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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The first annual volume of ''[[The Nautical Almanac]] and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British [[Astronomer Royal]] [[Nevil Maskelyne]] at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich]], gives navigators the means to find [[longitude]] at sea, using tables of [[lunar distance (navigation)|lunar distance]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=224–225|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[William Tryon]], governor of the [[Royal Colony of North Carolina]], signs a contract with architect [[John Hawks (architect)|John Hawks]] to build [[Tryon Palace]], a lavish [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style governor's mansion on the [[New Bern]] waterfront.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; On orders from head of state [[Pasquale Paoli]] of the newly independent [[Corsican Republic|Republic of Corsica]], a contingent of about 200 Corsican soldiers begins an invasion of the small island of [[Capraia]] off of the coast of northern Italy and territory of the [[Republic of Genoa]].  By May 31, the island is conquered as its defenders surrender.<ref name=Renwick>George Renwick, ''Romantic Corsica: Wanderings in Napoleon's Isle'' (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910) p230</ref>
* [[February 19]] &ndash; The [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|Earl of Shelburne]], British [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (which has jurisdiction over Britain's American colonies) fires the unpopular Governor of [[West Florida]], [[George Johnstone (Royal Navy officer)|George Johnstone]], and summons him back to [[London]].<ref>Fred Anderson, ''Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766'' (Vintage Books, 2000) p770</ref> 
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Charles III of Spain|King Carlos III of Spain]] issues [[Suppression of the Society of Jesus|a decree expelling the Jesuits]] from the dominions of the [[Spanish Empire]] worldwide.<ref>Allan J. Kuethe and Kenneth J. Andrien, ''The Spanish Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century: War and the Bourbon Reforms, 1713–1796'' (Cambridge University Press, 2014) p267</ref>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; British [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Charles Townshend]], having already pushed through the unpopular [[Townshend Acts]] to recoup war expenses from Britain's American colonies, presents a comprehensive plan for more taxes in a closed door session of the House of Commons, with most proposals passed within a month.<ref>Ernest Rhys, ed., ''Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin'' (J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1916)  p240</ref>
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Antonio de Ulloa]], the [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana#Spanish Louisiana (1762–1802)|Colonial Governor of Spanish Louisiana]] (Luisiana), dispatches Captain Francisco Ríu y Morales up the [[Mississippi River]] to establish two forts, one at [[St. Louis|San Luis]] (now St. Louis, Missouri) and to set up a colony for displaced French-speaking [[Acadians]] and protect shipping on the river.<ref>A. P. Nasatir, ed., ''Before Lewis and Clark: Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804'' (University of Oklahoma Press, 1952) p65</ref> 
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Spain]] acquires control of what are now called the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[France]], compensating French Admiral [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]] for the money spent on the construction of the settlement at [[Port Louis, Falkland Islands|Fort Saint Louis]].<ref>G. Barnett Smith, ''The Romance of the South Pole: Antarctic Voyages and Explorations'' (Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900) p16</ref> The islands, named ''les Îles Malouines'' by the French, are renamed ''las Islas Malvinas'' by the Spanish, and Fort Saint Louis is renamed as [[Puerto Soledad]].  In 1816, [[Argentina]] declares independence from Spain and takes the Malvinas; and in 1833, Britain's [[Royal Navy]] captures the islands from the Argentines and renames them the Falklands, and renames Puerto Soledad as Port Louis.
* [[March 31]] &ndash; Enforcement begins of the February 27 decree by King Carlos III of Spain, ordering the [[suppression of the Society of Jesus]] (the Jesuits) in the colonies in Spanish America.  Over the next few months approximately 2,200 Jesuit priests and missionaries are deported.<ref>Enrique Dussel, ''A History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation'' (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1981)  p60</ref>