April–June April 30 – Battle of San Felipe and the Cobá Lagoon: Guatemalan Sergeant Mayor Melchor de Mencos y Varón and his troops defeat the British pirates. May 14 – The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is founded in Scotland. May 28 – French and Indian War: Battle of Jumonville Glen – The war begins when George Washington, 22, leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia, in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians. June 19 – The Albany Congress of seven northern colonies proposes an American Union.
April–June April 30 – Battle of San Felipe and the Cobá Lagoon Guatemalan Sergeant Mayor Melchor de Mencos y Varón and his troops defeat the British pirates May 14 – The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is founded in Scotland May 28 – French and Indian War Battle of Jumonville Glen – The war begins when George Washington 22 leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians June 19 – The Albany Congress of seven northern colonies proposes an American Union