January 1 1st traveller's checks issued (London) February 12 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India February 17 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria March 13 Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick April 30 John Clais patents 1st scale May 11 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed June 6 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago June 9 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI June 9 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion June 10 Burning of Gaspee, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders June 22 Slavery outlawed in England July 13 Captain James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas August 5 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia August 11 Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 August 19 Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 August 31 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica September 1 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California September 26 New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine October 30 Captain Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown November 2 Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms December 22 Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny
