "Urgötz".
Music and theater
- April 18: The world premiere of the operetta Der Dorfbalbier by Johann Adam Hiller based on the libretto by Christian Felix Weisse takes place in Leipzig.
- June 2: The opera Armida by Antonio Salieri based on the libretto by Marco Coltellini , based on the Armida material of the work The Liberated Jerusalem by Torquato Tasso , has its world premiere at the Burgtheater in Vienna. After its successful premiere, the work quickly spread across Europe.
- October 17th: The Serenata Ascanio in Alba by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on a libretto by Giuseppe Parini is premiered with great success in the Teatro Ducale in Milan on the occasion of the wedding of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria with Princess Maria Beatrice of Este . 15-year-old Mozart wrote the music in just three and a half weeks. On the same evening the opera Il Ruggiero by Johann Adolph Hasse will also be premiered.
society
- January 14th: Matthias Klostermayr , the Bavarian Hiasl, is arrested in Osterzell . He will be executed on September 6th.
- The Prince of Nassau-Usingen grants a license to gamble in Wiesbaden .
- Confirmation of the abolition of “ Blue Monday ” by renewing a resolution of the Reichstag from 1731
religion
- September 8: The San Gabriel Arcángel Mission is established in California .
Disasters
The great famine in Germany means that potato cultivation is sustainably promoted by some enlightened rulers.
Born
First quarter
- January 1: Georges Cadoudal , French general († 1804)
- January 6: Conrad Geiß , German iron art caster and iron casting manufacturer († 1846)
- January 12: Pierre-Louis de Blacas d'Aulps , French statesman and diplomat († 1839)
- January 14: Christian Gottlieb Bruch , German Protestant clergyman († 1836)
- January 14: Jean-Louis-Ebenezer Reynier , French general († 1814)
- January 16: Christoph Maurus Fuchs , German painter († 1848)
- January 16: Joseph Antoine Morio , French officer and Minister of War of the Kingdom of Westphalia († 1811)
- January 22: James Fenner , American politician († 1846)
- January 29: Samuel Gottlieb Hünerwadel , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor († 1848)
- January 30: George Bass , English explorer († 1803)
- February 11: August Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolph , German educator († 1826)
- February 24: Johann Baptist Cramer , English pianist and composer († 1858)
- February 25: Johan Henrik Schrøter , Faroese pastor and man of letters († 1851)
- February 28: François-Josèphe Kinson , Flemish painter († 1839)
- March 3: Gerhard Philipp von Closter , Prussian officer († 1848)
- March 4: Georg Forst , Nassau bailiff and judiciary († 1857)
- March 4: August Gotthilf Gernhard , German educator and philologist († 1845)
- March 5: Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch , German botanist († 1849)
- March 10: Friedrich Creuzer , German philologist († 1858)
- March 14: Józef Chłopicki , Polish general († 1854)
- March 17: Karl Theodor von Pappenheim , Bavarian field military officer and last ruling imperial count of the county of Pappenheim († 1853)
- March 20: Heinrich Clauren , German writer († 1854)
- March 22nd: Heinrich Zschokke , German-Swiss writer, educator and politician († 1848)
- March 31: Karl Joachim , Prince of Fürstenberg († 1804)
Second quarter
- April 3: Hans Nielsen Hauge , Norwegian messenger of faith († 1824)
- April 3: Johann Georg Heine , Württemberger orthopedic mechanic and doctor († 1838)
- April 4: Pietro Pulli , Italian chemist († 1842)
- April 7th: Fra Diavolo , Italian mugger and resistance fighter († 1806)
- April 8: William Rabun , American politician († 1819)
- April 13: Richard Trevithick , British inventor and mechanical engineer († 1833)
- April 15: Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg , Austrian general († 1820)
- April 18: Aloys Wagner , German Catholic clergyman († 1837)
- April 27: Jean Rapp , French count, lieutenant general and adjutant to Napoleon Bonaparte († 1821)
- May 6: Matthias Joseph Anker , Austrian geologist († 1843)
- May 7: Johann Jakob Humann , French bishop of Mainz († 1834)
- May 14: Robert Owen , British entrepreneur († 1858)
- May 14: Thomas Wedgwood , pioneer of photo technology († 1805)
- May 19: Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitzki , Dutch general († 1856)
- May 19: Rahel Varnhagen von Ense , Prussian writer († 1833)
- May 27: Johann Severin father , German theologian and linguist († 1826)
- May 29: Theobald Fritz , Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and university professor († 1848)
- June 5: Ernst August I , first Duke of Cumberland († 1851)
