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1771 was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
March
April
May
- to come to the aid of General Hugh Waddell 's beleaguered forces. Tryon's army stops at Alamance Creek, five miles away from the Regulator army.
- commences after Regulators reject an appeal by Governor Tryon to peacefully disperse. Governor Tryon's forces crush the rebellion, causing many Regulators to move to frontier areas outside of North Carolina.
June
July
September
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
- January 5 - John Russell, 4th Duke Of Bedford , British statesman (b. 1710 )
- January 11 - Jean-Baptiste De Boyer, Marquis D'Argens , French writer (b. 1704 )
- February 12 - King Adolf Frederick Of Sweden (b. 1710 )
- February 20 - Jean Jacques D'Ortous De Mairan , French geophysicist (b. 1678 )
- March 8 - Louis August Le Clerc , French-born sculptor (b. 1688 )
- May 21 - Christopher Smart , English poet (b. 1722 )
- June 8 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl Of Halifax , English statesman (b. 1716 )
- July 30 - Thomas Gray , English writer (b. 1716 )
- September 17 - Tobias Smollett , Scottish novelist (b. 1721 )
- November 6 - John Bevis , English physician and astronomer (b. 1695 )
- November 13 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann , German actor (b. 1712 )
- December 6 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian anatomist (b. 1682 )
- December 23 - Marie-Marguerite D'Youville , Canadian saint (b. 1701 )
- December 26 - Claude Adrien Helvétius , French philosopher (b. 1715 )
- December 27 - Henri Pitot , French engineer (b. 1695 )
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