Mozart's 1st Opera
May 13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus", written when he was 11 years old, premieres in Salzburg
- May 14 British government disbands Americans import duty on tea
- Jun 18 Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti; considered the first European to reach the island
- Jun 29 British pass Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America, helping to intensify opposition to British rule
- Jul 3 Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date)
- Jul 3 Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage in the Pacific, commanded by Philip Carteret
- Sep 9 Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas - the oldest continuously operating educational institution in Mexico, opens for the education of girls and women in Mexico City [1]
- Sep 28 VOC government bans importation of South-East Asian slaves into the Cape because they are considered dangerous (not observed) [1]
- Oct 18 Boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason–Dixon line is agreed upon
James Cook
Nov 12 Meeting of the Royal Society appoints James Cook as head of an expedition to the Pacific Ocean to observe the transit of Venus on Tahiti in 1769 (will be Cook's 1st voyage aboard HMS Endeavour) [1]
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