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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
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789-08-26
Haitian Revolution 1791-08-21 - 1804-01-01
United States Bill of Rights 1791-12-15
French Revolutionary Wars 1792-04-20 - 1802-03-25
Battle of Valmy 1792-09-20 - 1792-09-20
Battle of Jemappes 1792-11-06 - 1792-11-06
Execution of Louis XVI 1793-01-21
Battle of Neerwinden (1793) 1793-03-18 - 1793-03-18

People

George Washington born 1732-02-22
President - United States
Peter the Great age 48
Emperor - Russian Empire
Catherine the Great born 1729-05-02
Empress - Russian Empire
Louis XVI born 1754-08-23
King - France
George III born 1738-06-04
King - Great Britain
George II age 37
King - Great Britain
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1768-02-12
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
George I age 60
King - Great Britain
Elizabeth of Russia age 11
Empress - Russian Empire
Peter III of Russia born 1728-02-21
Emperor - Russian Empire
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1741-03-13
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Catherine I of Russia age 37
Empress - Russian Empire
Anna of Russia age 28
Empress - Russian Empire
Selim III born 1761-12-24
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Peter II of Russia age 5
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid I born 1725-03-20
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1747-05-05
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Ivan VI of Russia born 1740-08-23
Emperor - Russian Empire
Qianlong Emperor age 9
Emperor - Imperial China
Frederick William II of Prussia born 1744-09-25
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Yeongjo of Joseon age 26
King - Joseon
Gyeongjong of Joseon age 32
King - Joseon
Lotf Ali Khan born 1769-01-01
Shah - Iran
Tekle Giyorgis I born 1751-01-01
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jeongjo of Joseon born 1752-10-28
King - Joseon
Victor Amadeus III born 1726-06-26
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Emperor Kōkaku born 1771-09-23
Emperor - Japan
Ahmed III age 47
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Mustafa III age 4
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Kangxi Emperor age 67
Emperor - Imperial China
Yongzheng Emperor age 42
Emperor - Imperial China
Frederick William I of Prussia age 32
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Frederick the Great age 9
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor age 12
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
William Pitt the Younger born 1759-05-28
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Frederick North, Lord North born 1732-04-13
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham born 1730-05-13
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
John Jay born 1745-12-12
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John Adams born 1735-10-30
Vice President - United States
Thomas Jefferson born 1743-04-13
Secretary of State - United States
Alexander Hamilton born 1755-01-11
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville born 1759-10-25
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Edmund Randolph born 1753-08-10
Attorney General - United States
Henry Knox born 1750-07-25
Secretary of War - United States
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville born 1742-04-28
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Benjamin Lincoln born 1733-01-24
Secretary of War - United States
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe born 1726-03-08
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
John Rutledge born 1739-09-17
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville age 5
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
James Wilson born 1742-09-14
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
James Alexander Hamilton born 1788-04-14
United States Attorney - Department of Justice
James Monroe born 1758-04-28
Senate - United States
Aaron Burr born 1756-02-06
Senate - United States
Oliver Ellsworth born 1745-04-29
Senate - United States
Philip Schuyler born 1733-11-20
Senate - United States
Roger Sherman born 1721-04-19
Senate - United States
Robert Morris born 1734-01-20
Senate - United States
George Read born 1733-09-18
Senate - United States
Charles Carroll of Carrollton born 1737-09-19
Senate - United States
Richard Henry Lee born 1732-01-20
Senate - United States
James Madison born 1751-03-16
House of Representatives - United States
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born 1769-05-01
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Elbridge Gerry born 1744-07-17
House of Representatives - United States
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
Anthony Wayne born 1745-01-01
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
John Canfield Spencer born 1788-01-08
House of Representatives - United States
