✦ History

Explore January 1, 1769 – January 1, 1786

« 5 yrs
» 5 yrs

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

Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier age 10 months
Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen age 26
Anthony, King of Saxony age 13
Emmanuel de Grouchy age 2
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg born 1771-04-18
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno age 4
Charles François Dumouriez age 29
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany age 5
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia age 48
Edmund Randolph age 15
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein age 8
Pierre Augereau age 11
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 33
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr age 4
John Dickinson age 37
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe age 39
John Paul Jones age 21
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh born 1769-06-18
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve age 5
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure age 1
Louis Desaix age 4 months
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
Fructuoso Rivera born 1784-10-17
Nathanael Greene age 26
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia born 1784-12-24
Roger Sherman age 47
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1738) age 30
Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma age 22
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria age 12
Ferdinand I of Parma age 17
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France born 1781-10-22
John Rutledge age 29
Henry Knox age 18
John Burgoyne age 46
Karl Mack von Leiberich age 16
Vicente López y Planes born 1785-05-03
Roger B. Taney born 1777-03-17
Comte de Rochambeau age 43
Valentín Gómez Farías born 1781-02-14
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau age 8
Archduke John of Austria born 1782-01-20
Natalia Alexeievna (Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt) age 13
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov born 1777-06-04
Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 29
Frederick II Eugene of Württemberg age 36
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz born 1778-03-03
Louis I of Etruria born 1773-07-05
Lewis Cass born 1782-10-09
Agustín Gamarra born 1785-08-27
Casimir Pulaski age 23
Karl August von Hardenberg age 18
Étienne Maurice Gérard born 1773-04-04
Charles Carroll of Carrollton age 31
Richard Henry Lee age 36
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern age 53
Gouverneur Morris age 16
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born 1743) age 25
Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este age 14
Alexandre Pétion born 1770-04-02
Ioannis Kolettis born 1773-01-01
Oliver Ellsworth age 23
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben age 38
William H. Crawford born 1772-02-24
Jean-Andoche Junot born 1771-09-25
Robert Morris age 34
Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 55
Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg age 40
Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Saxony age 1
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 age 13
Jean-Pierre Boyer born 1776-02-15
Thomas Gage age 50
Edward Livingston age 4
Horatio Gates age 41
Levin August von Bennigsen age 23
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
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange age 17
Duke Louis of Württemberg age 12
Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg age 1
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt age 17
Archduke Rainer of Austria (1783–1853) born 1783-09-30
Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa age 18
Adam Wilhelm Moltke born 1785-08-25
Henry Lee III age 12
Black Hawk age 2
James Wilson age 26
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia age 52
Princess Carolina of Parma born 1770-11-22
Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily born 1779-01-17
Robert Smith age 11
John Forsyth born 1780-10-22
Henry Clinton age 38
Zebulon Pike born 1779-01-05
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld born 1781-09-23
Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III) age 24
Mikhail Miloradovich born 1771-10-12
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) age 42
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia age 1
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia born 1773-11-01
Bhimsen Thapa born 1775-08-01
Roger Ducos age 21
Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg born 1769-01-05
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings age 14
Ercole Consalvi age 11
Josiah Bartlett age 39
Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg age 45
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia age 38
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 32
Princess Augusta of Prussia born 1780-05-01
William II, Elector of Hesse born 1777-07-28
Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen age 30
Étienne Constantin de Gerlache born 1785-12-26
José Joaquín de Olmedo born 1780-03-31
Anthony Wayne age 24
Oliver Wolcott Jr. age 8
Barthélémy Catherine Joubert born 1769-04-14
Murad Bey age 19
Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz age 13
Dominique Vandamme born 1770-11-05
Edward Rutledge age 19
Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel age 48
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este born 1781-04-25
Francisco Antonio Pinto born 1785-07-23
Juan Antonio Lavalleja born 1784-06-24
William Paterson age 23
William Huskisson born 1770-03-11
DeWitt Clinton born 1769-03-02
Comte de Grasse age 46
James McHenry age 15
Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay age 28
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney age 49
Ralph Abercromby age 34
Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1778-06-13
Prince Josias of Coburg age 31
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg age 9
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta born 1772-11-17
George Read age 35
Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg born 1785-10-13
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 44
Bernardo de Gálvez age 22
Richard Rush born 1780-08-29
Jezzar Pasha age 47
Ibrahim Bey age 34
Friedrich von Gentz age 4
Alexander Tormasov age 16
Stephen Hopkins age 61
Samuel Huntington age 37
Thomas McKean age 34
Duchess Frederica of Württemberg age 3
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) age 6
Anders Sandøe Ørsted born 1778-12-21
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland born 1784-08-25
Alemdar Mustafa Pasha age 14
Charles Lee age 36
William Wirt born 1772-11-08
John Breckinridge age 8
József Alvinczi age 33
Michael von Melas age 39
Oliver Hazard Perry born 1785-08-23
Arthur St. Clair age 31
John Sullivan age 28
James Wilkinson age 11
Francis Hopkinson age 31
Samuel Chase age 27
Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia age 54
Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg age 15
Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 46
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 age 13
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén age 10
Géraud Duroc born 1772-10-25
John Moore age 7
Isaac Brock born 1769-10-06
Duke George of Oldenburg born 1784-05-09
William Ellery age 41
George Clymer age 29
George Wythe age 43
Empress Xiaoyichun age 41
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia age 22
Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 68
Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel age 42