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Events

American Indian Wars 1609 - 1924
1755 Lisbon earthquake 1755-11-01
Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Battle of Buxar 1764-10-22 - 1764-10-23
Falklands Crisis of 1770 1770
Orlov revolt 1770-02 - 1771-06-17
Boston Massacre 1770-03-05
Battle of Aspindza 1770-04-20
Battle of Chesma 1770-07-07 - 1770-07-18
Battle of Larga 1770-07-07
Battle of Kagul 1770-08-01
Partitions of Poland 1772-08-05 - 1795-10-24
Revolution of 1772 1772-08-19
Pugachev's Rebellion 1773 - 1775-01-21
First Rohilla War 1773 - 1774
Boston Tea Party 1773-12-16
Lord Dunmore's War 1774-05 - 1774-10
Battle of Kozludzha 1774-06-09
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca 1774-07-21
Boston campaign 1774-09-01 - 1776-03-17
Siege of Melilla (1774–1775) 1774-12-09 - 1775-03-19
First Anglo-Maratha War 1775 - 1782
Battle of Machias 1775 - 1775-06-12
Flour War 1775
Invasion of Quebec (1775) 1775 - 1776-10
Ottoman–Persian War (1776–1779) 1775 - 1776
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
Siege of Fort St. Jean 1775-09-17 - 1775-11-03
Battle of Quebec (1775) 1775-12-31 - 1775-12-31
Battle of the Cedars 1776 - 1776-05-27
Fortification of Dorchester Heights 1776 - 1776-03-05
Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777) 1776-02 - 1777-02-24
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge 1776-02-27
Battle of Trois-Rivières 1776-06-08
Battle of Sullivan's Island 1776-06-28 - 1776-06-28
New York and New Jersey campaign 1776-07 - 1777-03
Declaration of Independence 1776-07-04
Battle of Long Island 1776-08-26
Landing at Kip's Bay 1776-09-15
Battle of Harlem Heights 1776-09-16
Battle of Valcour Island 1776-10-11 - 1776-10-13
Battle of Pell's Point 1776-10-18
Battle of White Plains 1776-10-28 - 1776-10-28
Battle of Fort Washington 1776-11-16 - 1776-11-16
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River 1776-12-25 - 1776-12-26
Battle of Trenton 1776-12-26
Philadelphia campaign 1777 - 1778
Battle of the Assunpink Creek 1777-01-02
Battle of Princeton 1777-01-03
Battle of Bound Brook 1777-04-13
Battle of Short Hills 1777-06-26
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) 1777-07-02 - 1777-07-06
Battle of Hubbardton 1777-07-07
Battle of Oriskany 1777-08-06
Battle of Bennington 1777-08-16 - 1777-08-16
Battle of Brandywine 1777-09-11
Battle of Saratoga 1777-09-19 - 1777-10-17
First Treaty of San Ildefonso 1777-10-01
Battle of Germantown 1777-10-04
War of the Bavarian Succession 1778 - 1779-05-13
Treaty of Alliance 1778-02-06
Treaty of El Pardo (1778) 1778-03-11
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) 1778-06 - 1783-09
Battle of Monmouth 1778-06-28
Battle of Wyoming 1778-07-03
Battle of Ushant (1778) 1778-07-27
Battle of Rhode Island 1778-08-29 - 1778-08-29
Treaty of Aynalıkavak 1779-03-21
Treaty of Teschen 1779-05-13
Spain and the American Revolutionary War 1779-06 - 1783-09
Sullivan Expedition 1779-06-18 - 1779-10-03
Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-06-24 - 1783-02-07
Battle of Grenada 1779-07-06
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
Second Anglo-Mysore War 1780 - 1784
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War 1780 - 1784
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) 1780-01-16
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
Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II 1780-11-04 - 1783-03-15
Yorktown campaign 1781
Battle of Jersey 1781-01-06
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 Cape Henry 1781-03-16
Battle of Porto Praya 1781-04-16
Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) 1781-08-05
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 Salbai 1782-05-17
Crawford expedition 1782-05-25 - 1782-06-12
Battle of Negapatam (1782) 1782-07-06
Battle of Blue Licks 1782-08-19
Battle of Cuddalore (1783) 1783-06-20
Treaty of Georgievsk 1783-08-04
Peace of Paris (1783) 1783-09-03
Treaty of Paris 1783-09-03
Revolt of Horea, Cloșca, and Crișan 1784-10-31 - 1784-12-14
Burmese–Siamese War (1785–1786) 1785-01 - 1786-01
Northwest Indian War 1785 - 1795
Shays's Rebellion 1786-08-31 - 1787-06
Eden Agreement 1786-09-26
Constitutional Convention 1787-05-25 - 1787-09-17
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) 1787-08-24 - 1792-01-09
Battle of Kinburn (1787) 1787-10-12
Anjala League 1788
Sino-Nepalese War 1788 - 1789
Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791) 1788-02 - 1791-08-04
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) 1788-06 - 1790-08
Day of the Tiles 1788-06-07
Battle of Fidonisi 1788-07-14
Siege of Ochakov (1788) 1788-08-14 - 1788-12-17
Battle of Karánsebes 1788-09-21
Theatre War 1788-09-24 - 1789-07-09
Menashi–Kunashir rebellion 1789
Liège Revolution 1789
Inconfidência Mineira 1789

People

Catherine the Great age 5
Empress - Russian Empire
Louis XVI born 1754-08-23
King - France
Frederick the Great age 22
King - Kingdom of Prussia
George III born 1738-06-04
King - Great Britain
George II age 51
King - Great Britain
Elizabeth of Russia age 25
Empress - Russian Empire
Peter III of Russia age 6