William Eustis born 1753-06-10
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 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
Duncan Lamont Clinch born 1787-04-06
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch born 1748-10-19
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Sidney Smith born 1764-06-21
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Stephen Van Rensselaer born 1764-11-01
House of Representatives - United States
Samuel Smith born 1752-07-27
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Cochrane born 1758-04-23
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore born 1757-05-15
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Peleg Wadsworth born 1748-05-06
House of Representatives - United States
John Chandler born 1762-02-01
House of Representatives - United States
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley born 1782-04-15
House of Representatives - United States
William Floyd born 1734-12-17
House of Representatives - United States
Abraham Clark born 1726-02-15
House of Representatives - United States
George Clymer born 1739-03-16
House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Carroll born 1730-07-22
House of Representatives - 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
Henry Lee III born 1756-01-29
Governor of Virginia - United States
William Paterson born 1745-12-24
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Thomas Henderson born 1743-08-15
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Thomas Sim Lee born 1745-10-29
Governor of Maryland - United States
Richard Howell born 1754-10-25
Governor of New Jersey - United States
George Plater born 1735-11-08
Governor of Maryland - United States
Elisha Lawrence born 1746-01-01
Governor of New Jersey - United States
James Brice born 1746-08-26
Governor of Maryland - United States
William Paca born 1740-10-31
Governor of Maryland - United States
Benjamin Harrison V born 1726-04-05
Governor of Virginia - United States
Thomas Nelson Jr. born 1739-01-06
Governor of Virginia - United States
Button Gwinnett born 1735-04-10
Governor of Georgia - United States
Lyman Hall born 1724-04-12
Governor of Georgia - United States
Martin Van Buren born 1782-12-05
New York State Senate - United States
Robert Treat Paine born 1731-03-11
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Philip Livingston age 5
New York State Senate - United States
Lewis Morris born 1726-04-08
New York State Senate - United States
James Duane born 1733-02-06
New York State Senate - United States
Charles III of Spain age 5
King - Spain
Charles IV of Spain born 1748-11-11
King - Spain
Gustav III born 1746-01-24
King - Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf born 1778-11-01
King - Sweden
Peyton Randolph born 1721-09-10
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Henry Laurens born 1724-03-06
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Adolf Frederick of Sweden age 10
King - Sweden
Napoleon born 1769-08-15
Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770-12-01
Adam Smith born 1723-06-01
Benjamin Franklin age 15
Jane Austen born 1775-12-16
Michael Faraday born 1791-09-22
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 Buchanan born 1791-04-23
Zachary Taylor born 1784-11-24
John Tyler born 1790-03-29
William Henry Harrison born 1773-02-09
Marie Antoinette born 1755-11-02
Maximilien Robespierre born 1758-05-06
Charles Babbage born 1791-12-26
Edward Jenner born 1749-05-17
Alexander I of Russia born 1777-12-23
Horatio Nelson born 1758-09-29
Shaka born 1787-07-01
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 56
Georges Danton born 1759-10-26
Louis XVIII born 1755-11-17
José de San Martín born 1778-02-25
Charles X of France born 1757-10-09
Louis Philippe I born 1773-10-06
Leopold I of Belgium born 1790-12-16
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
Joséphine de Beauharnais born 1763-06-23
Joachim Murat born 1767-03-25
John C. Calhoun born 1782-03-18
Muhammad Ali of Egypt born 1769-03-04
Mikhail Kutuzov born 1745-09-16
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
Ferdinand I of Austria born 1793-04-19
Mustafa IV born 1779-09-08
Samuel Adams born 1722-09-27
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell born 1792-08-18
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla born 1753-05-08
Jean-Jacques Dessalines born 1758-09-20
Michel Ney born 1769-01-10
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar born 1772-09-05
Sam Houston born 1793-03-02
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
Agustín de Iturbide born 1783-09-27
Charles XIII born 1748-10-07
Christian VIII born 1786-09-18
Richard Mentor Johnson born 1780-10-17
Davy Crockett born 1786-08-17
George M. Dallas born 1792-07-10
Frederick VI of Denmark born 1768-01-28
Pyotr Bagration born 1765-07-10
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly born 1761-12-27
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