SFHR Periodic Report 1700 century

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People Alive 1700 century

1. 1604/--/-- Age: 96 M Bristow, Robert
2. 1609/--/-- Age: 91 F Curtis, Averilla (Bristow)
3. 1628/--/-- Age: 72 M Duck, Ezekeliah
4. 1634/--/-- Age: 66 F Hoope, Hannah (Duck)
5. 1642/--/-- Age: 58 M Bayless, John
6. 1643/--/-- Age: 57 F Bayless, Rebecca
7. 1643/--/-- Age: 57 M Bristow, Robert
8. 1645/--/-- Age: 55 M Bayless, Elias
9. 1645/--/-- Age: 55 F Rusco, Ruth
10. 1646/--/-- Age: 54 F Bayless, Elizabeth
11. 1647/--/-- Age: 53 M Bayless, Thomas
12. 1649/--/-- Age: 51 M Bristow, John
13. 1649/--/-- Age: 51 M Harlan, George
14. 1650/--/-- Age: 50 M Bayless, Jonathan
15. 1653/--/-- Age: 47 F Nicholls, Michal (Bristow)
16. 1654/--/-- Age: 46 F Bayless, Mary
17. 1656/--/-- Age: 44 M Bayless, Demares
18. 1658/--/-- Age: 42 F Bayless, Abigail
19. 1660/--/-- Age: 40 M Lafevre, Issac
20. 1660/--/-- Age: 40 M Bossard/Bossart, Gean (John)
21. 1660/--/-- Age: 40 F Bayless, Ruth
22. 1660/--/-- Age: 40 F Duck, Elizabeth (Harlan)
23. 1662/--/-- Age: 38 F Bayless, Rebecca
24. 1670/05/09 Age: 29 F Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
25. 1680/--/-- Age: 20 F Gardner, Mary (Bristow)
26. 1680/05/09 Age: 19 F Bristow, Joanna
27. 1682/10/29 Age: 17 M Bristow, William
28. 1683/--/-- Age: 17 M Bayless, Daniel
29. 1684/02/15 Age: 15 F Bristow, Michal (Owen)
30. 1686/10/-- Age: 13 M Peyton, Valentine
31. 1687/--/-- Age: 13 M Lafevre, Abraham
32. 1687/--/-- Age: 13 F Linton, Frances (Peyton)
33. 1687/06/12 Age: 12 M Bristow, Thomas
34. 1690/--/-- Age: 10 M Bozarth, Simon
35. 1690/07/06 Age:  9 F Bristow, Elizabeth
36. 1691/03/13 Age:  8 F Bristow, Sarah
37. 1692/--/-- Age:  8 M Harlan, James
38. 1694/--/-- Age:  6 F Mason/Marson, Mary (Bozarth)
39. 1694/06/17 Age:  5 M Bristow, Nicholas
40. 1696/--/-- Age:  4 M Bristow, James
41. 1700/--/-- Age:  0 M Wood, William

People Born 1700 century

1. 1700/--/-- M Wood, William
2. 1709/06/04 M Bristow, Edward
3. 1710/--/-- F Coleman, Mary (Wood)
4. 1712/--/-- F Bristow, Anne (Seale)
5. 1713/--/-- M Reives, James
6. 1713/02/02 M Bristow, William
7. 1713/08/10 M Bristow, Jedediah
8. 1714/--/-- M Bozarth, John
9. 1714/--/-- F Lake, Johannah
10. 1715/01/02 M Harlan, John
11. 1715/08/15 F Bristow, Mary (Ammons)
12. 1716/--/-- F Borden, Innocent (Bozarth)
13. 1716/--/-- M Bayless, Daniel
14. 1716/--/-- M Bristow, Chichester
15. 1717/04/04 F Pierson, Sarah Bean (Reives)
16. 1718/05/17 M Bristow, Charles
17. 1720/04/-- F Peyton, Eleanor Waller (Powell)
18. 1721/06/25 M Bristow, John
19. 1722/07/17 F Bristow, Michal
20. 1725/05/04 F Bristow, Anne
21. 1728/--/-- M Lafever, Abraham
22. 1728/05/14 F Bristow, Elizabeth
23. 1728/09/09 F Clopton, Margaret (Bristow)
24. 1729/--/-- M Wood, Abram
25. 1731/--/-- M Wood, Thomas
26. 1732/--/-- M Wood, William
27. 1733/--/-- M Smith, George
28. 1734/--/-- F Wood, Katherine
29. 1735/--/-- M Wood, John
30. 1737/--/-- F Alexander, Elizabeth (Bozarth)
31. 1737/--/-- M Bagby, John Arthur
32. 1737/05/02 M Wood, Samuel
33. 1738/--/-- F Morris, Theodocia
34. 1740/--/-- M Davis, Nathaniel
35. 1740/--/-- M Bozarth, Joseph
36. 1740/--/-- F Atkins, Elizabeth
37. 1740/--/-- M Wood, George
38. 1741/12/14 M Bristow, Thompson
39. 1742/--/-- M Bruton, David A.
40. 1744/--/-- M Gwinn, James
41. 1746/--/-- M Wood, Abraham
42. 1747/03/01 M Bristow, William
43. 1747/10/13 F Reives, Sarah (Wood)
44. 1748/--/-- F Wood, Ruth
45. 1750/--/-- M Harlan, John
46. 1750/--/-- M Lafever, Abraham
47. 1751/--/-- F Powell, Margaret (Bristow)
48. 1751/--/-- M Bayless, Samuel
49. 1751/--/-- F Lucas, Margaret
50. 1751/--/-- M Wood, Isaac
51. 1751/09/28 M Bristow, James
52. 1754/--/-- M Bayless, Reuben
53. 1755/05/19 M Bristow, Benjamin
54. 1756/--/-- F Bagby, Mildred
55. 1756/--/-- M Koger, Nicholas
56. 1759/04/02 M Majors, John Samuel
57. 1760/--/-- M Benson, William
58. 1760/08/-- M Pierce, Francis
59. 1762/05/25 M Bagby, John Arthur
60. 1762/06/05 M Bruton, George Sr.
61. 1763/--/-- F Wright, Nancy (Majors)
62. 1764/--/-- M Bagby, Richard
63. 1766/02/-- M Bagby, James
64. 1769/--/-- M Hopper, William
65. 1770/--/-- M Bristow, Benjamin W.
66. 1770/--/-- F Miles, Sarah
67. 1771/02/05 M Bristow, William
68. 1771/05/02 M Harlan, Aaron
69. 1772/--/-- F Stephens, Hester (Hopper)
70. 1772/--/-- M Cowan, John
71. 1773/06/13 M Wood, William
72. 1773/10/16 M Goff, Alexander
73. 1773/11/09 F Davis, Matilda
74. 1774/--/-- M Lafever, Andrew G.
