1771

1771 was 100 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Individuals

Births

• John Looney, War of 1812 & Creek War veteran and settler

Context

In 1771, Emperor Go-Momozono acceded to the throne of Japan, following his aunt's abdication. The opera Ascanio in Alba by Wolfgang Mozart premiered in Milan. The first meeting of the Society of Civil Engineers, the world's oldest engineering society, is held in London.

Notable births in 1771 included inventor Richard Trevithick, French general Louis Henri Loison, and novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott. Notable deaths included King Adolf Frederick of Sweden, scientist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, poet Christopher Smart, writer Thomas Gray, novelist Tobias Smollett, anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni, and philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius.

1770s

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