Emperor - Russian Empire
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1741-03-13
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Anna of Russia age 41
Empress - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid I age 9
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Mustafa III age 17
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor age 26
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Ivan VI of Russia born 1740-08-23
Emperor - Russian Empire
Qianlong Emperor age 23
Emperor - Imperial China
Frederick William I of Prussia age 46
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Frederick William II of Prussia born 1744-09-25
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Yongzheng Emperor age 56
Emperor - Imperial China
Emperor Kōkaku born 1771-09-23
Emperor - Japan
Victor Amadeus III age 8
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Jeongjo of Joseon born 1752-10-28
King - Joseon
Yeongjo of Joseon age 40
King - Joseon
Tekle Giyorgis I born 1751-01-01
Emperor - Ethiopia
William Pitt the Younger born 1759-05-28
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Frederick North, Lord North age 2
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham age 4
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland born 1738-04-14
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne born 1737-05-02
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe age 8
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Benjamin Lincoln age 1
Secretary of War - United States
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville age 18
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born 1769-05-01
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
William R. King born 1786-04-07
House of Representatives - United States
Spencer Perceval born 1762-11-01
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Marshall born 1755-09-24
House of Representatives - United States
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born 1764-03-13
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool born 1770-06-07
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Addington born 1757-05-30
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Albert Gallatin born 1761-01-29
House of Representatives - United States
Timothy Pickering born 1745-07-17
House of Representatives - United States
Banastre Tarleton born 1754-08-21
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Samuel Dexter born 1761-05-14
House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Morgan born 1736-07-06
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Dearborn born 1751-02-23
House of Representatives - United States
George W. Campbell born 1769-02-09
House of Representatives - United States
Levi Lincoln Sr. born 1749-05-15
House of Representatives - United States
John J. Crittenden born 1787-09-10
House of Representatives - United States
George Clymer born 1739-03-16
House of Representatives - United States
John Canfield Spencer born 1788-01-08
House of Representatives - United States
William Eustis born 1753-06-10
House of Representatives - United States
Sidney Smith born 1764-06-21
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch born 1748-10-19
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne born 1780-07-02
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Stephen Van Rensselaer born 1764-11-01
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Cochrane born 1758-04-23
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester born 1756-04-28
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 born 1757-05-15
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Chandler born 1762-02-01
House of Representatives - United States
Peleg Wadsworth born 1748-05-06
House of Representatives - United States
Duncan Lamont Clinch born 1787-04-06
House of Representatives - United States
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley born 1782-04-15
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas Jefferson born 1743-04-13
Governor of Virginia - United States
George Clinton born 1739-07-26
Governor of New York - United States
John Hancock born 1737-01-23
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Edmund Randolph born 1753-08-10
Governor of Virginia - United States
Benjamin Harrison V age 8
Governor of Virginia - United States
Button Gwinnett born 1735-04-10
Governor of Georgia - United States
William Paca born 1740-10-31
Governor of Maryland - United States
Thomas Nelson Jr. born 1739-01-06
Governor of Virginia - United States
Lyman Hall age 10
Governor of Georgia - United States
John Adams born 1735-10-30
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Martin Van Buren born 1782-12-05
New York State Senate - United States
Philip Schuyler age 1
New York State Senate - United States
Robert Treat Paine age 3
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
William Floyd age 0 months
New York State Senate - United States
Philip Livingston age 18
New York State Senate - United States
Lewis Morris age 8
New York State Senate - United States
