✦ History

Explore July 24, 1766 – March 25, 1789

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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Boston Tea Party 1773-12-16
Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775-04-19
American Revolutionary War 1775-04-19 - 1783-09-03
Siege of Boston 1775-04-19 - 1776-03-17
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 37
Empress - Russian Empire
Louis XVI age 11
King - France
George III age 28
King - Great Britain
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor age 25
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Abdul Hamid I age 41
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Qianlong Emperor age 54
Emperor - Imperial China
Frederick William II of Prussia age 21
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Yeongjo of Joseon age 71
King - Joseon
Lotf Ali Khan born 1769-01-01
Shah - Iran
Tekle Giyorgis I age 15
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jeongjo of Joseon age 13
King - Joseon
Victor Amadeus III age 40
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Emperor Kōkaku born 1771-09-23
Emperor - Japan
Mustafa III age 49
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Frederick the Great age 54
King - Kingdom of Prussia
William Pitt the Younger age 7
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Frederick North, Lord North age 34
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham age 36
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland age 28
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne age 29
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Benjamin Lincoln age 33
Secretary of War - United States
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe age 40
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville age 50
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
James Alexander Hamilton born 1788-04-14
United States Attorney - Department of Justice
Oliver Ellsworth age 21
Senate - United States
Robert Morris age 32
Senate - United States
George Read age 32
Senate - United States
Charles Carroll of Carrollton age 28
Senate - United States
Richard Henry Lee age 34
Senate - United States
James Madison age 15
House of Representatives - United States
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born 1769-05-01
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Elbridge Gerry age 22
House of Representatives - United States
William R. King born 1786-04-07
House of Representatives - United States
Spencer Perceval age 3
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Marshall age 10
House of Representatives - United States
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey age 2
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool born 1770-06-07
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Addington age 9
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Albert Gallatin age 5
House of Representatives - United States
Timothy Pickering age 21
House of Representatives - United States
Banastre Tarleton age 11
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Samuel Dexter age 5
House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Morgan age 30
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Dearborn age 15
House of Representatives - United States
George W. Campbell born 1769-02-09
House of Representatives - United States
Levi Lincoln Sr. age 17
House of Representatives - United States
John J. Crittenden born 1787-09-10
House of Representatives - United States
John Canfield Spencer born 1788-01-08
House of Representatives - United States
William Eustis age 13
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne born 1780-07-02
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester age 10
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto born 1782-11-16
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Duncan Lamont Clinch born 1787-04-06
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch age 17
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Sidney Smith age 2
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Stephen Van Rensselaer age 1
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Cochrane age 8
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore age 9
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Peleg Wadsworth age 18
House of Representatives - United States
John Chandler age 4
House of Representatives - United States
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley born 1782-04-15
House of Representatives - United States
Roger Sherman age 45
House of Representatives - United States
William Floyd age 31
House of Representatives - United States
George Clymer age 27
House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Carroll age 36
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas Jefferson age 23
Governor of Virginia - United States
George Clinton age 27
Governor of New York - United States
John Hancock age 29
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Edmund Randolph age 12
Governor of Virginia - United States
William Paca age 25
Governor of Maryland - United States
Benjamin Harrison V age 40
Governor of Virginia - United States
Thomas Nelson Jr. age 27
Governor of Virginia - United States
Button Gwinnett age 31
Governor of Georgia - United States
Lyman Hall age 42
Governor of Georgia - United States
John Adams age 30
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Martin Van Buren born 1782-12-05
New York State Senate - United States
Philip Schuyler age 32
New York State Senate - United States
Robert Treat Paine age 35
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Philip Livingston age 50
New York State Senate - United States
Lewis Morris age 40
New York State Senate - United States
James Duane age 33
New York State Senate - United States
Charles III of Spain age 50
King - Spain
Charles IV of Spain age 17
King - Spain
Gustav III age 20
King - Sweden
John Jay age 20
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Peyton Randolph age 44
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Henry Laurens age 42
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Adolf Frederick of Sweden age 56
King - Sweden
George Washington age 34
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army - United States
Napoleon born 1769-08-15
Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770-12-01
Adam Smith age 43
Benjamin Franklin age 60
Jane Austen born 1775-12-16
Simón Bolívar born 1783-07-24
John Quincy Adams born 1767-07-11
Andrew Jackson born 1767-03-15
James Watt age 30
James Monroe age 8
Zachary Taylor born 1784-11-24
William Henry Harrison born 1773-02-09
Marie Antoinette age 10
Maximilien Robespierre age 8
Edward Jenner age 17
Alexander I of Russia born 1777-12-23
Horatio Nelson age 7
Alexander Hamilton age 11
Shaka born 1787-07-01
William IV age 11 months
Klemens von Metternich born 1773-05-15
Paul I of Russia age 11
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord age 12
George IV age 3
Anne, Queen of Great Britain age 101
Georges Danton age 6
Louis XVIII age 10
José de San Martín born 1778-02-25
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1768-02-12
Charles X of France age 8
Louis Philippe I born 1773-10-06
Mahmud II born 1785-07-20
Charles XIV John age 3
Robert Peel born 1788-02-05
Ferdinand VII born 1784-10-14
Aaron Burr age 10
Selim III age 4
Joséphine de Beauharnais age 3
Joachim Murat born 1767-03-25
John C. Calhoun born 1782-03-18
Muhammad Ali of Egypt born 1769-03-04
Mikhail Kutuzov age 20
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor age 19
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 23
Mustafa IV born 1779-09-08
Samuel Adams age 43
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla age 13
Jean-Jacques Dessalines age 7
Michel Ney born 1769-01-10
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar born 1772-09-05
Daniel D. Tompkins born 1774-06-21
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen born 1784-01-28
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher age 23
William Wilberforce age 6
Agustín de Iturbide born 1783-09-27
Charles XIII age 17
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 age 1
Gustav IV Adolf born 1778-11-01
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly age 4
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne born 1779-03-15
Daniel Webster born 1782-01-18
Tecumseh born 1768-03-01
Louis-Nicolas Davout born 1770-05-10
Guadalupe Victoria born 1786-09-29
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen born 1771-09-05
Vicente Guerrero born 1782-08-10
Daoguang Emperor born 1782-09-16
Henry Clay born 1777-04-12
Jiaqing Emperor age 5
Benedict Arnold age 25
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville age 6
Charles Felix age 1
Rama III born 1788-03-31
Rama II born 1768-02-24
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich born 1782-11-01
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia age 6 months
Bernardino Rivadavia born 1780-05-20
Winfield Scott born 1786-06-13
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg born 1771-04-18
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe age 36
John Paul Jones age 19
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh born 1769-06-18
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve age 2
Fructuoso Rivera born 1784-10-17
Nathanael Greene age 23
John Rutledge age 26
Henry Knox age 16
John Burgoyne age 44
Karl Mack von Leiberich age 13
Vicente López y Planes born 1785-05-03
Roger B. Taney born 1777-03-17
Lewis Cass born 1782-10-09
Alexandre Pétion born 1770-04-02
Ioannis Kolettis born 1773-01-01
William L. Marcy born 1786-12-12
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben age 35
William H. Crawford born 1772-02-24
Jean-Pierre Boyer born 1776-02-15
Thomas Gage age 48
Edward Livingston age 2
Horatio Gates age 39
Levin August von Bennigsen age 21
Adam Wilhelm Moltke born 1785-08-25
Louis McLane born 1786-05-28