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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1771 AD
January
January 22: Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain
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February
February 16: Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy
February 19: Messier adds M46-M49 to his catalog (galactic clusters in Puppis and Hydra and galaxy in Virgo)
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May
May 7: Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
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July
July 12: James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs England
July 14: Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California
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September
September 8: Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California
September 26: Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris
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November
November 4: Carlo Goldoni's "Le Bourru Bienfaisant," premieres in Paris
November 16: West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname
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