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Year 1771 (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).

Events of 1771

January - June

January 9 - Emperor Go-Momozono accedes to the throne of Japan, following his aunt's abdication.
March - War of the Regulation: North Carolina 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.
May 11 - War of the Regulation: North Carolina Governor William Tryon marches his militia out of Hillsborough 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.
May 16 - War of the Regulation: The Battle of Alamance 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.

July - December

July 17 - Bloody Falls Massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.

August 8 - First Recorded Town Cricket Match played at Horsham. Horsham Cricket Club formed here.

September 8 - In California, Fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera found Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in what is now San Gabriel, California.

October 9 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland. Captain Raymund Lourens and his crew escape unharmed.

November 16 - During the night the Tyne floods, destroying many bridges and killing several people; the main bridge at Newcastle upon Tyne isn't completed until 1781.

Undated

The territory of Baden-Baden is inherited by the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, forming Baden.

Plague in Moscow: 57,000 dead.

The trade monopoly with Iceland is transferred to the Danish crown.

Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russian forces under Prince Vasily Dolgorukov occupy the Crimea.

The North Carolina General Assembly passes an act establishing the town of Martinsborough, named for Royal Governor Josiah Martin, on the land of Richard Evans to serve as the county seat of Pitt County.

Construction of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple complex in Chengde, China is complete, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.

Ongoing events

Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774.

War of the Regulation (1764-1771).

Captain James Cook's first voyage (1768-1771). ť See also .

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