75. 1774/10/26 M Wood, James
76. 1775/--/-- F Combs, Nancy (Harlan)
77. 1775/--/-- M Bozarth, Levi
78. 1775/04/08 M Ewing, Matthew
79. 1776/--/-- M Cowan, James
80. 1776/07/11 F Ard, Nancy (Lafever)
81. 1776/07/14 F Lafever, Elizabeth
82. 1776/12/16 F Beck, Martha Sallie (Bristow)
83. 1777/--/-- M Bristow, Thomas
84. 1777/03/30 M Wood, Samuel
85. 1777/10/25 F Bayless, Mary (Wood)
86. 1778/--/-- F Lafever, Sarah
87. 1778/08/29 M Bristow, Peyton
88. 1779/--/-- M Bristow, Henry
89. 1779/--/-- F Riddel, Elizabeth (Goff)
90. 1779/--/-- F Atkins, Emily (Smith)
91. 1779/08/25 M Wood, Thomas
92. 1780/--/-- M Bristow, James
93. 1780/--/-- M Koger, Thomas
94. 1780/--/-- M Lafever, Jacob Loudon
95. 1781/09/19 M Wood, Abram
96. 1782/--/-- F Smith, Rebecca (Stockton)
97. 1782/--/-- F Lafever, Cathereena
98. 1782/--/-- M Stockton, Jesse
99. 1783/--/-- M I, Willis Daniel Benson,
100. 1783/04/06 M Bristow, Leven
101. 1783/09/28 M Wood, John
102. 1784/--/-- M Bristow, Joseph (Jasper)
103. 1784/--/-- M Elrod, William Taylor
104. 1785/--/-- M Lafever, David
105. 1785/--/-- M Cowan, Thomas A.
106. 1785/09/17 F Hollin, Eliza Ann (Ewing)
107. 1786/--/-- F Pierce, Sarah -Sally- (Bozarth)
108. 1786/--/-- F Ryan, Eleanor "Nelly" (Wood)
109. 1787/--/-- M Bruton, George Jr.
110. 1787/09/10 M Wood, George
111. 1789/04/17 F Bristow, Nancy (Culver)
112. 1791/--/-- F Bristow, Margaret (Atwood)
113. 1791/--/-- F Bristow, Margaret (Lewis)
114. 1792/--/-- F Irwin, Nancy (Bristow)
115. 1793/11/03 F Bagby, Elvira
116. 1794/--/-- M Bristow, Miles
117. 1795/12/30 M Bagby, Landon
118. 1796/--/-- F Bristow, Hannah (Harrison) (Davisson)
119. 1797/--/-- M Faulkner, William Alexander
120. 1797/--/-- M Bristow, Edward
121. 1797/--/-- M Lafever, Zachariah
122. 1797/--/-- M Hopper, William
123. 1798/--/-- F Bolton, Ellen
124. 1798/--/-- M Bristow, Samuel
125. 1798/08/10 M Bagby, Roderick
126. 1799/--/-- F Bristow, Sarah (Acree)
127. 1799/--/-- F Majors, Louisa (Koger)
128. 1799/--/-- M Lafever, John

Deaths 1700 century

1. 1660/--/---1703/--/-- Age: 43 M Lafevre, Issac
2. 1604/--/---1706/09/20........ M Bristow, Robert
3. 1643/--/---1707/--/-- Age: 64 M Bristow, Robert
4. 1649/--/---1714/--/-- Age: 65 M Harlan, George
5. 1684/02/15-1716/09/10 Age: 32 F Bristow, Michal (Owen)
6. 1649/--/---1716/10/10 Age: 67 M Bristow, John
7. 1642/--/---1719/--/-- Age: 77 M Bayless, John
8. 1628/--/---1719/--/-- Age: 91 M Duck, Ezekeliah
9. ----/--/---1720/01/26........ M Owen, John
10. 1694/06/17-1734/--/-- Age: 39 M Bristow, Nicholas
11. 1660/--/---1736/--/-- Age: 76 F Duck, Elizabeth (Harlan)
12. 1682/10/29-1742/11/15 Age: 60 M Bristow, William
13. 1680/--/---1744/--/-- Age: 64 F Gardner, Mary (Bristow)
14. 1670/05/09-1744/09/05 Age: 74 F Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
15. 1694/--/---1749/--/-- Age: 55 F Mason/Marson, Mary (Bozarth)
16. 1687/--/---1751/04/-- Age: 64 F Linton, Frances (Peyton)
17. 1686/10/---1751/10/01 Age: 65 M Peyton, Valentine
18. 1683/--/---1752/--/-- Age: 69 M Bayless, Daniel
19. 1690/--/---1753/02/19 Age: 63 M Bozarth, Simon
20. 1692/--/---1760/--/-- Age: 68 M Harlan, James
21. 1714/--/---1760/09/21 Age: 46 M Bozarth, John
22. 1716/--/---1762/--/-- Age: 46 F Borden, Innocent (Bozarth)
23. 1715/01/02-1762/--/-- Age: 46 M Harlan, John
24. 1696/--/---1764/--/-- Age: 68 M Bristow, James
25. 1728/09/09-1772/--/-- Age: 43 F Clopton, Margaret (Bristow)
26. 1700/--/---1780/02/09 Age: 80 M Wood, William
27. 1720/04/---1783/05/-- Age: 63 F Peyton, Eleanor Waller (Powell)
28. 1713/08/10-1784/--/-- Age: 70 M Bristow, Jedediah
29. 1710/--/---1785/11/-- Age: 75 F Coleman, Mary (Wood)
30. ----/--/---1787/--/--........ M Powell, William
31. 1737/--/---1789/07/13 Age: 52 M Bagby, John Arthur
32. 1740/--/---1790/05/25 Age: 50 M Bozarth, Joseph
33. 1747/03/01-1798/04/-- Age: 51 M Bristow, William

Weddings 1700 century

1. 1682/10/29-1704/12/07 Age: 22 M Bristow, William
2. ----/--/---1704/12/07........ F Stark, Margaret (Bristow)
3. 1684/02/15-1707/10/23 Age: 23 F Bristow, Michal (Owen)
4. ----/--/---1707/10/23........ M Owen, John
5. 1649/--/---1711/01/08 Age: 62 M Bristow, John
6. 1670/05/09-1711/01/08 Age: 40 F Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
7. 1694/--/---1712/--/-- Age: 18 F Mason/Marson, Mary (Bozarth)
8. 1690/--/---1712/--/-- Age: 22 M Bozarth, Simon
9. 1714/--/---1734/07/13 Age: 20 M Bozarth, John
10. 1716/--/---1734/07/13 Age: 18 F Borden, Innocent (Bozarth)
11. 1728/--/---1748/--/-- Age: 20 M Lafever, Abraham
12. ----/--/---1748/--/--........ F Somename, Elizabeth
13. 1738/--/---1755/--/-- Age: 17 F Morris, Theodocia
14. 1737/--/---1755/--/-- Age: 18 M Bagby, John Arthur
15. 1737/--/---1758/--/-- Age: 21 F Alexander, Elizabeth (Bozarth)
16. 1740/--/---1758/--/-- Age: 18 M Bozarth, Joseph
17. 1747/03/01-1767/--/-- Age: 19 M Bristow, William
18. 1751/--/---1767/--/-- Age: 16 F Powell, Margaret (Bristow)
19. 1750/--/---1770/--/-- Age: 20 M Lafever, Abraham
20. ----/--/---1770/--/--........ F Zink, Catherina
21. 1737/05/02-1771/--/-- Age: 33 M Wood, Samuel
22. 1747/10/13-1771/--/-- Age: 23 F Reives, Sarah (Wood)
23. ----/--/---1782/--/--........ F Lewis, Elizabeth (Pierce)
24. 1760/08/---1782/--/-- Age: 21 M Pierce, Francis
25. ----/--/---1783/--/--........ F Addington, Martha (Bruton)
26. 1762/06/05-1783/--/-- Age: 20 M Bruton, George Sr.
