Year (''' MDCCLXXI ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 9 - Emperor Go-Momozono accedes to the throne of Japan , following his aunt's abdication.
- Governor William Tryon raises a militia to put down the long running uprising of backcountry militias against North Carolina's colonial government.
- March 12 - The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County (named for Margaret Wake , the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor William Tryon ) from portions of Cumberland , Johnston and Orange counties. Bloomsbury (later known as Wake Courthouse) is made the informal county seat.
- 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.
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- January 5 - John Russell, 4th Duke Of Bedford , British statesman (born 1710 )
- January 11 - Jean-Baptiste De Boyer, Marquis D'Argens , French writer (born 1704 )
- February 12 - King Adolf Frederick Of Sweden (born 1710 )
- February 20 - Jean Jacques D'Ortous De Mairan , French geophysicist (born 1678 )
- March 8 - Louis August Le Clerc , French-born sculptor (born 1688 )
- May 21 - Christopher Smart , English poet (born 1722 )
- June 8 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl Of Halifax , English statesman (born 1716 )
- July 30 - Thomas Gray , English writer (born 1716 )
- September 17 - Tobias Smollett , Scottish novelist (born 1721 )
- November 6 - John Bevis , English physician and astronomer (born 1695 )
- November 13 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann , German actor (born 1712 )
- December 6 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian anatomist (born 1682 )
- December 23 - Marie-Marguerite D'Youville , Canadian saint (born 1701 )
- December 26 - Claude Adrien Helvétius , French philosopher (born 1715 )
- December 27 - Henri Pitot , Italian -born French engineer (born 1695 )
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