James Duane age 1
New York State Senate - United States
Pope Pius VI age 17
Pope - Papal States
Charles III of Spain age 18
King - Spain
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1747-05-05
Grand Duke of Tuscany - Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Charles IV of Spain born 1748-11-11
King - Spain
Gustav III born 1746-01-24
King - Sweden
John Jay born 1745-12-12
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Adolf Frederick of Sweden age 24
King - Sweden
Shah Alam II age 6
Mughal Emperor - Mughal Empire
Ferdinand I of Parma born 1751-01-20
Duke of Parma - Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Tokugawa Ieharu born 1737-06-20
Shōgun - Tokugawa shogunate
Tokugawa Ienari born 1773-11-18
Shōgun - Tokugawa shogunate
Ercole III d'Este age 7
Duke of Modena - Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Frederick August I of Oldenburg age 23
Duke - Oldenburg
Peter I of Oldenburg born 1755-01-17
Duke - Oldenburg
Peyton Randolph age 13
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Henry Laurens age 10
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Kpengla born 1735-01-01
King of Dahomey - Kingdom of Dahomey
Agonglo born 1743-01-01
King of Dahomey - Kingdom of Dahomey
Osei Kwame Panyin
Asantehene - Asante Empire
Asaf Jah I age 63
Nizam of Hyderabad - Hyderabad State
Nasir Jung age 22
Nizam of Hyderabad - Hyderabad State
Muzaffar Jung
Nizam of Hyderabad - Hyderabad State
Salabat Jung age 16
Nizam of Hyderabad - Hyderabad State
Nizam Ali Khan age 10 months
Nizam of Hyderabad - Hyderabad State
George Washington age 2
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army - United States
Napoleon born 1769-08-15
Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770-12-01
Adam Smith age 11
Benjamin Franklin age 28
Jane Austen born 1775-12-16
James Madison born 1751-03-16
Simón Bolívar born 1783-07-24
John Quincy Adams born 1767-07-11
Andrew Jackson born 1767-03-15
James Watt born 1736-01-19
James Monroe born 1758-04-28
Zachary Taylor born 1784-11-24
William Henry Harrison born 1773-02-09
Marie Antoinette born 1755-11-02
Maximilien Robespierre born 1758-05-06
Edward Jenner born 1749-05-17
Alexander I of Russia born 1777-12-23
Maria Theresa age 17
Horatio Nelson born 1758-09-29
Alexander Hamilton born 1755-01-11
Shaka born 1787-07-01
Wilhelm von Humboldt born 1767-06-22
Pope Gregory XVI born 1765-09-18
William IV born 1765-08-21
Klemens von Metternich born 1773-05-15
Paul I of Russia born 1754-10-01
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord born 1754-02-02
George IV born 1762-08-12
Anne, Queen of Great Britain age 69
Georges Danton born 1759-10-26
Pope Leo XII born 1760-08-22
Louis XVIII born 1755-11-17
Pope Pius VIII born 1761-11-20
José de San Martín born 1778-02-25
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1768-02-12
Charles X of France born 1757-10-09
Louis Philippe I born 1773-10-06
Mahmud II born 1785-07-20
Charles XIV John born 1763-01-26
Robert Peel born 1788-02-05
Ferdinand VII born 1784-10-14
Aaron Burr born 1756-02-06
Selim III born 1761-12-24
Joséphine de Beauharnais born 1763-06-23
Joachim Murat born 1767-03-25
Marquis de Lafayette born 1757-09-06
George Stephenson born 1781-06-09
John C. Calhoun born 1782-03-18
Muhammad Ali of Egypt born 1769-03-04
Mikhail Kutuzov born 1745-09-16
Ahmed III age 61
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston born 1784-10-20
Joseph Bonaparte born 1768-01-07
George Canning born 1770-04-11
Toussaint Louverture born 1743-05-20
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 12
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès born 1748-05-03
William I of the Netherlands born 1772-08-24
Frederick William III of Prussia born 1770-08-03
Lazare Carnot born 1753-05-13
Louis XVII born 1785-03-27
Louis Bonaparte born 1778-09-02
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla born 1753-05-08
Jean-Jacques Dessalines born 1758-09-20
Bernardo O'Higgins born 1778-08-20
Michel Ney born 1769-01-10
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar born 1772-09-05
Elbridge Gerry born 1744-07-17
Ludwig I of Bavaria born 1786-08-25
Daniel D. Tompkins born 1774-06-21
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen born 1784-01-28
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher born 1742-12-21
William Wilberforce born 1759-08-24
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville age 5
Agustín de Iturbide born 1783-09-27
Charles XIII born 1748-10-07
Ioannis Kapodistrias born 1776-02-10
Christian VIII born 1786-09-18
Richard Mentor Johnson born 1780-10-17
Davy Crockett born 1786-08-17
Frederick VI of Denmark born 1768-01-28
Pyotr Bagration born 1765-07-10
Gustav IV Adolf born 1778-11-01
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria born 1756-05-27
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly born 1761-12-27
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies born 1751-01-12
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 born 1758-05-06
Jérôme Bonaparte born 1784-11-15
Marie Thérèse of France born 1778-12-19