27. ----/--/---1785/--/--........ M Beck, Joseph
28. ----/--/---1785/--/--........ F Thomas, Hannah (Beck)
29. 1770/--/---1789/12/07 Age: 19 M Bristow, Benjamin W.
30. 1770/--/---1789/12/07 Age: 19 F Miles, Sarah
31. ----/--/---1791/01/31........ M Beck, Joseph
32. ----/--/---1791/01/31........ F Buckhannon, Isabella (Beck)
33. ----/--/---1791/08/25........ M Beck, Moses
34. ----/--/---1791/08/25........ F Richards, Ann (Beck)
35. 1773/11/09-1792/12/20 Age: 19 F Davis, Matilda
36. 1762/05/25-1792/12/20 Age: 30 M Bagby, John Arthur
37. ----/--/---1793/09/03........ M Beck, Paul Jr.
38. ----/--/---1793/09/03........ F Ogle, Nancy (Beck)
39. 1774/--/---1796/--/-- Age: 22 M Lafever, Andrew G.
40. 1776/07/11-1796/--/-- Age: 19 F Ard, Nancy (Lafever)
41. 1771/02/05-1796/03/30 Age: 25 M Bristow, William
42. 1776/12/16-1796/03/30 Age: 19 F Beck, Martha Sallie (Bristow)
43. 1773/10/16-1799/--/-- Age: 25 M Goff, Alexander
44. 1779/--/---1799/--/-- Age: 20 F Riddel, Elizabeth (Goff)
45. ----/--/---1799/09/02........ M Beck, Edward
46. ----/--/---1799/09/02........ F Oldakers, Nancy (Beck)

History of these People 1700 century

• 1700/--/-- M Wood, William born.
• 1703/--/-- M Lafevre, Issac died - born 1660/--/-- Age: 43
• 1704/12/07 M Bristow, William wed - Born 1682/10/29 Age: 22
• 1704/12/07 F Stark, Margaret (Bristow) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1706/09/20 M Bristow, Robert died - born 1604/--/-- Age: ........
• 1707/--/-- M Bristow, Robert died - born 1643/--/-- Age: 64
• 1707/10/23 F Bristow, Michal (Owen) wed - Born 1684/02/15 Age: 23
• 1707/10/23 M Owen, John wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1709/06/04 M Bristow, Edward born.
• 1710/--/-- F Coleman, Mary (Wood) born.
• 1711/01/08 M Bristow, John wed - Born 1649/--/-- Age: 62
• 1711/01/08 F Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow) wed - Born 1670/05/09 Age: 40
• 1712/--/-- F Bristow, Anne (Seale) born.
• 1712/--/-- F Mason/Marson, Mary (Bozarth) wed - Born 1694/--/-- Age: 18
• 1712/--/-- M Bozarth, Simon wed - Born 1690/--/-- Age: 22
• 1713/--/-- M Reives, James born.
• 1713/02/02 M Bristow, William born.
• 1713/08/10 M Bristow, Jedediah born.
• 1714/--/-- M Bozarth, John born.
• 1714/--/-- F Lake, Johannah born.
• 1714/--/-- M Harlan, George died - born 1649/--/-- Age: 65
• 1715/01/02 M Harlan, John born.
• 1715/08/15 F Bristow, Mary (Ammons) born.
• 1716/--/-- F Borden, Innocent (Bozarth) born.
• 1716/--/-- M Bayless, Daniel born.
• 1716/--/-- M Bristow, Chichester born.
• 1716/09/10 F Bristow, Michal (Owen) died - born 1684/02/15 Age: 32
• 1716/10/10 M Bristow, John died - born 1649/--/-- Age: 67
• 1717/04/04 F Pierson, Sarah Bean (Reives) born.
• 1718/05/17 M Bristow, Charles born.
• 1719/--/-- M Bayless, John died - born 1642/--/-- Age: 77
• 1719/--/-- M Duck, Ezekeliah died - born 1628/--/-- Age: 91
• 1720/01/26 M Owen, John died - born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1720/04/-- F Peyton, Eleanor Waller (Powell) born.
• 1721/06/25 M Bristow, John born.
• 1722/07/17 F Bristow, Michal born.
• 1725/05/04 F Bristow, Anne born.
• 1728/--/-- M Lafever, Abraham born.
• 1728/05/14 F Bristow, Elizabeth born.
• 1728/09/09 F Clopton, Margaret (Bristow) born.
• 1729/--/-- M Wood, Abram born.
• 1731/--/-- M Wood, Thomas born.
• 1732/--/-- M Wood, William born.
• 1733/--/-- M Smith, George born.
• 1734/--/-- F Wood, Katherine born.
• 1734/--/-- M Bristow, Nicholas died - born 1694/06/17 Age: 39
• 1734/07/13 M Bozarth, John wed - Born 1714/--/-- Age: 20
• 1734/07/13 F Borden, Innocent (Bozarth) wed - Born 1716/--/-- Age: 18
• 1735/--/-- M Wood, John born.
• 1736/--/-- F Duck, Elizabeth (Harlan) died - born 1660/--/-- Age: 76
• 1737/--/-- F Alexander, Elizabeth (Bozarth) born.
• 1737/--/-- M Bagby, John Arthur born.
• 1737/05/02 M Wood, Samuel born.
• 1738/--/-- F Morris, Theodocia born.
• 1740/--/-- M Davis, Nathaniel born.
• 1740/--/-- M Bozarth, Joseph born.
• 1740/--/-- F Atkins, Elizabeth born.
• 1740/--/-- M Wood, George born.
• 1741/12/14 M Bristow, Thompson born.
• 1742/--/-- M Bruton, David A. born.
• 1742/11/15 M Bristow, William died - born 1682/10/29 Age: 60
• 1744/--/-- M Gwinn, James born.
• 1744/--/-- F Gardner, Mary (Bristow) died - born 1680/--/-- Age: 64
• 1744/09/05 F Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow) died - born 1670/05/09 Age: 74
• 1746/--/-- M Wood, Abraham born.
• 1747/03/01 M Bristow, William born.
• 1747/10/13 F Reives, Sarah (Wood) born.
• 1748/--/-- F Wood, Ruth born.
• 1748/--/-- M Lafever, Abraham wed - Born 1728/--/-- Age: 20
• 1748/--/-- F Somename, Elizabeth wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1749/--/-- F Mason/Marson, Mary (Bozarth) died - born 1694/--/-- Age: 55
• 1750/--/-- M Harlan, John born.
• 1750/--/-- M Lafever, Abraham born.
• 1751/--/-- F Powell, Margaret (Bristow) born.
• 1751/--/-- M Bayless, Samuel born.
• 1751/--/-- F Lucas, Margaret born.
