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Explore August 5, 1749 – January 1, 1779

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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Boston Tea Party 1773-12-16
Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775-04-19
Siege of Boston 1775-04-19 - 1776-03-17
American Revolutionary War 1775-04-19 - 1783-09-03
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga 1775-05-10 - 1775-05-10
Battle of Bunker Hill 1775-06-17
Battle of Quebec (1775) 1775-12-31 - 1775-12-31
Battle of Sullivan's Island 1776-06-28 - 1776-06-28
Declaration of Independence 1776-07-04
Battle of Long Island 1776-08-26
Battle of Valcour Island 1776-10-11 - 1776-10-13
Battle of White Plains 1776-10-28 - 1776-10-28
Battle of Fort Washington 1776-11-16 - 1776-11-16
Battle of Trenton 1776-12-26
Battle of Princeton 1777-01-03
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) 1777-07-02 - 1777-07-06
Battle of Bennington 1777-08-16 - 1777-08-16
Battle of Brandywine 1777-09-11
Battle of Saratoga 1777-09-19 - 1777-10-17
Battle of Germantown 1777-10-04
Treaty of Alliance 1778-02-06
Battle of Monmouth 1778-06-28
Battle of Rhode Island 1778-08-29 - 1778-08-29

People

Return J. Meigs Jr. born 1764-11-17
Increase Sumner age 2
John Francis Mercer born 1759-05-17
Aaron Ogden born 1756-12-03
Jeremiah Morrow born 1771-10-06
Ethan Allen Brown born 1776-07-04
John Milledge born 1757-01-01
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley born 1766-04-29
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave born 1755-02-14
John Henry born 1750-11-01
Thomas Worthington born 1773-07-16
James Sullivan age 5
William Branch Giles born 1762-08-12
Morgan Lewis born 1754-10-16
William H. Cabell born 1772-01-01
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire born 1760-05-06
James Pleasants born 1769-10-24
Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. born 1768-10-01
José Miguel Pey born 1763-03-11
James Patton Preston born 1774-06-21
Moses Gill age 15
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby born 1762-12-22
John Lambert age 3
John Tyler Sr. age 2
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby born 1752-09-12
John Brooks born 1752-05-04
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton born 1774-10-27
Robert Wright born 1752-11-20
Samuel Huntington (Ohio politician) born 1765-10-04
George William Smith born 1762-01-01
Duncan McArthur born 1772-06-14
Gigar age 4
Robert Brooke born 1761-01-01
John Page age 6
Isaac Halstead Williamson born 1767-09-27
Thomas Henderson age 5
Charles Goldsborough born 1765-07-15
Josiah Tattnall (politician) born 1762-01-01
Willie Blount born 1768-04-18
Nathaniel Pitcher born 1777-11-30
Charles Philip Yorke born 1764-03-12
John Graham born 1774-01-01
Juan Francisco de Molina born 1779-01-01
Joseph C. Yates born 1768-11-09
Matthew Talbot born 1762-01-01
Thomas Sim Lee age 3
James Wood age 8
Joseph Bloomfield born 1753-10-18
Richard Howell born 1754-10-25
George Mathews age 9
Peyton Randolph (governor) born 1779-01-01
David Brydie Mitchell born 1766-10-22
John Clark born 1766-02-28
John Charles Herries born 1778-08-01
George Plater age 13
Charles Williams-Wynn born 1775-10-09
Robert Bowie born 1750-03-01
John Hoskins Stone born 1750-01-01
Thomas Kirker born 1760-01-01
Elisha Lawrence age 3
Othniel Looker born 1757-10-04
David Emanuel age 5
Prince Euneon born 1754-05-29
Edward Pakenham born 1778-03-19
Levin Winder born 1757-09-04
Thomas Veazey born 1774-01-31
William Sanford Pennington born 1757-01-01
Jared Irwin born 1750-01-01
Richard Ryder born 1766-07-05
James Brice age 2
Benjamin Ogle age 6 months
Charles Carnan Ridgely born 1760-12-06
Charles Arbuthnot born 1767-03-14
Prince Eunsin born 1755-01-11
William Sturges Bourne born 1769-11-07
José Ramón de Loayza born 1751-07-26
Samuel Stevens Jr. born 1778-07-13
William Kennedy born 1775-01-01
Charles Bathurst born 1754-01-01
Crown Prince Sado age 14
Marquis de Lafayette born 1757-09-06
Charles Cornwallis age 10
Edward, Duke of Kent born 1767-11-02
Charles Lee age 17
Comte de Rochambeau age 24
Comte de Grasse age 26
Johann Rall
Leopold Philip von Heister age 42
Bernardo O'Higgins born 1778-08-20
Frederick William III of Prussia born 1770-08-03
Emmanuel de Grouchy born 1766-10-23
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers born 1753-02-11
