1750 José I, king of Portugal
J.S.Bach died
1751 China invaded Tibet
the minuet became Europe's fashionable dance
British calendar changed so Jan1 is beginning
of new year
1752 Benjamin Franklin invented lightning conductor
1753 Canadian French troops seized Ohio River valley
1754 1st female MD, Germany
1755 Lisbon earthquake killed 30,000
University of Moscow founded
1756 Britain declared war on France
120 British soldiers died in "Black Hole of Calcutta"
India
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born
first German chocolate factory
1757 Lafayette born
1758 George Washington & John Forbes took Fort
Duquesne
China occupied eastern Turkestan
Carlo della Torre Rezzonico became
Pope Clement XIII
1759 Charles III, king of Spain
Voltaire: "Candide"
Handel died
1760 George III, king of England
first silk hats made in Florence
1762 Sorbonne Library opened, Paris
Benjamin Franklin improved harmonica
Mozart toured as a musical prodigy
1763 rising of Indians spread east from Detroit
1764 literary salons became popular in France
Bach gave London recitals
Mozart wrote first symphony (age 8)
St.Louis settled
London began numbering houses
1765 British Parliment passed Stamp Act for taxing
American colonies
Virginia Assembly challenged tax
Stamp Act Congress drew up declaration of rights
potato most popular European food
1766 Stamp Act repealed
Mason-Dixon Line drawn
Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen less
dense than air
famine in Bengal
1st paved sidewalk in London
1767 taxes on imports of tea, glass, paper, dyestuffs
in colonies
invasion of Siam by Burma
1768 Massachusetts Assembly dissolved for not
collecting taxes
Boston residents refused to shelter British troops
Ali Bey, sultan of Turkey
France bought Corisa from Genoa
Gurkhas conquered Nepal
James Cook, first circumnavigation
new criminal code in Austria
1769 London's Privy council decided to keep tea duty
on colonies
Virginian Assembly dissolved after protesting
treason trials
1st lightening conductors on tall buildings
1770 Boston Massacre between civilians and
British troops
Brit.Parliment repealed taxes on paper, glass and
dyestuff, tea duty remained
Gainsborough: "The Blue Boy"
James Bruce discovered source of Blue Nile
James Cook discovered Botany Bay, Australia
1771 1st edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Damascus taken by Ali Bey's troops
1772 Boston Assembly demanded rights of colonies
Flight & Kelly made 1st barrel organs
1773 Boston Tea Party
the waltz became fashionable in Vienna
Pope Clement XIV dissolved Jesuit Order
1774 port of Boston closed
Louis XVI, king of France
Continental Congress convened
Abdul Hamid I, Sultan of Turkey
1775 Paul Revere rode from Charleston to Lexington
British troops defeated at Lexington
George Washington made commander-in-chief of
American forces
British victory at Bunker Hill
Benedict Arnold's battle at Quebec failed
digitalis used for 1st time for dropsy
James Watt invented steam engine
1776 Washington forces British troops to leave Boston
American troops forced from Canada
Congress declared Declaration of Independence
John Hancock first signer of Declaration of
Independence
William Howe, British commander-in-chief took
New York and Rhode Island
Benedict Arnold defeated at Lake Champlain
Treaty of Copenhagen between Russia & Denmark
military ski competitions in Norway
1777 British defeated at Princeton, NJ & Bennington,
Vermont
Lafayette's French volunteers arrived
British control Delaware
British lose at Saratoga, NY
David Bushnell invented torpedo
Stars & Stripes adopted as Continental Congress
flag
1778 America signed treaties with France & Holland
American troops rejected British peace offer
Washington defeated British at Monmouth, NJ
Indian massacre at Wyoming, PA
James Cook discovered Hawaii
1779 British surrendered to American forces at
Vincennes
Spain declared war on Britain
1780 Henry Grattan demanded Home Rule for Ireland
Charleston SC surrendered to British
French troops arrived at Newport RI
British army defeated at King's Mountain NC
Benedict Arnold's plot to surrender West Point was
uncovered
rebellion in Peru against Spain
bolero invented by dancer Sebastiano Carezo
circular saw invented
first fountain pen
1781 British surrendered at Yorktown, leave Charleston
and Savannah
Hershel discovered Uranus
1782 Spanish captured Minorca from Great Britain
peace between Great Britain & America began
Rama I founded new Siamese dynasty
Montgolfier Bros. constructed hot air balloon
Watt invented double-acting rotary steam engine
1783 Peace of Versailles, Great Britain recognized