• 1751/--/-- M Wood, Isaac born.
• 1751/04/-- F Linton, Frances (Peyton) died - born 1687/--/-- Age: 64
• 1751/09/28 M Bristow, James born.
• 1751/10/01 M Peyton, Valentine died - born 1686/10/-- Age: 65
• 1752/--/-- M Bayless, Daniel died - born 1683/--/-- Age: 69
• 1753/02/19 M Bozarth, Simon died - born 1690/--/-- Age: 63
• 1754/--/-- M Bayless, Reuben born.
• 1755/--/-- F Morris, Theodocia wed - Born 1738/--/-- Age: 17
• 1755/--/-- M Bagby, John Arthur wed - Born 1737/--/-- Age: 18
• 1755/05/19 M Bristow, Benjamin born.
• 1756/--/-- F Bagby, Mildred born.
• 1756/--/-- M Koger, Nicholas born.
• 1758/--/-- F Alexander, Elizabeth (Bozarth) wed - Born 1737/--/-- Age: 21
• 1758/--/-- M Bozarth, Joseph wed - Born 1740/--/-- Age: 18
• 1759/04/02 M Majors, John Samuel born.
• 1760/--/-- M Benson, William born.
• 1760/--/-- M Harlan, James died - born 1692/--/-- Age: 68
• 1760/08/-- M Pierce, Francis born.
• 1760/09/21 M Bozarth, John died - born 1714/--/-- Age: 46
• 1762/--/-- F Borden, Innocent (Bozarth) died - born 1716/--/-- Age: 46
• 1762/--/-- M Harlan, John died - born 1715/01/02 Age: 46
• 1762/05/25 M Bagby, John Arthur born.
• 1762/06/05 M Bruton, George Sr. born.
• 1763/--/-- F Wright, Nancy (Majors) born.
• 1764/--/-- M Bagby, Richard born.
• 1764/--/-- M Bristow, James died - born 1696/--/-- Age: 68
• 1766/02/-- M Bagby, James born.
• 1767/--/-- M Bristow, William wed - Born 1747/03/01 Age: 19
• 1767/--/-- F Powell, Margaret (Bristow) wed - Born 1751/--/-- Age: 16
• 1769/--/-- M Hopper, William born.
• 1770/--/-- M Bristow, Benjamin W. born.
• 1770/--/-- F Miles, Sarah born.
• 1770/--/-- M Lafever, Abraham wed - Born 1750/--/-- Age: 20
• 1770/--/-- F Zink, Catherina wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1771/--/-- M Wood, Samuel wed - Born 1737/05/02 Age: 33
• 1771/--/-- F Reives, Sarah (Wood) wed - Born 1747/10/13 Age: 23
• 1771/02/05 M Bristow, William born.
• 1771/05/02 M Harlan, Aaron born.
• 1772/--/-- F Stephens, Hester (Hopper) born.
• 1772/--/-- M Cowan, John born.
• 1772/--/-- F Clopton, Margaret (Bristow) died - born 1728/09/09 Age: 43
• 1773/06/13 M Wood, William born.
• 1773/10/16 M Goff, Alexander born.
• 1773/11/09 F Davis, Matilda born.
• 1774/--/-- M Lafever, Andrew G. born.
• 1774/10/26 M Wood, James born.
• 1775/--/-- F Combs, Nancy (Harlan) born.
• 1775/--/-- M Bozarth, Levi born.
• 1775/04/08 M Ewing, Matthew born.
• 1776/--/-- M Cowan, James born.
• 1776/07/11 F Ard, Nancy (Lafever) born.
• 1776/07/14 F Lafever, Elizabeth born.
• 1776/12/16 F Beck, Martha Sallie (Bristow) born.
• 1777/--/-- M Bristow, Thomas born.
• 1777/03/30 M Wood, Samuel born.
• 1777/10/25 F Bayless, Mary (Wood) born.
• 1778/--/-- F Lafever, Sarah born.
• 1778/08/29 M Bristow, Peyton born.
• 1779/--/-- M Bristow, Henry born.
• 1779/--/-- F Riddel, Elizabeth (Goff) born.
• 1779/--/-- F Atkins, Emily (Smith) born.
• 1779/08/25 M Wood, Thomas born.
• 1780/--/-- M Bristow, James born.
• 1780/--/-- M Koger, Thomas born.
• 1780/--/-- M Lafever, Jacob Loudon born.
• 1780/02/09 M Wood, William died - born 1700/--/-- Age: 80
• 1781/09/19 M Wood, Abram born.
• 1782/--/-- F Smith, Rebecca (Stockton) born.
• 1782/--/-- F Lafever, Cathereena born.
• 1782/--/-- M Stockton, Jesse born.
• 1782/--/-- F Lewis, Elizabeth (Pierce) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1782/--/-- M Pierce, Francis wed - Born 1760/08/-- Age: 21
• 1783/--/-- M I, Willis Daniel Benson, born.
• 1783/--/-- F Addington, Martha (Bruton) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1783/--/-- M Bruton, George Sr. wed - Born 1762/06/05 Age: 20
• 1783/04/06 M Bristow, Leven born.
• 1783/05/-- F Peyton, Eleanor Waller (Powell) died - born 1720/04/-- Age: 63
• 1783/09/28 M Wood, John born.
• 1784/--/-- M Bristow, Joseph (Jasper) born.
• 1784/--/-- M Elrod, William Taylor born.
• 1784/--/-- M Bristow, Jedediah died - born 1713/08/10 Age: 70
• 1785/--/-- M Lafever, David born.
• 1785/--/-- M Cowan, Thomas A. born.
• 1785/--/-- M Beck, Joseph wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1785/--/-- F Thomas, Hannah (Beck) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1785/09/17 F Hollin, Eliza Ann (Ewing) born.
• 1785/11/-- F Coleman, Mary (Wood) died - born 1710/--/-- Age: 75
• 1786/--/-- F Pierce, Sarah -Sally- (Bozarth) born.
• 1786/--/-- F Ryan, Eleanor "Nelly" (Wood) born.
• 1787/--/-- M Bruton, George Jr. born.
• 1787/--/-- M Powell, William died - born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1787/09/10 M Wood, George born.
• 1789/04/17 F Bristow, Nancy (Culver) born.
• 1789/07/13 M Bagby, John Arthur died - born 1737/--/-- Age: 52
• 1789/12/07 M Bristow, Benjamin W. wed - Born 1770/--/-- Age: 19
• 1789/12/07 F Miles, Sarah wed - Born 1770/--/-- Age: 19
• 1790/05/25 M Bozarth, Joseph died - born 1740/--/-- Age: 50
• 1791/--/-- F Bristow, Margaret (Atwood) born.
• 1791/--/-- F Bristow, Margaret (Lewis) born.
• 1791/01/31 M Beck, Joseph wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1791/01/31 F Buckhannon, Isabella (Beck) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1791/08/25 M Beck, Moses wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1791/08/25 F Richards, Ann (Beck) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1792/--/-- F Irwin, Nancy (Bristow) born.
