1770


Events

   * March 5 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an
     event that would help start the American Revolution 5 years later.
   * May 16 - 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old Louis-Auguste
     (who later becomes Louis XVI King of France).

Births

   * March 20 - Friedrich Hšlderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist
   * April 7 - William Wordsworth, English poet (+ 1850)
   * May 22 - Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, third daughter of King
     George III
   * August 3 - King Frederick William III of Prussia
   * Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
   * Georg Hegel, German philosopher

Heads of states

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
   * France - Louis XV King of France (1715-1774)
   * Holy See - Clement XIV pope (1769-1774)
   * Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
   * Spain - Charles III King of Spain (1759-1788)
   * Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (1751-1771)