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Explore May 17, 1743 – December 26, 1784

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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Boston Tea Party 1773-12-16
Siege of Boston 1775-04-19 - 1776-03-17
American Revolutionary War 1775-04-19 - 1783-09-03
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
Battle of the Chesapeake 1781-09-05 - 1781-09-05
Battle of Eutaw Springs 1781-09-08 - 1781-09-08
Siege of Yorktown 1781-09-28 - 1781-10-19
Battle of the Saintes 1782-04-09 - 1782-04-12
Treaty of Paris 1783-09-03

People

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan born 1762-04-29
Jean Baptiste Kléber born 1753-03-09
Nicolas Oudinot born 1767-04-25
Ferdinand III of Tuscany born 1769-05-06
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier born 1768-02-13
Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen age 1
Anthony, King of Saxony born 1755-12-27
Emmanuel de Grouchy born 1766-10-23
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg born 1771-04-18
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno born 1764-12-07
Charles François Dumouriez age 4
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany born 1763-08-16
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia age 22
Edmund Randolph born 1753-08-10
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein born 1760-06-26
Pierre Augereau born 1757-10-21
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 7
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr born 1764-04-13
John Dickinson age 11
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe age 13
John Paul Jones born 1747-07-06
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh born 1769-06-18
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
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia born 1783-08-09
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands born 1774-11-18
Maria Josepha of Bavaria age 4
Fructuoso Rivera born 1784-10-17
Nathanael Greene age 9 months
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia born 1784-12-24
Roger Sherman age 22
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1738) age 4
Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma born 1746-02-26
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria born 1756-12-08
Princess Isabella of Parma age 1
Ferdinand I of Parma born 1751-01-20
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France born 1781-10-22
John Rutledge age 3
Henry Knox born 1750-07-25
John Burgoyne age 21
Karl Mack von Leiberich born 1752-08-25
Wilhelmine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth age 33
Roger B. Taney born 1777-03-17
Comte de Rochambeau age 17
Valentín Gómez Farías born 1781-02-14
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau born 1760-10-27
Archduke John of Austria born 1782-01-20
Natalia Alexeievna (Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt) born 1755-06-25
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov born 1777-06-04
Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 3
Frederick II Eugene of Württemberg age 11
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
Lewis Cass born 1782-10-09
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 age 5
Richard Henry Lee age 11
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern age 27
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 12
William H. Crawford born 1772-02-24
Jean-Andoche Junot born 1771-09-25
Robert Morris age 9
Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 29
Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg age 15
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
Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily born 1784-12-14
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 25
Edward Livingston born 1764-05-28
Horatio Gates age 15
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
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach born 1783-02-02
Prince Augustus William of Prussia age 20
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
Archduke Rainer of Austria (1783–1853) born 1783-09-30
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 age 8 months
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia age 27
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 13
Zebulon Pike born 1779-01-05
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld born 1781-09-23
Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III) born 1745-01-01
Mikhail Miloradovich born 1771-10-12
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) age 17
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 8
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
Josiah Bartlett age 13
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia age 24
Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg age 19
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia age 12
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 6
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 age 4
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 22
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este born 1781-04-25
Juan Antonio Lavalleja born 1784-06-24
William Paterson born 1745-12-24
William Huskisson born 1770-03-11
DeWitt Clinton born 1769-03-02
Comte de Grasse age 20
James McHenry born 1753-11-16
Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay age 3
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney age 24
Ralph Abercromby age 8
Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1778-06-13
Prince Josias of Coburg age 5
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg born 1759-09-26
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta born 1772-11-17
George Read age 9
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este born 1776-12-10
Faustin Soulouque born 1782-08-15
Georgios Kountouriotis born 1782-01-01
Vicente Rocafuerte born 1783-05-01
Carlos Anaya born 1777-11-04
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester age 18
Bernardo de Gálvez born 1746-07-23
Richard Rush born 1780-08-29
Jezzar Pasha age 21
Ibrahim Bey age 8
Friedrich von Gentz born 1764-05-02
Alexander Tormasov born 1752-08-22
Stephen Hopkins age 36
Samuel Huntington age 11
Thomas McKean age 9
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
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851) born 1783-07-03
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762–1770) born 1762-03-20
Anders Sandøe Ørsted born 1778-12-21
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland born 1784-08-25
Alemdar Mustafa Pasha born 1755-01-01
Charles Lee age 11
William Wirt born 1772-11-08
John Breckinridge born 1760-12-02
József Alvinczi age 8
Michael von Melas age 14
Arthur St. Clair age 6
John Sullivan age 3
James Wilkinson born 1757-03-24
Francis Hopkinson age 5
Samuel Chase age 2
Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia age 28
Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg born 1753-10-08
Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 21
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806) born 1772-11-18
Antoni Radziwiłł born 1775-06-13
Archduke Louis of Austria born 1784-12-13
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
Duke George of Oldenburg born 1784-05-09
William Ellery age 15