On This Day

Historical Events in January 1770

  • Jan 1 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
  • Jan 13 Pierre de Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis" premieres in Paris
  • Jan 19 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)

Electoral defeatElection of Interest

Jan 28 Frederick North becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain after Augustus FitzRoy resigns

British Prime Minister Frederick North
British Prime Minister
Frederick North
British Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy
British Prime Minister
Augustus FitzRoy


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