Burning witches and banning Jews was a theme back then as well.  Jan 11 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) Jan 17 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests in Kalisk, Poland Jan 17 Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play "The Rivals" premieres in London Jan 22 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw, Poland Jan 25 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) Feb 9 British Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion Feb 15 Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI Feb 22 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents Feb 22 Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw, Poland Mar 6 1st Negro Mason in north America initiated, Boston Mar 19 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) Mar 19 Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement Mar 22 Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the Westminster Parliament  https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1775