✦ History

Explore May 12, 1737 – May 14, 1781

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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Boston Tea Party 1773-12-16
American Revolutionary War 1775-04-19 - 1783-09-03
Siege of Boston 1775-04-19 - 1776-03-17
Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775-04-19
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
Battle of Stony Point 1779-07-16 - 1779-07-16
Penobscot Expedition 1779-07-24 - 1779-08-14
Siege of Savannah 1779-09-16 - 1779-10-18
Battle of Flamborough Head 1779-09-23 - 1779-09-23
Siege of Charleston 1780-03-29 - 1780-05-12
Battle of Waxhaws 1780-05-29 - 1780-05-29
Battle of Springfield 1780-06-23
Battle of Camden 1780-08-16 - 1780-08-16
Battle of Kings Mountain 1780-10-07
Battle of Cowpens 1781-01-17 - 1781-01-17
Articles of Confederation 1781-03-01
Siege of Pensacola 1781-03-09 - 1781-05-10
Battle of Guilford Courthouse 1781-03-15

People

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve born 1763-12-31
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure born 1767-02-27
Louis Desaix born 1768-08-17
Karl Nesselrode born 1780-12-14
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands born 1774-11-18
Maria Josepha of Bavaria born 1739-03-20
Nathanael Greene born 1742-08-07
Roger Sherman age 16
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1738) born 1738-10-06
Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma born 1746-02-26
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria born 1756-12-08
Princess Isabella of Parma born 1741-12-31
Ferdinand I of Parma born 1751-01-20
John Rutledge born 1739-09-17
Henry Knox born 1750-07-25
John Burgoyne age 15
Karl Mack von Leiberich born 1752-08-25
Wilhelmine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth age 27
Roger B. Taney born 1777-03-17
Comte de Rochambeau age 11
Valentín Gómez Farías born 1781-02-14
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau born 1760-10-27
Natalia Alexeievna (Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt) born 1755-06-25
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov born 1777-06-04
Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel born 1739-10-24
Frederick II Eugene of Württemberg age 5
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz born 1778-03-03
Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1751–1767) born 1751-03-19
Louis I of Etruria born 1773-07-05
Casimir Pulaski born 1745-03-01
Karl August von Hardenberg born 1750-05-31
Étienne Maurice Gérard born 1773-04-04
Charles Carroll of Carrollton born 1737-09-19
Richard Henry Lee age 5
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern age 21
Gouverneur Morris born 1752-01-31
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born 1743) born 1743-08-13
Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este born 1754-06-01
Alexandre Pétion born 1770-04-02
Ioannis Kolettis born 1773-01-01
Oliver Ellsworth born 1745-04-29
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben age 6
William H. Crawford born 1772-02-24
Jean-Andoche Junot born 1771-09-25
Robert Morris age 3
Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 23
Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg age 9
Archduchess Johanna Gabriele of Austria born 1750-02-04
Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Saxony born 1767-01-14
Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria born 1777-04-24
Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily born 1773-07-27
Francis IV of Modena born 1779-10-06
Axel von Fersen the Younger born 1755-09-04
Jean-Pierre Boyer born 1776-02-15
Thomas Gage age 19
Edward Livingston born 1764-05-28
Horatio Gates age 9
Levin August von Bennigsen born 1745-02-10
Lotf Ali Khan born 1769-01-01
Anastasio Bustamante born 1780-07-27
Archduke Joseph of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) born 1776-03-09
Prince Augustus William of Prussia age 14
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange born 1751-08-07
Duke Louis of Württemberg born 1756-08-30
Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg born 1767-04-21
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt born 1751-10-16
Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa born 1750-04-07
Henry Lee III born 1756-01-29
Black Hawk born 1767-01-01
James Wilson born 1742-09-14
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia age 21
Princess Carolina of Parma born 1770-11-22
Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily born 1779-01-17
Robert Smith born 1757-11-03
John Forsyth born 1780-10-22
Henry Clinton age 7
Zebulon Pike born 1779-01-05
Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III) born 1745-01-01
Mikhail Miloradovich born 1771-10-12
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) age 11
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia born 1767-05-07
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia born 1773-11-01
Bhimsen Thapa born 1775-08-01
Crown Prince Sado age 2
