1771. Parliament concedes the freedom of reporting its proceedings.
Battle of the Alamance; insurrection of the North Carolina Regulators.
Russia conquers the Crimea.
1772. "First Partition of Poland." See [xiii], [313].
Appointment of Warren Hastings as president of the Supreme Council of Bengal.
A revenue cutter burned by the populace of Rhode Island while it was attempting to suppress smuggling.
Lord Mansfield, in the case of the negro Somerset, decides that a slave cannot be held in England.
The Watauga Association, from which grew the State of Tennessee, founded.