American independence
famine in Japan
Potekim conquered Crimea for Russia
Beethoven's 1st works printed
1784 threshing machine invented by Andrew Meikle
1st school for the blind opened in Paris
1785 Russians settled in Aleutian Islands
Salsano invented seismograph for measuring
earthquakes
1st English Channel hot air balloon crossing
1786 Goya: "The Seasons"
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro"
1787 Constitution of the United States signed
Turkey declared war on Russia
dollar currency introduced in US
1788 Austria declared war on Turkey
New York became capital of US
George III's first attack of mental illness
bread riots in Paris
1789 1st US Congress meets
Washington inaugurated as President of US
Paris mob stormed the Bastille
HMS Bounty crew settled on Pitcairn Islands
1790 Festival of Champ de Mars, Paris, Louis XVI
accepted Constitution
Benjamin Franklin died
Philadelphia became capital of US
Robert Burns: "Tam O'Shanter"
1st patent laws in US
Washington DC founded
1st session of US Supreme Court
Vancouver explored northwest coast of America
1791 Louis XVI attempted to leave France, caught
and returned to Paris
US Bill of Rights ratified
1792 Peace of Jassy ended Russia/Turkey war
mob invaded Tuileries, Paris
French royal family imprisoned
1st guillotine in Paris
Gustavus IV, king of Sweden
two political parties were formed in US; Republican
and Federalist
James Hoban began the White House
1793 Louis XVI of France executed
Reign of Terror began
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, executed
Napoleon took Toulon
Marquis de Sade: "La philosophie dans le boudoir"
(novel)
compulsory education at age of 6 in France
building of US Capitol building begun, designed by
William Thornton
the Louvre, Paris, became national art gallery
Kermadec Islands, NE of New Zealand discovered
Sir Alexander MacKenzie 1st to cross Canada coast
to coast
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin
1794 US Navy established
Thomas Paine: "The Age of Reason"
"Auld Lang Syne" published
1st telegraph, Paris - Lille
1795 Bread riots in Paris
Napoleon appointed commander-in-chief
hydraulic press invented by Joseph Bramah
jars for preserving food designed by Francois
Appert
metric system adopted in France
1796 Napoleon married Josephine de Beauharnais
George Washington refused 3rd term
John Adams 2nd president of US
British captured Elba
Spain declared war on Great Britain
Kia-King, Emperor of China
Edward Jenner introduced smallpox vaccine
Edict of Peking forbid import of opium to China
freedom of press in France declared
1797 Napoleon defeated Austrians at Rivoli
Napoleon made commander of forces to invade
England
Fath Ali, Shah of Persia
England began to export iron
John MacArthur introduced merino sheep to
Australia
1798 French captured Rome
Battle of the Pyramids made Napoleon master
of Egypt
Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated french fleet at
Abukir Bay
1799 Napoleon entered Syria
Austria declared war on France
George Washington died
Rosetta Stone found in Egypt
in Siberia, a perfectly preserved mammoth is found
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Benjamin Franklin was an American printer, civic leader, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and philosopher.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - greatest genius in Western musical history.

George III, king of England during the American Revolution.

Louis XVI was neither interested in politics nor capable of dealing with the French Revolution.

Paul Revere was an American patriot and silversmith.

George Washington - the Father of the United States.

Benedict Arnold is America's most infamous traitor.

James Watt developed the steam engine.

Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of American Independence.

John Hancock was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

The marquis de Lafayette offered his services to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia.

John Paul Jones was an American naval officer and hero.

Ludwig van Beethoven is known for his instrumental works, including symphonies, concertos, sonatas, and chamber music.

Marie Antoinette was the queen consort of King Louis XVI of France.

Napoleon Bonaparte was probably the most brilliant military figure in history.

Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin.

The Rosetta Stone eventually supplied the key to the decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script.
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