Roger Ducos born 1747-07-25
Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg born 1769-01-05
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings born 1754-12-09
Ercole Consalvi born 1757-06-08
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe age 11
Josiah Bartlett age 7
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia age 18
Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg age 13
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia age 6
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 4 months
Princess Augusta of Prussia born 1780-05-01
William II, Elector of Hesse born 1777-07-28
Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (born 1745) born 1745-02-01
Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen born 1738-07-11
José Joaquín de Olmedo born 1780-03-31
Anthony Wayne born 1745-01-01
Oliver Wolcott Jr. born 1760-01-11
Barthélémy Catherine Joubert born 1769-04-14
Murad Bey born 1750-01-01
Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz born 1755-02-16
Dominique Vandamme born 1770-11-05
Edward Rutledge born 1749-11-23
Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel age 16
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este born 1781-04-25
William Paterson born 1745-12-24
William Huskisson born 1770-03-11
DeWitt Clinton born 1769-03-02
Comte de Grasse age 14
James McHenry born 1753-11-16
Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay born 1740-04-09
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney age 18
Ralph Abercromby age 2
Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1778-06-13
Prince Josias of Coburg born 1737-12-26
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg born 1759-09-26
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta born 1772-11-17
George Read age 3
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este born 1776-12-10
Carlos Anaya born 1777-11-04
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester age 12
Bernardo de Gálvez born 1746-07-23
Richard Rush born 1780-08-29
Jezzar Pasha age 15
Ibrahim Bey age 2
Friedrich von Gentz born 1764-05-02
Alexander Tormasov born 1752-08-22
Stephen Hopkins age 30
Samuel Huntington age 5
Thomas McKean age 3
Benjamin Harrison V age 11
Duchess Frederica of Württemberg born 1765-07-27
Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771–1833) born 1771-04-24
Prince Louis Charles of Prussia born 1773-11-05
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762–1770) born 1762-03-20
Anders Sandøe Ørsted born 1778-12-21
Alemdar Mustafa Pasha born 1755-01-01
Charles Lee age 5
William Wirt born 1772-11-08
John Breckinridge born 1760-12-02
József Alvinczi age 2
Michael von Melas age 8
Arthur St. Clair age 1 month
John Sullivan born 1740-02-17
James Wilkinson born 1757-03-24
Francis Hopkinson born 1737-09-21
Samuel Chase born 1741-04-17
Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia age 22
Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg born 1753-10-08
Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 15
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806) born 1772-11-18
Antoni Radziwiłł born 1775-06-13
James Barbour born 1775-06-10
William Bradford born 1755-09-14
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén born 1758-04-22
Géraud Duroc born 1772-10-25
John Moore born 1761-11-13
Isaac Brock born 1769-10-06
William Ellery age 9
George Clymer born 1739-03-16
George Wythe age 11
Empress Xiaoyichun age 9
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia born 1746-11-08
Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 36
Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel age 11
John Armstrong Jr. born 1758-11-25
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers born 1753-02-11
Caesar Augustus Rodney born 1772-01-04
Israel Putnam age 19
Jean Reynier born 1771-01-14
Jacques François Dugommier born 1738-08-01
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent age 2
Caesar Rodney age 8
George Walton born 1741-01-01
Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland born 1750-07-18
Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg born 1761-12-27
Andrés Narvarte born 1781-01-01
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst born 1762-05-22
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha age 24
Koca Yusuf Pasha age 7
Federico Gravina born 1756-08-12
Pavel Chichagov born 1767-07-08
Felix Grundy born 1777-09-11
William J. Duane born 1780-05-09
William Pinkney born 1764-03-17
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville born 1742-04-28
Joseph Warren born 1741-06-11
Oliver Wolcott age 10
Francis Lewis age 24
John Witherspoon age 14
Carter Braxton age 7 months
Daniel Carroll age 6
Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth age 26
Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822) born 1758-11-21
Elizabeth, Princess Berkeley born 1750-12-17
Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria born 1772-08-14
Joel Roberts Poinsett born 1779-03-02