Editing 1771 (section)

=== January&ndash; March ===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; The Great [[Kalmyk people|Kalmyk]] ([[Torghut]]) Migration is led by [[Ubashi Khan]], from the east bank of the Lower [[Volga River]] back to the homeland of [[Dzungaria]], at this time under [[Qing Dynasty]] rule.
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Momozono]] accedes to the throne of [[Tokugawa shogunate|Japan]], following his aunt's abdication.
* [[February 12]] &ndash; Upon the death of [[Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden|Adolf Frederick]], he is succeeded as King of [[Sweden]] by his son [[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]]. At the time, however, Gustav is unaware of this, since he is abroad in Paris. The news of his father's death reaches him about a month later.
* [[March]] &ndash; [[War of the Regulation]]: [[Royal Colony of North Carolina|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]] &ndash; The [[North Carolina General Assembly]] establishes [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]] (named for [[Margaret Wake (North Carolina)|Margaret Wake]], the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor [[William Tryon]]) from portions of [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston]] and [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]] counties.  Bloomsbury (later known as Wake Courthouse) is made the informal county seat.
* [[March 15]] &ndash; The [[Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers]] first meets in London, the world's oldest engineering society.<ref>{{cite book|last=Watson|first=Garth|title=The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers|publisher=Thomas Telford|year=1989|location=London|isbn=0-7277-1526-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Gwilym|title=From Kendal's Coffee House to Great George Street|publisher=Thomas Telford|year=1995|location=London|isbn=0-7277-2022-8}}</ref>