✦ History

Explore July 27, 1765 – November 24, 1785

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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Partitions of Poland 1772-08-05 - 1795-10-24
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

Catherine the Great age 36
Empress - Russian Empire
Louis XVI age 10
King - France
Frederick the Great age 53
King - Kingdom of Prussia
George III age 27
King - Great Britain
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor age 24
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Abdul Hamid I age 40
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Mustafa III age 48
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor age 56
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Qianlong Emperor age 53
Emperor - Imperial China
Emperor Kōkaku born 1771-09-23
Emperor - Japan
Victor Amadeus III age 39
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Jeongjo of Joseon age 12
King - Joseon
Yeongjo of Joseon age 70
King - Joseon
Tekle Giyorgis I age 14
Emperor - Ethiopia
William Pitt the Younger age 6
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Frederick North, Lord North age 33
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham age 35
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland age 27
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne age 28
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe age 39
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Benjamin Lincoln age 32
Secretary of War - United States
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville age 49
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born 1769-05-01
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Spencer Perceval age 2
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Marshall age 9
House of Representatives - United States
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey age 1
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool born 1770-06-07
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Addington age 8
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Albert Gallatin age 4
House of Representatives - United States
Timothy Pickering age 20
House of Representatives - United States
Banastre Tarleton age 10
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Samuel Dexter age 4
House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Morgan age 29
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Dearborn age 14
House of Representatives - United States
George W. Campbell born 1769-02-09
House of Representatives - United States
Levi Lincoln Sr. age 16
House of Representatives - United States
William Eustis age 12
House of Representatives - United States
Sidney Smith age 1
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch age 16
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne born 1780-07-02
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Stephen Van Rensselaer age 8 months
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Cochrane age 7
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester age 9
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto born 1782-11-16
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore age 8
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Chandler age 3
House of Representatives - United States
Peleg Wadsworth age 17
House of Representatives - United States
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley born 1782-04-15
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas Jefferson age 22
Governor of Virginia - United States
George Clinton age 26
Governor of New York - United States
John Hancock age 28
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Benjamin Harrison V age 39
Governor of Virginia - United States
Button Gwinnett age 30
Governor of Georgia - United States
William Paca age 24
Governor of Maryland - United States
Thomas Nelson Jr. age 26
Governor of Virginia - United States
Lyman Hall age 41
Governor of Georgia - United States
John Adams age 29
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Martin Van Buren born 1782-12-05
New York State Senate - United States
Philip Schuyler age 31
New York State Senate - United States
Robert Treat Paine age 34
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
William Floyd age 30
New York State Senate - United States
Philip Livingston age 49
New York State Senate - United States
Lewis Morris age 39
New York State Senate - United States
James Duane age 32
New York State Senate - United States
Charles III of Spain age 49
King - Spain
Gustav III age 19
King - Sweden
John Jay age 19
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Adolf Frederick of Sweden age 55
King - Sweden
Shah Alam II age 37
Mughal Emperor - Mughal Empire
Tokugawa Ieharu age 28
Shōgun - Tokugawa shogunate
Peyton Randolph age 43
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Henry Laurens age 41
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
George Washington age 33
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army - United States
Napoleon born 1769-08-15
Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770-12-01
Adam Smith age 42
Benjamin Franklin age 59
Jane Austen born 1775-12-16
James Madison age 14
Simón Bolívar born 1783-07-24
John Quincy Adams born 1767-07-11
Andrew Jackson born 1767-03-15
James Watt age 29
James Monroe age 7
Zachary Taylor born 1784-11-24
William Henry Harrison born 1773-02-09
Marie Antoinette age 9
Maximilien Robespierre age 7
Edward Jenner age 16
Alexander I of Russia born 1777-12-23
Maria Theresa age 48
Horatio Nelson age 6
Alexander Hamilton age 10
Wilhelm von Humboldt born 1767-06-22
William IV born 1765-08-21
Klemens von Metternich born 1773-05-15
Paul I of Russia age 10
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord age 11
George IV age 2
Anne, Queen of Great Britain age 100
Georges Danton age 5
Louis XVIII age 9
José de San Martín born 1778-02-25
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1768-02-12
Charles X of France age 7
Louis Philippe I born 1773-10-06
Mahmud II born 1785-07-20
Charles XIV John age 2
Ferdinand VII born 1784-10-14
Aaron Burr age 9
Selim III age 3
Joséphine de Beauharnais age 2
Joachim Murat born 1767-03-25
Marquis de Lafayette age 7
George Stephenson born 1781-06-09
John C. Calhoun born 1782-03-18
Muhammad Ali of Egypt born 1769-03-04
Mikhail Kutuzov age 19
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor age 18
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston born 1784-10-20
Joseph Bonaparte born 1768-01-07
George Canning born 1770-04-11
Toussaint Louverture age 22
Bahadur Shah Zafar born 1775-10-24
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just born 1767-08-25
Mustafa IV born 1779-09-08
Samuel Adams age 42
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès age 17
Charles IV of Spain age 16
William I of the Netherlands born 1772-08-24
Frederick William III of Prussia born 1770-08-03
Lazare Carnot age 12
Louis XVII born 1785-03-27
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla age 12
Jean-Jacques Dessalines age 6
Bernardo O'Higgins born 1778-08-20
Michel Ney born 1769-01-10
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar born 1772-09-05
Elbridge Gerry age 21
Daniel D. Tompkins born 1774-06-21
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen born 1784-01-28
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher age 22
William Wilberforce age 5
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville age 35
Agustín de Iturbide born 1783-09-27
Charles XIII age 16
Ioannis Kapodistrias born 1776-02-10
Richard Mentor Johnson born 1780-10-17
Frederick William II of Prussia age 20
Frederick VI of Denmark born 1768-01-28
Pyotr Bagration age 0 months
Gustav IV Adolf born 1778-11-01
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria age 9
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly age 3
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies age 14
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne born 1779-03-15
Jean Lannes born 1769-04-10
Daniel Webster born 1782-01-18
Tecumseh born 1768-03-01
Louis-Nicolas Davout born 1770-05-10
André Masséna age 7
Jérôme Bonaparte born 1784-11-15
Marie Thérèse of France born 1778-12-19
Francisco de Miranda age 15
Maria Carolina of Austria age 12
Charles Cornwallis age 26
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen born 1771-09-05
Vicente Guerrero born 1782-08-10
Józef Poniatowski age 2
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz born 1776-03-10
Ernest Augustus of Hanover born 1771-06-05
Kamehameha I age 9
Luis Alejandro Berthier age 11
Eugène de Beauharnais born 1781-09-03
Daoguang Emperor born 1782-09-16
Henry Clay born 1777-04-12
Jean-de-Dieu Soult born 1769-03-29
Jiaqing Emperor age 4
Auguste de Marmont born 1774-07-20
Benedict Arnold age 24
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville age 5
Charles Felix age 3 months
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia born 1779-05-08
Rama II born 1768-02-24
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony age 14
Charles Emmanuel IV age 14
Edward, Duke of Kent born 1767-11-02
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich born 1782-11-01
Victor Emmanuel I age 6
Lin Tse-hsu born 1785-08-30
Jean Victor Marie Moreau age 2
Francis I of the Two Sicilies born 1777-08-19
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily born 1782-04-26
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia born 1766-01-06
Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) age 5
Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) born 1779-01-24
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald born 1765-11-17
Benjamin Rush age 19
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily born 1772-06-06
Bernardino Rivadavia born 1780-05-20