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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
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
Italian campaign of 1796–1797 1796-04-10 - 1797-10-17
Battle of Montenotte 1796-04-12 - 1796-04-12
Battle of Lodi 1796-05-10 - 1796-05-10
Smallpox vaccine 1796-05-14
Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) 1796-07-04 - 1797-02-02
Battle of Amberg 1796-08-24 - 1796-08-24
Battle of Würzburg 1796-09-03 - 1796-09-03
Battle of Biberach (1796) 1796-10-02 - 1796-10-02
Battle of Emmendingen 1796-10-19 - 1796-10-19
Battle of Arcole 1796-11-15 - 1796-11-17
Battle of Rivoli 1797-01-14 - 1797-01-15
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) 1797-02-14 - 1797-02-14
Battle of Camperdown 1797-10-11 - 1797-10-11
French campaign in Egypt and Syria 1798-07-01 - 1801-09-02
Battle of the Pyramids 1798-07-21 - 1798-07-21
Battle of the Nile 1798-08-01 - 1798-08-03
Siege of Acre (1799) 1799-03-20 - 1799-05-21
Battle of Cassano (1799) 1799-04-27 - 1799-04-27

People

George Washington age 26
President - United States
John Adams age 23
President - United States
Catherine the Great age 29
Empress - Russian Empire
Louis XVI age 4
King - France
George III age 20
King - Great Britain
Paul I of Russia age 4
Emperor - Russian Empire
George II age 75
King - Great Britain
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1768-02-12
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Elizabeth of Russia age 48
Empress - Russian Empire
Peter III of Russia age 30
Emperor - Russian Empire
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor age 17
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Selim III born 1761-12-24
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdul Hamid I age 33
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor age 11
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Qianlong Emperor age 47
Emperor - Imperial China
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar born 1772-09-05
Shah - Iran
Frederick William II of Prussia age 14
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Jiaqing Emperor born 1760-11-13
Emperor - Imperial China
Yeongjo of Joseon age 64
King - Joseon
Lotf Ali Khan born 1769-01-01
Shah - Iran
Tekle Giyorgis I age 7
Emperor - Ethiopia
Yonas born 1797-08-18
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jeongjo of Joseon age 5
King - Joseon
Frederick William III of Prussia born 1770-08-03
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Victor Amadeus III age 32
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel IV age 7
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Emperor Kōkaku born 1771-09-23
Emperor - Japan
Mustafa III age 41
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Frederick the Great age 46
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor age 49
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
William Pitt the Younger born 1759-05-28
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Frederick North, Lord North age 26
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham age 28
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland age 20
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne age 21
Prime Minister - Great Britain
John Jay age 12
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John Rutledge age 19
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Oliver Ellsworth age 13
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Thomas Jefferson age 15
Vice President - United States
Alexander Hamilton age 3
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville born 1759-10-25
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Edmund Randolph age 5
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Knox age 8
Secretary of War - United States
Timothy Pickering age 13
Secretary of State - United States
Oliver Wolcott Jr. born 1760-01-11
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
James McHenry age 4
Secretary of War - United States
William Bradford age 3
Attorney General - United States
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville age 16
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer age 1 month
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Benjamin Lincoln age 25
Secretary of War - United States
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe age 32
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville age 42
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
James Wilson age 16
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Samuel Chase age 17
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
James Alexander Hamilton born 1788-04-14
United States Attorney - Department of Justice
Andrew Jackson born 1767-03-15
Senate - United States
James Monroe age 6 months
Senate - United States
Aaron Burr age 2
Senate - United States
Albert Gallatin born 1761-01-29
Senate - United States
Samuel Dexter born 1761-05-14
Senate - United States
Philip Schuyler age 24
Senate - United States
Roger Sherman age 37
Senate - United States
Robert Morris age 24
Senate - United States
George Read age 25
Senate - United States
Charles Carroll of Carrollton age 21
Senate - United States
Richard Henry Lee age 26
Senate - United States
George Walton age 17
Senate - United States
James Madison age 7
House of Representatives - United States
William Henry Harrison born 1773-02-09
House of Representatives - United States
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born 1769-05-01
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Elbridge Gerry age 14
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 age 3
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 age 1
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Edward Everett born 1794-04-11
House of Representatives - United States
Banastre Tarleton age 4
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Anthony Wayne age 13
House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Morgan age 22
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Dearborn age 7
House of Representatives - United States
George W. Campbell born 1769-02-09
House of Representatives - United States
Levi Lincoln Sr. age 9
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 5
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 2
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 10
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 age 6
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Cochrane age 6 months
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore age 1
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Peleg Wadsworth age 10
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 age 23
House of Representatives - United States
Abraham Clark age 32
House of Representatives - United States
George Clymer age 19
House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Carroll age 28
House of Representatives - United States
Samuel Adams age 36
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
George Clinton age 19
Governor of New York - United States
John Hancock age 21
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
William Paca age 17
Governor of Maryland - United States
Benjamin Harrison V age 32
Governor of Virginia - United States
Thomas Nelson Jr. age 19
Governor of Virginia - United States
Button Gwinnett age 23
Governor of Georgia - United States
Lyman Hall age 34
Governor of Georgia - United States
Martin Van Buren born 1782-12-05
New York State Senate - United States
Robert Treat Paine age 27
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Philip Livingston age 42
New York State Senate - United States
Lewis Morris age 32
New York State Senate - United States
James Duane age 25
New York State Senate - United States
Charles III of Spain age 42
King - Spain
Charles IV of Spain age 9
King - Spain
Gustav III age 12
King - Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf born 1778-11-01
King - Sweden
Peyton Randolph age 37
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Henry Laurens age 34
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Adolf Frederick of Sweden age 48
King - Sweden
Napoleon born 1769-08-15
Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770-12-01
Adam Smith age 35
Benjamin Franklin age 52
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
James Watt age 22
James Buchanan born 1791-04-23
Zachary Taylor born 1784-11-24
James K. Polk born 1795-11-02
John Tyler born 1790-03-29
Marie Antoinette age 2
Maximilien Robespierre age 5 months
Charles Babbage born 1791-12-26
Edward Jenner age 9
Alexander I of Russia born 1777-12-23
Nicholas I of Russia born 1796-07-06
Horatio Nelson age 0 months
Shaka born 1787-07-01
William IV born 1765-08-21
Klemens von Metternich born 1773-05-15
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord age 4
George IV born 1762-08-12
Anne, Queen of Great Britain age 93
Wilhelm I born 1797-03-22
Georges Danton born 1759-10-26
Louis XVIII age 2
José de San Martín born 1778-02-25
Adolphe Thiers born 1797-04-15
Charles X of France age 1
Pedro I of Brazil born 1798-10-12
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 age 13
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 18
Toussaint Louverture age 15
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 5
Jean-Jacques Dessalines age 1 month
Michel Ney born 1769-01-10
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 age 15
William Wilberforce born 1759-08-24
Agustín de Iturbide born 1783-09-27
Charles XIII age 10
Christian VIII born 1786-09-18
Richard Mentor Johnson born 1780-10-17
Davy Crockett born 1786-08-17
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby born 1799-03-29
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