Charles Emmanuel IV born 1751-05-24
Victor Emmanuel I born 1759-07-24
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure born 1767-02-27
Edmund P. Gaines born 1777-03-20
Black Hawk born 1767-01-01
Ar-pi-uck-i born 1760-01-01
Pierre-Augustin Hulin born 1758-09-06
Stanislas-Marie Maillard born 1763-12-11
Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay age 9
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès age 1
Roger Ducos age 2
Yefim Chaplits born 1768-01-01
Auguste de Marmont born 1774-07-20
Jean Pierre François Bonet born 1768-08-08
Bertrand Clausel born 1772-12-12
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén born 1758-04-22
Pierre Antoine Dupont born 1765-07-04
Ioannis Kapodistrias born 1776-02-10
Claude Dallemagne born 1754-11-08
Karl Philipp Sebottendorf age 9
Josef Philipp Vukassovich born 1755-01-01
Gerhard Rosselmini age 7
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan born 1762-04-29
William Prescott age 23
Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière born 1765-10-29
Israel Putnam age 31
Allan Maclean of Torloisk age 24
George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie born 1770-10-23
Joseph Warren age 8
Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves age 23
Jezzar Pasha age 27
Barthélémy Catherine Joubert born 1769-04-14
Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko age 9
Charles Mawhood age 19
Antal Lipthay age 4
Pushmataha born 1764-01-01
Louis André Bon born 1758-10-25
Murad Bey born 1750-01-01
Ibrahim Bey age 14
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau born 1760-10-27
Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten born 1770-03-05
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein born 1760-06-26
Johann von Hiller born 1754-10-13
André Masséna born 1758-05-06
Jean Lannes born 1769-04-10
Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg born 1769-01-05
Armand von Nordmann born 1759-08-31
Heinrich Joseph Johann von Bellegarde born 1756-08-29
Pierre Augereau born 1757-10-21
József Alvinczi age 14
Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky age 4
Giovanni Marchese di Provera age 13
Francisco Javier Venegas born 1754-12-02
Félix María Calleja del Rey, 1st Count of Calderón born 1753-11-01
Louis Desaix born 1768-08-17
Luis Alejandro Berthier born 1753-11-20
Michael von Melas age 20
Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz age 11
Anton von Zach age 2
Géraud Duroc born 1772-10-25
Jean Victor Marie Moreau born 1763-02-14
Haim Farhi born 1760-01-01
Jean Baptiste Kléber born 1753-03-09
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno born 1764-12-07
Gregorio García de la Cuesta age 8
Mariano Osorio born 1777-01-01
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings born 1754-12-09
Johann de Kalb age 28
Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie born 1751-04-13
Eugen von Argentau age 5
Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd age 12
Jean-de-Dieu Soult born 1769-03-29
Armand Lebrun de La Houssaye born 1768-10-20
Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet born 1772-05-09
John Moore born 1761-11-13
Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet born 1757-12-06
John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun born 1765-08-17
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland age 6
Wilhelm von Knyphausen age 32
Isaac Brock born 1769-10-06
Roger Hale Sheaffe born 1763-07-15
William Wadsworth born 1765-01-01
Henry Procter born 1763-01-01
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney age 30
Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet age 20
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville age 19
Samuel Smith born 1752-07-27
John Stricker born 1759-02-15
Arthur Brooke born 1772-01-01
Jean-Andoche Junot born 1771-09-25
Armand Philippon born 1761-08-27
John Stark age 20
Seth Warner age 6
Friedrich Baum age 22
Heinrich von Breymann age 24
Francisco de Miranda born 1750-03-28
José de Solano y Bote age 23
John Campbell, of Strachur age 22
Benjamin Lincoln age 16
Lachlan McIntosh age 24
Casimir Pulaski age 4
George Prevost born 1767-05-19
George Downie born 1778-01-19
Ralph Abercromby age 14
Jacques-François Menou born 1750-09-03
François Lanusse born 1772-11-03
Jean Reynier born 1771-01-14
William Phillips age 18