Editing 1771 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The [[first voyage of James Cook]] around the world ends as [[HMS Endeavour|HMS ''Endeavour'']] returns to England after almost three years.
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)]]: Russian forces occupy the [[Crimea]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ukraine|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Ukraine.html|work=World Statesmen|year=2000|access-date=2011-11-01}}</ref> under Prince Vasily Dolgorukov.
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Bloody Falls massacre]]: [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]], traveling as the guide to [[Samuel Hearne]] on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting [[Inuit]].
* [[August 8]] &ndash; The first recorded town cricket match is played, at [[Horsham]], England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Horsham Cricket Club History |url=http://www.horshamcc.com/history/default.aspx |publisher=Horsham Cricket Club |access-date=2011-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226000855/http://www.horshamcc.com/history/default.aspx |archive-date=February 26, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[September 8]] &ndash; In [[California]], Fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera found [[Mission Vieja]], later called, [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]], in what is now [[San Gabriel, California]].
* [[September 15]]&ndash;[[September 17|17]] &ndash; The [[Moscow plague riot of 1771|Moscow plague riot]] results from an outbreak of [[bubonic plague]], which kills 57,000.