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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
French Revolution 1789-05-05 - 1799-11-09
Storming of the Bastille 1789-07-14
Haitian Revolution 1791-08-21 - 1804-01-01
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
Siege of Toulon (1793) 1793-08-29 - 1793-12-19
Reign of Terror 1793-09-05 - 1794-07-28
Battle of Hondschoote 1793-09-08 - 1793-09-08
Battle of Wattignies 1793-10-16 - 1793-10-16
Glorious First of June 1794-06-01 - 1794-06-01
Battle of Fleurus (1794) 1794-06-26 - 1794-06-26

People

George Washington age 23
President - United States
Catherine the Great age 26
Empress - Russian Empire
Louis XVI age 1
King - France
George III age 17
King - Great Britain
George II age 71
King - Great Britain
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1768-02-12
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Elizabeth of Russia age 45
Empress - Russian Empire
Peter III of Russia age 27
Emperor - Russian Empire
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor age 14
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Selim III born 1761-12-24
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdul Hamid I age 30
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor age 8
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Qianlong Emperor age 44
Emperor - Imperial China
Frederick William II of Prussia age 10
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Lotf Ali Khan born 1769-01-01
Shah - Iran
Jeongjo of Joseon age 2
King - Joseon
Victor Amadeus III age 29
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
William Pitt the Younger born 1759-05-28
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Frederick North, Lord North age 23
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham age 25
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland age 17
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne age 18
Prime Minister - Great Britain
John Jay age 9
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John Rutledge age 16
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John Adams age 19
Vice President - United States
Thomas Jefferson age 12
Secretary of State - United States
Alexander Hamilton age 8 months
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville born 1759-10-25
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Edmund Randolph age 2
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Knox age 5
Secretary of War - United States
Timothy Pickering age 10
Secretary of War - United States
Oliver Wolcott Jr. born 1760-01-11
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Bradford born 1755-09-14
Attorney General - United States
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville age 13
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
James Monroe born 1758-04-28
Senate - United States
James Madison age 4
House of Representatives - United States
Samuel Adams age 32
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Charles III of Spain age 39
King - Spain
Charles IV of Spain age 6
King - Spain
Gustav III age 9
King - Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf born 1778-11-01
King - Sweden
John Hancock age 18
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Peyton Randolph age 34
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Henry Laurens age 31
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Napoleon born 1769-08-15
Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770-12-01
Adam Smith age 32
Benjamin Franklin age 49
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 age 19
Martin Van Buren born 1782-12-05
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 age 6
Alexander I of Russia born 1777-12-23
Horatio Nelson born 1758-09-29
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born 1769-05-01
Shaka born 1787-07-01
William IV born 1765-08-21
Klemens von Metternich born 1773-05-15
Paul I of Russia age 11 months
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord age 1
George IV born 1762-08-12
Anne, Queen of Great Britain age 90
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
Aaron Burr born 1756-02-06
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 age 10
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston born 1784-10-20
Joseph Bonaparte born 1768-01-07
George Canning born 1770-04-11
Ivan VI of Russia age 15
Toussaint Louverture age 12
Ferdinand I of Austria born 1793-04-19
Mustafa IV born 1779-09-08
Antonio López de Santa Anna born 1794-02-21
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell born 1792-08-18
Antonio José de Sucre born 1795-02-03
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla age 2
Jean-Jacques Dessalines born 1758-09-20
Michel Ney born 1769-01-10
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar born 1772-09-05
Elbridge Gerry age 11
Sam Houston born 1793-03-02
George Clinton age 16
Daniel D. Tompkins born 1774-06-21
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen born 1784-01-28
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher age 12
William Wilberforce born 1759-08-24
William R. King born 1786-04-07
Agustín de Iturbide born 1783-09-27
Charles XIII age 6
Richard Mentor Johnson born 1780-10-17
Spencer Perceval born 1762-11-01
Davy Crockett born 1786-08-17
George M. Dallas born 1792-07-10
John Marshall born 1755-09-24
Pyotr Bagration born 1765-07-10
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born 1764-03-13
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly born 1761-12-27
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne born 1779-03-15
Daniel Webster born 1782-01-18
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool born 1770-06-07
Tecumseh born 1768-03-01
Louis-Nicolas Davout born 1770-05-10
Henry Addington born 1757-05-30
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 born 1760-11-13
Benedict Arnold age 14
Charles Felix born 1765-04-06
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich born 1782-11-01
Winfield Scott born 1786-06-13
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg born 1771-04-18
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe age 26
John Paul Jones age 8
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh born 1769-06-18
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve born 1763-12-31
Nathanael Greene age 13
Edward Everett born 1794-04-11
Yeongjo of Joseon age 61
John Burgoyne age 33
Karl Mack von Leiberich age 3
Albert Gallatin born 1761-01-29
Roger B. Taney born 1777-03-17
Lewis Cass born 1782-10-09
Oliver Ellsworth age 10
William L. Marcy born 1786-12-12
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben age 25
William H. Crawford born 1772-02-24
Thomas Gage age 37
Edward Livingston born 1764-05-28
Horatio Gates age 28
Levin August von Bennigsen age 10
Louis McLane born 1786-05-28
Robert Smith born 1757-11-03
John Forsyth born 1780-10-22
Henry Clinton age 25
Banastre Tarleton age 1
Abel P. Upshur born 1790-06-17
Samuel Dexter born 1761-05-14
Anthony Wayne age 10
James McHenry age 1
Levi Woodbury born 1789-12-22
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester age 31
Bernardo de Gálvez age 9
Richard Rush born 1780-08-29
Thomas Ewing born 1789-12-28
Daniel Morgan age 19
William Wirt born 1772-11-08
John Breckinridge born 1760-12-02
Henry Dearborn age 4
James Barbour born 1775-06-10
George W. Campbell born 1769-02-09
Levi Lincoln Sr. age 6
Thomas Corwin born 1794-07-29
John J. Crittenden born 1787-09-10
John Armstrong Jr. born 1758-11-25
John Canfield Spencer born 1788-01-08
Caesar Augustus Rodney born 1772-01-04
John Eaton (politician) born 1790-06-18
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville age 39
Federico Gravina born 1756-08-12
Pavel Chichagov born 1767-07-08
Felix Grundy born 1777-09-11
William J. Duane born 1780-05-09
William Pinkney born 1764-03-17
William Eustis age 2
Joel Roberts Poinsett born 1779-03-02
Cuthbert Collingwood age 6
Edward Bates born 1793-09-04
George M. Bibb born 1776-10-30
Alexander J. Dallas born 1759-06-21
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer born 1758-09-01
John M. Berrien born 1781-08-23
Samuel D. Ingham born 1779-09-16