Timeline March 1770

Events in March 1770 4

• 1696 – 1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) Died 27 March 1770, aged 74 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was the leading Venetian painter of the 18th century, renowned for his vast, luminous ceiling frescoes in Italy, Germany, and Spain. He spent his final years in Madrid decorating the Royal Palace for King Charles III. He died there on 27 March 1770.
• 1770 Boston Massacre British troops kill five colonists in Boston On 5 March 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of taunting colonists on King Street, killing five men including Crispus Attucks. The killings were used as propaganda by Patriot leaders such as Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. John Adams later defended the soldiers at trial, securing acquittals for most.
• 1770 – 1830 William Huskisson (1770-1830) Died 15 September 1830, aged 60 Huskisson was a British statesman and former Cabinet minister who championed free trade policy in the 1820s. He became one of the first widely reported railway casualties when he was struck and fatally injured by Stephenson's Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. His death drew national attention to the dangers of the new railway technology.
• 1770 – 1843 Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) Died 7 June 1843, aged 73 Friedrich Hölderlin was a German lyric poet and the author of the novel Hyperion. He spent his last 36 years mentally ill in a tower in Tübingen, and his reputation grew greatly in the twentieth century.