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Years:
1767 1768 1769 - 1770 - 1771 1772 1773

Decades:
1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s

Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century

March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later.
May 14 - Marie Antoinette arrives to French Court.
May 16 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France). (marriage is consummated four years later)
May 16 – Fireworks in the wedding of the crown prince of France in Paris cause a fire – 800 dead
July 1 – Lexell Comet passes the Earth
August 22 - James Cook claimed for Great Britain the eastern coast of New Holland (Australia)

Joseph Priestley, British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil marks
Joseph Louis Lagrange proves Bachet's Conjecture

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 * [[Joseph Priestley]], British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove [[pencil]] marks
+* [[Joseph Louis Lagrange]] proves [[Lagrange's four-square theorem|Bachet's Conjecture]]
 ==Births==