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War
of the Spanish Succession begins-the
last of Louis XIV's wars for domination of the continent.
The Peace of Utrecht (1714) will end the conflict
and mark the rise of the British Empire. Called Queen
Anne's War in America, it ends with the British taking
New Foundland, Acadia, and Hudson's Bay Territory
from France, and Gibraltar and Minorca from Spain.
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Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
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1704 |
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Deerfield
(Mass.) Massacre of English colonists by French and
Indians. Johann Sebastian
Bach's
first cantata. Boston News Letter-first newspaper
in America.
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1707 |
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Giovanni
da Verrazano explores the coast
from Carolina north to Nova Scotia, enters New York
harbor.
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Isaac
Newton
(1642-1727)
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1729 |
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Bach's
St. Matthew Passion. Isaac
Newton's Principia translated from Latin into
English.
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606 from The Engines of Our Ingenuity
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Benjamin
Franklin
(1706-1790)
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Benjamin
Franklin begins publishing
Poor Richard's Almanack. James Oglethorpe and
others found Georgia.
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1735 |
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John
Peter Zenger, New York editor,
acquitted of libel in New York, establishing
freedom of the press.
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Horsens
1677
Birthplace of Vitus
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1740 |
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Capt.
Vitus Bering, Dane employed
by Russia, discovers Alaska. Frederick II "the Great"
crowned king of Prussia.
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1751 |
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The
first Encyclopedia is
published (Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, d'Alembert)
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1752 |
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Benjamin
Franklin invents the lightning rod. The
Liberty Bell was ordered from an English bell
foundry to celebrate Pennsylvania's 50th anniversary.
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Samuel
Johnson
(1709-1784)
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1755 |
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Samuel
Johnson's Dictionary first published.
U.S. postal service established.
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1756 |
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Seven
Years' War (French and Indian
Wars in America) (to 1763), in which Britain and Prussia
defeat France, Spain, Austria, and Russia. France
loses North American colonies; Spain cedes Florida
to Britain in exchange for Cuba.
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1757 |
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Beginning
of British Empire in India
as Robert Clive, British commander, defeats Nawab
of Bengal at Plassey.
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Francois
Marie Arouet
a.k.a Voltaire
(1694-1778)
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1759 |
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British
capture Quebec from French.
Voltaire's Candide. Haydn's Symphony No. 1.
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1760 |
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The
Industrial Revolution
in England begins (1760 - 1851)
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
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1762 |
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Catherine
II ("the Great") becomes czarina of Russia. Jean Jacques
Rousseau's Social Contract. Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
tours Europe as six-year-old prodigy.
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1765 |
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James Watt
invents the steam engine.
Britain imposes the Stamp Act on the American colonists.
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18th Century" Episode
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1770 |
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Boston
Massacre: English troops fire
on a group of people protesting English taxes.
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1773 |
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Boston
Tea Party: English tea is thrown
into the harbor to protest a tax on tea.
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1775 |
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Fighting
at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, marks the
beginning of the American Revolution.
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1776 |
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The
Declaration of Independence
is approved July 4 by the Continental Congress (made
up of representatives from the American colonies).
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William
Herschel
(1738-1822)
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1781 |
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British
General Cornwallis surrenders to the Americans at
Yorktown, Virginia, ending the fighting in the Revolutionary
War. William Herschel
discovers Uranus.
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Ludwig
van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
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1783 |
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Revolutionary
War ends with Treaty of Paris. Ludwig
van Beethoven's
first printed works.
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1787 |
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The
Constitution of the United
States signed. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don
Giovanni.
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George
Washington
(1732-1799)
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1789 |
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The
French Revolution begins with the storming
of the Bastille. In U.S., George Washington elected
president with all 69 votes of the Electoral College,
takes oath of office in New York City.
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Location
of new capital
city on the Potomac
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1790 |
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Philadelphia
temporary capital of U.S.
as Congress votes to establish new capital on Potomac.
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1791 |
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U.S.
Bill of Rights ratified.
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1793 |
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Louis
XVI and
Marie Antoinette executed. Reign of Terror
begins in France. Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin,
spurring the growth of the cotton industry and helping
to institutionalize slavery in the U.S. South.
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Napoleon
Bonaparte
(1769-1821)
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1796 |
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Napoléon
Bonaparte
defeats Austrians. In the U.S., George Washington's
Farewell Address (Sept. 17); John Adams elected
president; Thomas Jefferson, vice president. Edward
Jenner introduces smallpox vaccination.
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1798 |
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Napoleon extends French conquests to
Rome and Egypt. U.S. Navy Department
established.
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1799 |
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Rosetta
Stone discovered in Egypt. Napoleon
leads coup that overthrows Directory, establishes
the Consulate, becomes First Consul-one of three who
rule France together.
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