• 1792/12/20 F Davis, Matilda wed - Born 1773/11/09 Age: 19
• 1792/12/20 M Bagby, John Arthur wed - Born 1762/05/25 Age: 30
• 1793/09/03 M Beck, Paul Jr. wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1793/09/03 F Ogle, Nancy (Beck) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1793/11/03 F Bagby, Elvira born.
• 1794/--/-- M Bristow, Miles born.
• 1795/12/30 M Bagby, Landon born.
• 1796/--/-- F Bristow, Hannah (Harrison) (Davisson) born.
• 1796/--/-- M Lafever, Andrew G. wed - Born 1774/--/-- Age: 22
• 1796/--/-- F Ard, Nancy (Lafever) wed - Born 1776/07/11 Age: 19
• 1796/03/30 M Bristow, William wed - Born 1771/02/05 Age: 25
• 1796/03/30 F Beck, Martha Sallie (Bristow) wed - Born 1776/12/16 Age: 19
• 1797/--/-- M Faulkner, William Alexander born.
• 1797/--/-- M Bristow, Edward born.
• 1797/--/-- M Lafever, Zachariah born.
• 1797/--/-- M Hopper, William born.
• 1798/--/-- F Bolton, Ellen born.
• 1798/--/-- M Bristow, Samuel born.
• 1798/04/-- M Bristow, William died - born 1747/03/01 Age: 51
• 1798/08/10 M Bagby, Roderick born.
• 1799/--/-- F Bristow, Sarah (Acree) born.
• 1799/--/-- F Majors, Louisa (Koger) born.
• 1799/--/-- M Lafever, John born.
• 1799/--/-- M Goff, Alexander wed - Born 1773/10/16 Age: 25
• 1799/--/-- F Riddel, Elizabeth (Goff) wed - Born 1779/--/-- Age: 20
• 1799/09/02 M Beck, Edward wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1799/09/02 F Oldakers, Nancy (Beck) wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........

Ages at death 1700 century

1. 1684/02/15-1716/09/10 Age: 32 F Bristow, Michal (Owen)
2. 1694/06/17-1734/--/-- Age: 39 M Bristow, Nicholas
3. 1660/--/---1703/--/-- Age: 43 M Lafevre, Issac
4. 1728/09/09-1772/--/-- Age: 43 F Clopton, Margaret (Bristow)
5. 1714/--/---1760/09/21 Age: 46 M Bozarth, John
6. 1716/--/---1762/--/-- Age: 46 F Borden, Innocent (Bozarth)
7. 1715/01/02-1762/--/-- Age: 46 M Harlan, John
8. 1740/--/---1790/05/25 Age: 50 M Bozarth, Joseph
9. 1747/03/01-1798/04/-- Age: 51 M Bristow, William
10. 1737/--/---1789/07/13 Age: 52 M Bagby, John Arthur
11. 1694/--/---1749/--/-- Age: 55 F Mason/Marson, Mary (Bozarth)
12. 1682/10/29-1742/11/15 Age: 60 M Bristow, William
13. 1720/04/---1783/05/-- Age: 63 F Peyton, Eleanor Waller (Powell)
14. 1690/--/---1753/02/19 Age: 63 M Bozarth, Simon
15. 1680/--/---1744/--/-- Age: 64 F Gardner, Mary (Bristow)
16. 1687/--/---1751/04/-- Age: 64 F Linton, Frances (Peyton)
17. 1643/--/---1707/--/-- Age: 64 M Bristow, Robert
18. 1686/10/---1751/10/01 Age: 65 M Peyton, Valentine
19. 1649/--/---1714/--/-- Age: 65 M Harlan, George
20. 1649/--/---1716/10/10 Age: 67 M Bristow, John
21. 1692/--/---1760/--/-- Age: 68 M Harlan, James
22. 1696/--/---1764/--/-- Age: 68 M Bristow, James
23. 1683/--/---1752/--/-- Age: 69 M Bayless, Daniel
24. 1713/08/10-1784/--/-- Age: 70 M Bristow, Jedediah
25. 1670/05/09-1744/09/05 Age: 74 F Goodloe, Mary (Carter, Bristow)
26. 1710/--/---1785/11/-- Age: 75 F Coleman, Mary (Wood)
27. 1660/--/---1736/--/-- Age: 76 F Duck, Elizabeth (Harlan)
28. 1642/--/---1719/--/-- Age: 77 M Bayless, John
29. 1700/--/---1780/02/09 Age: 80 M Wood, William
30. 1628/--/---1719/--/-- Age: 91 M Duck, Ezekeliah
31. 1604/--/---1706/09/20 Age: 102 M Bristow, Robert

History 1700 century

• 1700/--/-- Kabuki Theater develops in Japan about this time.
• 1700/--/-- William Congreve's comedy The Way of the World is produced in London.
• 1700/--/-- Johann Denner invents the clarinet about this time.
• 1700/--/-- The Great Northern War begins; Denmark, Poland and Russia attack Sweden.
• 1700/--/-- Kabuki Theater develops in Japan about this time.
• 1700/--/-- Charles II of Spain dies, ending the Spanish Habsburg line.
• 1700/--/-- The Swedes under Charles XII defeat the Danes.
• 1700/--/-- Peter the Great's Russian army is defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Narva.
• 1700/--/-- Charles II of Spain dies, ending the Spanish Habsburg line.
• 1700/--/-- Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV, becomes the first Bourbon king of Spain.
• 1700/--/-- Johann Denner invents the clarinet about this time.
• 1700/--/-- The rococo style is introduced into French architecture about this time.
• 1701/--/-- The Act of Settlement in Britain establishes the Hanoverian succession to the throne.
• 1701/--/-- Frederick I Elector of Saxony proclaims himself the first king of Prussia.
• 1701/--/-- The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
• 1701/--/-- Captain Kidd is hanged for piracy.
• 1701/--/-- Yale University is founded in New Haven, Connecticut.
• 1701/--/-- French artist Hyacinthe Rigaud paints a portrait of Louis XIV.
• 1702/--/-- England declares war on France and Spain.
• 1702/--/-- Anne succeeds William III as queen of England.
• 1702/--/-- Queen Anne's War begins in America; the British attack Saint Augustine in Florida.
• 1702/--/-- The royal colony of New Jersey is founded in America.
• 1702/--/-- England declares war on France and Spain.
• 1702/--/-- Anne succeeds William III as queen of England.
• 1702/--/-- England declares war on France and Spain.
• 1702/--/-- Queen Anne's War begins in America; the British attack Saint Augustine in Florida.
• 1702/--/-- The Camisards (French Huguenots) rebel in southern France.
• 1702/--/-- The French under the duc de Villars defeat the Grand Alliance at Friedlingen.
• 1702/--/-- The royal colony of New Jersey is founded in America.
• 1702/--/-- The first daily newspaper The Daily Courant is published in London.
• 1702/--/-- French fur traders found Vincennes, the first permanent European settlement in Indiana.
• 1702/04/03 Anne crowned Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland at Westminster Abbey by Tho
• 1703/--/-- Archduke Charles of Austria claims the Spanish throne for the Habsburgs.
• 1703/--/-- Peter the Great lays the foundations of St. Petersburg (Leningrad).
• 1703/--/-- Buckingham Palace is rebuilt for the Duke of Buckingham in London.
