✦ History

Explore April 9, 1740 – July 14, 1789

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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
First inauguration of George Washington 1789-04-30
French Revolution 1789-05-05 - 1799-11-09
Storming of the Bastille 1789-07-14

People

Alexander Macomb born 1782-04-03
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just born 1767-08-25
Karl August von Hardenberg born 1750-05-31
Wilhelm von Humboldt born 1767-06-22
Karl Nesselrode born 1780-12-14
Friedrich von Gentz born 1764-05-02
Ercole Consalvi born 1757-06-08
Princess Yoshiko (consort of Kōkaku) born 1779-03-11
Elizabeth Temkina born 1775-07-13
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia born 1779-05-08
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia born 1783-08-09
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia born 1784-12-24
Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach born 1786-02-15
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia born 1788-05-21
Natalia Alexeievna (Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt) born 1755-06-25
Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) born 1759-10-25
Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) born 1779-01-24
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld born 1781-09-23
Archduke Joseph of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) born 1776-03-09
Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1778-06-13
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach born 1783-02-02
Duke George of Oldenburg born 1784-05-09
William I of Württemberg born 1781-09-27
Esma Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III) age 14
Saliha Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III) age 25
Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III) age 24
Zeynep Sultan age 26
Zübeyde Sultan age 12
Şehzade Mehmed (son of Ahmed III) age 23
Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III) born 1768-06-14
Şah Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III) born 1761-04-20
Beyhan Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III) born 1766-01-13
Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III) born 1745-01-01
Adilşah Kadın born 1748-01-01
Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdul Hamid I) born 1778-07-17
Hibetullah Sultan born 1789-03-16
Dürrüşehvar Hanım (daughter of Abdülhamid I) born 1767-01-01
Koca Ragıp Pasha age 42
Melek Mehmed Pasha age 21
Küçük Hüseyin Pasha born 1757-01-01
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 4
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg age 7
François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt age 6
Charles François Dumouriez age 1
Prince Josias of Coburg age 2
Jean Nicolas Houchard age 1
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany born 1763-08-16
Wilhelm von Freytag age 20
Lazare Carnot born 1753-05-13
Jacques Ferrand born 1746-11-14
William I of the Netherlands born 1772-08-24
Jacques François Dugommier age 1
Jean François Carteaux born 1751-01-31
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse born 1750-05-29
Wilhelm von Wartensleben age 5
Michel de Beaupuy born 1755-07-14
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent age 5
William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock born 1753-07-09
Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet age 3 months
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan age 8
Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer born 1747-12-18
Paul Grenier born 1768-01-29
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald born 1765-11-17
Jean-Baptiste Salme born 1766-11-18
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier born 1768-02-13
Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge born 1767-11-22
Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov born 1753-08-24
Alexey Ivanovich Gorchakov born 1769-05-31
Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken born 1752-10-31
Hyde Parker age 1
Yakov Kulnev born 1763-08-06
Nicolas Oudinot born 1767-04-25
Julius von Grawert born 1746-12-28
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg born 1759-09-26
Magnus Gustav von Essen born 1759-09-30
Philip Osipovich Paulucci born 1779-09-11
Ivan Fyodorovich Emme born 1763-07-25
Alexander Tormasov born 1752-08-22
Józef Poniatowski born 1763-05-07
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr born 1764-04-13
Fabian Steinheil born 1762-10-14
Dmitry Dokhturov born 1756-09-12
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov born 1777-06-04
Mikhail Miloradovich born 1771-10-12
Dmitry Golitsyn born 1771-10-29
Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz born 1755-02-16
Jacques Lauriston born 1768-02-01
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta born 1772-11-17
Dominique Vandamme born 1770-11-05
Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy born 1770-02-10
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien born 1760-09-15
Carl Philipp von Wrede born 1767-04-29
Zahar Dimitrijevič Olsufjev born 1772-03-24
Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf born 1762-04-09
Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich born 1772-01-01
Jérôme Bonaparte born 1784-11-15
Étienne Maurice Gérard born 1773-04-04
Johann von Thielmann born 1765-04-27
Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet born 1780-08-26
Bernard Dubourdieu born 1773-04-28
Charles Napier born 1786-03-06
William Campbell born 1745-01-01
Benjamin Cleveland age 1
Isaac Shelby born 1750-12-11
Patrick Ferguson born 1744-06-04
Abraham de Peyster born 1753-02-18
Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet age 19
James Lucas Yeo born 1782-10-07
Joseph Wanton Morrison born 1783-05-04
Sir William Howe Mulcaster born 1786-01-01
James Wilkinson born 1757-03-24
John Parker Boyd born 1764-12-21
Leonard Covington born 1768-10-30
Princess Chŏnghwa age 410
Queen Inwon age 52
Queen Jeongseong age 47
Yeongbin Yi age 43
Queen Hyosun age 24
Princess Hwapyeong age 12
Princess Hwahyeop age 7
Lady Hyegyŏng age 4
Princess Hwawan age 3
Princess Hwayu born 1740-09-29
Queen Jeongsun born 1745-12-02
Crown Prince Uiso born 1750-09-27
Uibin Seong born 1753-08-06
Queen Hyoui born 1753-12-25
Princess Hwaryeong born 1753-01-01
Princess Ch'ŏngyŏn born 1754-01-01
Princess Ch'ŏngsŏn born 1756-01-01
Hwabin Yun born 1765-05-19
Wonbin Hong born 1766-06-22
Prince Sanggye born 1769-01-01
Subin Park born 1770-06-01
Crown Prince Munhyo born 1782-10-13
Queen Sunwon born 1789-06-08
Josiah Bartlett age 10
William Whipple age 10
Matthew Thornton age 26
Stephen Hopkins age 33
William Ellery age 12
Samuel Huntington age 8
William Williams age 8
Oliver Wolcott age 13
Francis Lewis age 27
Richard Stockton age 9
John Witherspoon age 17
Francis Hopkinson age 2
John Hart age 29
Abraham Clark age 14
Benjamin Rush born 1746-01-04
John Morton age 15
James Smith age 20
George Taylor age 24
James Wilson born 1742-09-14
George Ross age 9
Caesar Rodney age 11
Thomas McKean age 6
Samuel Chase born 1741-04-17
Thomas Stone born 1743-01-01
George Wythe age 14
Francis Lightfoot Lee age 5
Carter Braxton age 3
William Hooper born 1742-06-28
Joseph Hewes age 10
John Penn born 1741-05-17
Edward Rutledge born 1749-11-23
Thomas Heyward Jr. born 1746-07-28
Thomas Lynch Jr. born 1749-08-05
Arthur Middleton born 1742-06-26
George Walton born 1741-01-01
John Dickinson age 8
John Hanson age 19
Yunti, Prince Xun age 52
Empress Xiaoyichun age 12
Empress Xiaoshengxian age 48
Empress Xiaoshurui born 1760-10-02
Empress Xiaoxianchun age 28
David Hartley age 8
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia age 24
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia age 21
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia age 19
Prince Augustus William of Prussia age 17
Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg age 16
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) age 14
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia age 9
Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia age 25
Wilhelmine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth age 30
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover age 53
Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 2
Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 5 months
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels born 1740-10-29
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia born 1746-11-08
Augusta Dorothea, Abbess of Gandersheim born 1749-10-02
Leopold of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel born 1752-10-11
Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 26
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 3
Princess Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt born 1745-10-10
Princess Anna Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 1
Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 39