On This Day

January 1770 in History

Events in History

  • 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

Birthdays in History

  • Jan 25 Francis Burdett, British politician, born in Derbyshire, United Kingdom (d. 1844)

Deaths in History

  • Jan 7 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, dies at 74
  • Jan 20 Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)