• 1704/--/-- The Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy defeat the French at Blenheim.
• 1704/--/-- Augustus II is deposed; Stanislaw I is crowned king of Poland.
• 1704/--/-- The Indians and the French massacre British settlers in Deerfield, Mass.
• 1704/--/-- The English capture Gibraltar from Spain.
• 1704/--/-- John Campbell founds the Boston News-Letter, the first successful American newspaper.
• 1704/--/-- Issac Newton publishes his theory of color and light in Opticks.
• 1704/--/-- The English capture Gibraltar from Spain.
• 1704/--/-- John Campbell founds the Boston News-Letter, the first successful American newspaper.
• 1705/--/-- The English Navy occupies Barcelona.
• 1705/--/-- Edmund Halley predicts that the comet of 1682 will return in 1758.
• 1705/--/-- Nicolas Hawksmoor designs Blenheim Palace for the Duke of Marlborough.
• 1706/--/-- The Duke of Marlborough conquers the Spanish Netherlands.
• 1706/--/-- Eugene of Savoy defeats the French at Turin and drives them from Italy.
• 1706/--/-- George Farquhar's comedy The Recruiting Officer is produced.
• 1707/--/-- The Duke of Berwick routs the allied forces at Almanza in Spain.
• 1707/--/-- Great Britain is formed by the Act of Union between England and Scotland.
• 1707/--/-- Emperor Aurangzeb dies; the Mogul empire begins to decline in India.
• 1707/--/-- The British attack the French colony of Acadia (Nova Scotia).
• 1707/--/-- Mount Fuji erupts in Japan; an earthquake kills 200,000 in Tokyo.
• 1707/--/-- Great Britain is formed by the Act of Union between England and Scotland.
• 1707/--/-- Emperor Aurangzeb dies; the Mogul empire begins to decline in India.
• 1707/--/-- Mount Fuji erupts in Japan; an earthquake kills 200,000 in Tokyo.
• 1707/--/-- John V succeeds Peter II as king of Portugal.
• 1707/03/-- Act of Union combines England and Scotland as Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1708/--/-- Sikh leader Guru Gobind Singh is assassinated; the Moguls persecute the Sikhs.
• 1708/--/-- The British capture the island of Minorca from Spain.
• 1708/--/-- French forces under Vendome are defeated by Marlborough at Oudenarde.
• 1708/--/-- Sikh leader Guru Gobind Singh is assassinated; the Moguls persecute the Sikhs.
• 1709/--/-- Italian musician Bartolommeo Cristofori invents the piano.
• 1709/--/-- Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Poltava.
• 1709/--/-- Charles XII of Sweden flees to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1709/--/-- The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Malplaquet.
• 1709/--/-- The first Copyright Act becomes law in Britain.
• 1709/--/-- Abraham Darby builds a blast furnace using coke for casting iron.
• 1709/--/-- Italian musician Bartolommeo Cristofori invents the piano.
• 1709/--/-- Steele and Addison's periodical The Tatler is published in London.
• 1710/--/-- French forces under Vendome defeat the allies at Villaviciosa in Spain.
• 1710/--/-- Charles XII persuades the Turks to attack Russia.
• 1710/--/-- The British seize Acadia (Nova Scotia) from the French.
• 1710/--/-- The Meissen porcelain factory is founded near Dresden in Germany.
• 1710/--/-- George Berkeley publishes a Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge.
• 1710/--/-- Augustus II regains the Polish throne.
• 1711/--/-- Joseph I dies; Charles VI is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1711/--/-- The Tuscarora War begins in North Carolina when Indians massacre 130 colonists.
• 1711/--/-- The French found the first permanent settlement in Alabama at Mobile.
• 1711/--/-- The building of the baroque Zwinger complex begins in Dresden, Germany.
• 1711/--/-- Publication of The Tatler ceases; Steele and Addison introduce The Spectator.
• 1712/--/-- The New England whaling industry expands rapidly with the hunting of sperm whales.
• 1712/--/-- Carolina is divided into north and south colonies.
• 1712/--/-- The New England whaling industry expands rapidly with the hunting of sperm whales.
• 1712/--/-- English poet Alexander Pope publishes The Rape of the Lock.
• 1713/--/-- Sicily is ceded to the House of Savoy; Victor Amadeus II is crowned as king.
• 1713/--/-- Frederick William I succeeds Frederick I as king of Prussia.
• 1713/--/-- Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing for a female heir.
• 1713/--/-- The Asiento Treaty establishes British rights to the African slave trade.
• 1713/--/-- The Peace of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession.
• 1713/--/-- Spain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain.
• 1713/--/-- France cedes Acadia (Nova Scotia) and Newfoundland to Britain.
• 1714/--/-- Queen Anne of England dies; she is succeeded by George I, Elector of Hanover.
• 1714/--/-- German composer George Frideric Handel makes London his permanent home.
• 1714/--/-- Grinling Gibbons is appointed as master carver in wood to George I.
• 1714/10/20 George I crowned King of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey by Thomas Tenison, A
• 1715/--/-- French King Louis XIV dies; he is succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV.
• 1715/--/-- A Jacobite uprising supports James Edward as the Old Pretender to the British throne.
• 1715/--/-- French King Louis XIV dies; he is succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV.
• 1715/--/-- Phillipe II Duc d'Orleans becomes regent of France.
• 1715/--/-- The Yamasee Indians rebel against British settlers in South Carolina.
• 1715/--/-- Japan's leading playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon writes The Battles of Coxinga.
• 1715/--/-- French author Alain Rene Lesage publishes the Adventures of Gil Blas.
• 1716/--/-- Emperor Charles VI declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1717/--/-- John Law forms the Mississippi Company in France.
• 1717/--/-- The first freemason lodge is formed in London.
• 1717/--/-- French artist Antoine Watteau paints the Pilgrimage to Cythera.
• 1717/--/-- Eugene of Savoy captures Belgrade from the Turks.
• 1717/--/-- Spain seizes Sardinia and Sicily.
• 1718/--/-- The Quadruple Alliance of Austria, Britain, France and the Dutch declare war on Spain.
• 1718/--/-- The English pirate Blackbeard is killed by the Virginia militia.
• 1718/--/-- The Quadruple Alliance of Austria, Britain, France and the Dutch declare war on Spain.
• 1718/--/-- Charles XII of Sweden is killed during a campaign against Norway.
• 1718/--/-- Sultan Ahmed III concludes the Treaty of Passarowitz with the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1718/--/-- Spain establishes the Viceroyalty of New Granada in South America.
• 1718/--/-- The English pirate Blackbeard is killed by the Virginia militia.
• 1718/--/-- Charles XII of Sweden is killed during a campaign against Norway.
• 1718/--/-- The French found New Orleans in Louisiana.
• 1718/--/-- Voltaire writes the tragedy of Oedipe while imprisoned in the Bastille.
• 1718/--/-- The English pirate Blackbeard is killed by the Virginia militia.
• 1719/--/-- English writer Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe.
• 1719/--/-- James Figg becomes the first heavyweight boxing champion of England.
• 1719/--/-- Liechtenstein becomes an independent principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1719/--/-- James Figg becomes the first heavyweight boxing champion of England.