- June 12: Patrick Gass , American soldier and explorer († 1870)
- June 12: Gottfried Konrad Hecht , German civil servant and botanist († 1837)
- June 15: Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg , Swiss educator and agronomist († 1844)
- June 20: Heinrich Friedrich Isenflamm , German medic († 1828)
- June 22nd: Johann Ernst Plamann , German reform pedagogue († 1834)
- June 23: Hermann von Boyen , Prussian general († 1848)
- June 30: Manuel Fernandes Tomás , Portuguese lawyer and statesman († 1822)
Third quarter
- July 6: Johann Kaspar Adolay , German notary († 1853)
- July 7th: Johann Philipp Krebs , German classical philologist († 1850)
- July 14: Karl Asmund Rudolphi , Swedish naturalist († 1832)
- July 25th: Johann Georg Bürgy , German organ builder († 1841)
- August 8: Ernst Konstantin , paraged Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal († 1849)
- August 15: Walter Scott , Scottish writer († 1832)
- August 16: Jonathan Roberts , American politician († 1854)
- August 23: Carl Günther von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , German Police Director († 1825)
- August 24: Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach , Bavarian inventor and engineer († 1826)
- August 26: Karoline von Hessen-Homburg , regent of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt († 1854)
- August 26: Johann Christoph Spiess , German Reformed pastor and consistorial councilor in Frankfurt am Main († 1829)
- August 28: Jeremiah Brown Howell , American politician († 1822)
- August 29: Christian August Fischer , German writer († 1829)
- September 5: Karl von Österreich-Teschen , Austrian Archduke and General († 1847)
- September 10: Caroline Vanhove , Dutch-French actress († 1860)
- September 11th: Mungo Park , British African explorer († 1806)
- September 16: Friedrich Johann Christoph Cleemann , German Protestant clergyman and private scholar († 1825)
- September 17: August Apel , German lawyer and writer († 1816)
- September 21: Katharina Lanz , Tyrolean freedom fighter († 1854)
- September 22nd: Friedrich Carl Adolf von Lindemann , German officer († 1824)
- September 22nd: Christian Wurm , Bavarian Police Commissioner for the City of Nuremberg († 1835)
- September 23: Kōkaku , Japanese Emperor († 1840)
- September 24: Andoche Junot , French general and adjutant to Napoleon († 1813)
- September 27: Julius August Ludwig Wegscheider , Prussian Protestant theologian († 1849)
Fourth Quarter
- October 1: Pierre Baillot , French violin player and composer († 1842)
- October 6: Jeremiah Morrow , American politician († 1852)
- October 9: Friedrich Wilhelm , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg († 1815)
- October 10: Ambros Rieder , Austrian composer and organist († 1855)
- October 11: Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm von Arnim , German administrative officer, manor owner and parliamentarian († 1848)
- October 13: Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim , German zoologist and geologist († 1853)
- October 14: Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein , German geographer († 1830)
- October 21: Alexandre-Étienne Choron , French musicologist and pedagogue († 1834)
- October 22: Karl Joseph von Aulock , German titular bishop († 1830)
- October 24: Johannes Weitzel , German writer, publisher and librarian († 1837)
- October 27: Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti , German theologian, archaeologist and orientalist († 1841)
- November 1: Stephan Schütze , German writer, belonged to the Goethe Circle († 1839)
- November 5: Michael Traugott Pfeiffer , German-Swiss music teacher († 1849)
- November 6th: Alois Senefelder , Austrian actor and theater writer, inventor of lithography († 1834)
- November 15: Jean Charles Abbatucci , French general († 1796)
- November 17: Leopold Ackermann , Austrian theologian († 1831)
- November 28: Christian Friedrich Bernhard Augustin , German theologian, writer and historian († 1856)
- December 16: William B. Cooper , American politician († 1849)
- December 18: Jean Antoine Michel Agar , French civil servant († 1844)
- December 19: Nicolas-Joseph Maison , French general, Marshal of France († 1840)
- December 25: Charles Athanase Walckenaer , French civil servant and scientist († 1852)
- December 25: Dorothy Wordsworth , British poet and diary author († 1855)
- December 26: Heinrich Joseph von Collin , Austrian writer († 1811)
- December 29: Nikolaus Daniel Hinsche , German mayor and writer († 1848)
- December 30th: Dudley Chase , American politician († 1846)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Alojzy Feliński , Polish writer († 1820)