• 1719/--/-- Teams from London and Kent play one of the first cricket matches.
• 1719/--/-- English writer Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe.
• 1720/--/-- Tibet becomes a protectorate of China.
• 1720/--/-- The South Sea Bubble speculation craze collapses in England.
• 1720/--/-- The Mississippi Scheme speculation craze collapses in France.
• 1720/--/-- The South Sea Bubble speculation craze collapses in England.
• 1720/--/-- Tibet becomes a protectorate of China.
• 1720/--/-- The Quadruple Alliance defeats Spain; Spain renounces all claims to Sicily and Sardinia.
• 1720/--/-- Victor Amadeus II surrenders Sicily to Austria in exchange for Sardinia.
• 1721/--/-- The Great Northern War ends; Sweden loses most of her overseas possessions.
• 1721/--/-- Prime minister Robert Walpole restores public confidence in Britain's finances.
• 1721/--/-- The French settle on the island of Mauritius.
• 1721/--/-- Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti writes his opera Griselda.
• 1721/--/-- German composer Johann Sebastian Bach writes the Brandenburg Concertos.
• 1721/--/-- Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti writes his opera Griselda.
• 1722/--/-- The Afghans invade Persia (Iran) and overthrow the Safavid rulers.
• 1722/--/-- Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Samoa and Easter Island.
• 1722/--/-- English author Daniel Defoe publishes Moll Flanders.
• 1724/--/-- The British build Fort Dummer, the first permanent European settlement in Vermont.
• 1724/--/-- The Quakers make a statement opposing slavery.
• 1725/--/-- Peter the Great dies; his wife Catherine I succeeds him as Empress of Russia.
• 1725/--/-- Danish explorer Vitus Bering begins his voyage in search of a Northeast Passage.
• 1725/--/-- Francisco Romero establishes the current style of Spanish bullfighting.
• 1726/--/-- Cardinal Andre Fleury becomes chief advisor to Louis XV.
• 1726/--/-- The Spanish found Montevideo in Uruguay.
• 1726/--/-- Alexander Pope completes his translation of Homer's Odyssey.
• 1726/--/-- English satirist Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels.
• 1727/--/-- The Spanish lay siege to Gibraltar.
• 1727/--/-- George II succeeds his father George I as king of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1727/--/-- Catherine I dies; Peter II succeeds her as Emperor of Russia.
• 1727/10/11 George II crowned King of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey by William Wake, Ar
• 1728/--/-- English poet and playwright John Gay writes The Beggar's Opera.
• 1728/--/-- Danish navigator Vitus Bering explores Bering Strait.
• 1728/--/-- James Gibbs' Book of Architecture influences Colonial American designs.
• 1728/--/-- John Harrison begins his development of an accurate chronometer.
• 1728/--/-- English poet and playwright John Gay writes The Beggar's Opera.
• 1728/--/-- James Gibbs' Book of Architecture influences Colonial American designs.
• 1728/--/-- English poet and playwright John Gay writes The Beggar's Opera.
• 1728/--/-- Chambers's Cyclopedia; or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is issued.
• 1729/--/-- English actress Kitty Clive establishes her reputation at the Drury Lane Theatre.
• 1729/--/-- Denmark assumes control of Greenland.
• 1729/--/-- Corsica rebels against Genoese rule.
• 1729/--/-- The city of Karachi is founded in India (now in Pakistan).
• 1729/--/-- The city of Baltimore is founded in Maryland.
• 1730/--/-- Peter II dies; he is succeeded by Anna as Empress of Russia.
• 1730/--/-- Construction of the Province-hall (now Independence Hall) begins in Philadelphia.
• 1730/--/-- Canaletto paints the Basin of San Marco, one of his many views of Venice.
• 1731/--/-- John Hadley invents the quadrant for navigating at sea.
• 1731/--/-- French novelist Abbe Prevost writes Manon Lescaut.
• 1731/--/-- The Gentleman's Magazine, the first magazine, is published in London.
• 1731/--/-- John Hadley invents the quadrant for navigating at sea.
• 1732/--/-- Nadir Shah expels the Afghans from Persia (Iran) and reinstates Safavid rule.
• 1732/--/-- Covent Garden Opera House opens in London.
• 1732/--/-- Nicola Salvi designs the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
• 1732/--/-- Covent Garden Opera House opens in London.
• 1732/--/-- William Hogarth completes his series of engravings The Harlot's Progress.
• 1732/--/-- Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack in Philadelphia.
• 1733/--/-- John Kay invents the flying shuttle to increase the speed of weaving machines.
• 1733/--/-- Nadir Shah defeats the Turks and occupies Bagdhad.
• 1733/--/-- Stanislaw I is elected king of Poland with the support of Louis XV of France.
• 1733/--/-- The War of Polish Succession begins.
• 1733/--/-- James Oglethorpe founds the colony of Georgia and the city of Savannah.
• 1734/--/-- Stanislaw I is deposed; Augustus III is installed as king of Poland.
• 1735/--/-- George Hadley proposes the Hadley cell, a circulation system for the atmosphere.
• 1735/--/-- Antonio de Ulloa discovers the element platinum in South America.
• 1736/--/-- Parliament passes the Gin Act to discourage public drunkenness in England.
• 1736/--/-- Ch'ien-lung becomes emperor of China.
• 1736/--/-- Nadir assumes the title of Shah of Persia and founds the Afshar dynasty.
• 1736/--/-- Parliament passes the Gin Act to discourage public drunkenness in England.
• 1736/--/-- Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler begins writing his Mechanica.
• 1736/--/-- French artist Maurice Quentin de La Tour paints his Portrait of Voltaire.
• 1736/--/-- Ch'ien-lung becomes emperor of China.
• 1737/--/-- William Mayo founds the city of Richmond, Virginia.
• 1738/--/-- George Whitefield precipitates the Great Awakening religious revival in America.
• 1738/--/-- The Treaty of Vienna concludes the War of the Polish Succession; Stanislaw I abdicates.
• 1738/--/-- George Whitefield precipitates the Great Awakening religious revival in America.
• 1738/--/-- Bernoulli publishes Hydrodynamica, stating his law of hydrodynamics.
• 1738/--/-- The excavation of Herculaneum begins in Italy.
• 1738/--/-- A porcelain factory is established in France at Vincennes; it moves later to Sevres.
• 1739/--/-- Mutilation of an English sea captain by the Spanish leads to the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• 1739/--/-- The British under Admiral Vernon raid Spanish settlements in the West Indies.
• 1739/--/-- John Wesley founds the Methodist religious movement.
• 1739/--/-- Mutilation of an English sea captain by the Spanish leads to the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• 1739/--/-- The Persians under Nadir Shah defeat the Mogul army and destroy Delhi.
• 1740/--/-- Frederick II (Frederick the Great) assumes the Prussian throne.
• 1740/--/-- Anna Empress of Russia dies; she is succeeded by Elizabeth in 1741.
• 1740/--/-- Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI dies; the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
• 1740/--/-- Charles VI's daughter Maria Theresa succeeds to the Austrian Habsburg empire.
• 1740/--/-- Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI dies; the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
• 1740/--/-- Frederick II of Prussia invades the Habsburg province of Silesia.