- Sergei Malzow , Russian entrepreneur († 1823)
Died
First half of the year
- January 2: Louis-Charles-César Le Tellier , French general, Marshal of France (* 1695)
- January 12: Jean-Baptiste de Boyer , French writer and philosopher (* 1703)
- January 19: John Burton , English doctor and antiquarian (* 1710)
- February 6: Johann Wolfgang Textor , German imperial, city and court school (* 1693)
- February 6: Johannes Daniël van Lennep , Dutch philologist (* 1724)
- February 8: Johann Anton Tillier , mayor of Bern (* 1705)
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- February 12: Adolf Friedrich , King of Sweden (* 1710)
- February 19: Wilhelm Graf von Fermor , Russian general (* 1702)
- March 20: Louis-Michel van Loo , French portrait painter (* 1707)
- March 22nd: Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener , German writer and publicist of the Enlightenment (* 1714)
- March 24th: William Shirley , British colonial governor in North America (* 1694)
- March 26: Karl O'Donnell , Count of Tyrconnel (* 1715)
- March 30th: Anton Joseph Hampel , German developer of the forerunner of today's French horn (* 1710)
- April 8: Johann Kaspar Barthel , German Catholic canon lawyer and university professor (* 1697)
- April 11: Rudolph Culemann , German civil servant (* 1705)
- April 18: Johann Emanuel pork , German organ builder (* 1721)
- April 28: Valentin Rose the Elder , German pharmacist and assessor (* 1736)
- May 11: Franz Edmund Weirotter , Austrian painter and etcher (* 1733)
- May 12th: Johann Matthias Schreiber , German organ builder (* 1716)
- June 7th: Florian Bahr , German Jesuit and China missionary (* 1706)
- June 16: Louis de Bourbon , Count of Clermont, French churchman, general and libertine (* 1709)
- June 17th: Daskalogiannis , Cretan rebel against the Ottomans (* around 1725)
Second half of the year
- July 7th: Rudolph Chotek von Chotkow , Supreme Chancellor of the United Court Chancellery in Vienna (* 1706)
- July 11th: Anton Gartner , German organ builder (* 1707)
- July 18: Alexei Grigoryevich Rasumovsky , Russian field marshal and lover of Empress Elisabeth Petrovna (* 1709)
- July 24th: Johann George von Lindenau , German nobleman (* 1704)
- July 30th: Thomas Gray , English poet, scholar and letter-writer (* 1716)
- August 19: Daniel Schiebeler , German writer (* 1741)
- September 6: Matthias Klostermayr , German leader of a band of robbers (* 1736)
- September 14: Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore , Lord Proprietor of the Colony of Maryland (* 1731)
- September 17th: Tobias Smollett , British writer (* 1721)
- September: Pietro Auletta , Italian composer and organist (* 1698)
- October 9: Jan Klemens Branicki , Polish Crown General (* 1689)
- October 12: Anton Gogeisl , German Jesuit and China missionary (* 1701)
- October 14: František Xaver Brixi , Czech composer, organist and conductor (* 1732)
- October 14th: Tobias Schramm , German instrument and organ builder (* 1701)
- October 21: August Georg Simpert , Margrave of Baden-Baden (* 1706)
- October 24th: Charles Godefroi de La Tour d'Auvergne , Duke of Bouillon, Peer of France and Imperial Prince (* 1706)
- October 25: Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , German politician (* 1691)
- November 6th: John Bevis , English doctor and amateur astronomer (* 1695)
- November 8th: Joseph Gabler , German master organ builder (* 1700)
- November 9th: Ludwig Debiel , Austrian Jesuit and theologian (* 1697)
- November 13: Konrad Ernst Ackermann , Prussian actor and co-founder of the German Schaubühne (* 1712)
- November 20: Thomas Jefferys , English geographer, cartographer, engraver, bookseller, publisher and printer (* around 1719)
- November 21: Joaquín de Montserrat , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain (* 1700)
- December 1: Antal Grassalkovich I , Hungarian statesman (* 1694)
- December 3: Jakob Wosky von Bärenstamm , Sorbian clergyman, administrator of the Meißen diocese in Lusatia (* 1692)
- December 5: Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian pathologist (* 1682)
- December 10: Friedrich Benjamin Paul Loriol d'Anières , Prussian lawyer (* 1744)
- December 12th: Theodor Arnold , German translator, lexicographer, grammarian and teacher (* 1683)
- December 26: Claude Adrien Helvétius , French philosopher (* 1715)
- December 27th: Henri de Pitot , French hydraulic engineer (* 1695)
- December 31: Christian Adolph Klotz , German philologist (* 1738)
Exact date of death unknown
- Johann Wilhelm Arndts , civil servant from the Electorate of Cologne (* 1710)
- Tokugawa Munetake , Japanese samurai and waka poet (* 1715)
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