• 1740/--/-- The British under James Oglethorpe attack Spanish possessions in Florida.
• 1740/--/-- English novelist Samuel Richardson writes Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded.
• 1740/--/-- Anna Empress of Russia dies; she is succeeded by Elizabeth in 1741.
• 1740/--/-- Scottish philosopher David Hume writes his Treatise of Human Nature.
• 1740/--/-- English novelist Samuel Richardson writes Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded.
• 1741/--/-- Prussia forms an anti-Habsburg coalition with Bavaria, Spain and France.
• 1741/--/-- George Frideric Handel composes the Messiah.
• 1742/--/-- Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius invents the Celsius scale for temperature.
• 1742/--/-- The cast iron Franklin stove is invented by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1742/--/-- Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius invents the Celsius scale for temperature.
• 1742/--/-- The cast iron Franklin stove is invented by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1742/--/-- The Anti-Habsburg coalition elects Charles VII as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1742/--/-- A Spanish invasion of Georgia is defeated by British forces under James Oglethorpe.
• 1742/--/-- Maria Theresa makes peace with Frederick II; Silesia is ceded to Prussia.
• 1743/--/-- An English porcelain factory is established at Chelsea in London.
• 1743/--/-- The first permanent bullring is built in Madrid.
• 1743/--/-- An English porcelain factory is established at Chelsea in London.
• 1744/--/-- King George's War begins in North America between Britain and France.
• 1744/--/-- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab founds the Wahhabi Muslim sect about this time.
• 1744/--/-- King George's War begins in North America between Britain and France.
• 1745/--/-- The British under Pepperrell capture the French fortress of Louisburg in Canada.
• 1745/--/-- Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) leads a second Jacobite rebellion.
• 1745/--/-- The French under the Comte de Saxe defeat Austrian, English and Dutch forces at Fontenoy.
• 1745/--/-- The Treaty of Dresden confirms Prussian control of Silesia.
• 1745/--/-- Maria Theresa's husband Francis succeeds Charles VII as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1745/--/-- Louis XV installs the Marquise de Pompadour as his official mistress.
• 1745/--/-- The French under the Comte de Saxe defeat Austrian, English and Dutch forces at Fontenoy.
• 1745/--/-- Giovanni Piranesi begins his etchings of Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons).
• 1746/--/-- Princeton University is founded in New Jersey.
• 1746/--/-- English actor David Garrick becomes the manager of the Drury Lane Theatre.
• 1746/--/-- Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) is defeated at Culloden.
• 1746/--/-- English actor David Garrick becomes the manager of the Drury Lane Theatre.
• 1746/--/-- Ferdinand VI succeeds Philip V as king of Spain.
• 1746/--/-- Britain and France struggle for the domination of India; France seizes Madras.
• 1747/--/-- The Pathans defeat the Persians; Ahmad Shah Sadozai founds a new dynasty.
• 1747/--/-- Nadir Shah of Persia (Iran) is assassinated.
• 1747/--/-- The Ohio Company is formed to promote settlement west of the Appalachians.
• 1747/--/-- Nadir Shah of Persia (Iran) is assassinated.
• 1748/--/-- English artist Thomas Gainsborough paints Robert Andrews and Mary, His Wife.
• 1748/--/-- The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1748/--/-- French political philosopher Montesquieu writes The Spirit of the Laws.
• 1748/--/-- English artist Thomas Gainsborough paints Robert Andrews and Mary, His Wife.
• 1749/--/-- English novelist Henry Fielding writes Tom Jones.
• 1749/--/-- The British found Halifax in Nova Scotia as a military base.
• 1749/--/-- Italian dramatist Carlo Goldoni writes La Putta honorata (The Respectable Girl).
• 1749/--/-- English novelist Henry Fielding writes Tom Jones.
• 1750/--/-- The waltz becomes a popular dance in Europe about this time.
• 1750/--/-- The neoclassical movement in art develops in Europe about this time.
• 1750/--/-- American frontiersman Christopher Gist explores the Ohio River region.
• 1750/--/-- The Afshars are replaced by the Zand dynasty in Persia (Iran); Shiraz becomes the capital.
• 1750/--/-- Baal Shem Tov founds the Jewish sect of Hasidism about this time.
• 1750/--/-- Poona becomes the capital of the Maratha confederacy in India.
• 1750/--/-- American frontiersman Christopher Gist explores the Ohio River region.
• 1750/--/-- The Conestoga wagon develops in Pennsylvania about this time.
• 1751/--/-- English soldier Robert Clive captures Arcot in India.
• 1751/--/-- The Worcester Royal Porcelain Company is founded in England.
• 1751/--/-- English novelist Tobias Smollett writes The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker.
• 1751/--/-- Jean Etienne Guettard produces the first geological maps of France.
• 1751/--/-- The first volume of Diderot's Encyclopedie is published.
• 1751/--/-- English soldier Robert Clive captures Arcot in India.
• 1751/--/-- English novelist Tobias Smollett writes The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker.
• 1751/--/-- The Worcester Royal Porcelain Company is founded in England.
• 1752/--/-- Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning conductor.
• 1752/--/-- Italian artist Tiepolo paints the Marriage of Frederick Barbarossa.
• 1752/--/-- French artist Francois Boucher paints Mademoiselle O'Murphy.
• 1752/--/-- Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning conductor.
• 1752/--/-- French artist Francois Boucher paints Mademoiselle O'Murphy.
• 1752/--/-- Italian artist Tiepolo paints the Marriage of Frederick Barbarossa.
• 1753/--/-- Swedish biologist Carolus Linnaeus publishes his system of plant classification.
• 1753/--/-- The British Museum is founded in London.
• 1754/--/-- French attacks against the English in Ohio lead to the last French and Indian War.
• 1754/--/-- Italian architect Rastrelli designs the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad).
• 1754/--/-- The Royal and Ancient Golf Club is founded at Saint Andrews in Scotland.
• 1754/--/-- Thomas Chippendale publishes The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Directory.
• 1755/--/-- The British under Braddock are defeated by the French at Fort Duquesne.
• 1755/--/-- The French population of Acadia (Nova Scotia) is deported by the British.
• 1755/--/-- Pasquale Paoli founds an independent state in Corsica.
• 1755/--/-- Adventurer and lover Casanova is arrested in Venice for witchcraft.
• 1755/--/-- The Lisbon earthquake kills 50,000.
• 1755/--/-- Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language.
• 1755/--/-- The Lisbon earthquake kills 50,000.
• 1755/--/-- Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language.
• 1756/--/-- The Seven Years' War begins with a Prussian attack on Austria.
• 1756/--/-- French general Montcalm captures Fort Oswego and dominates the Great Lakes.
• 1756/--/-- William Pitt (the Elder) becomes prime minister of Britain.
• 1756/--/-- 123 British soldiers are alleged to have died in the Black Hole of Calcutta in Bengal, India.
• 1757/--/-- Robert Clive defeats the nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in India.
• 1757/--/-- Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Franco-Austrian army at Rossbach.
• 1758/--/-- Americans and British regulars under General Forbes capture Fort Duquesne.
• 1758/--/-- The French under Montcalm defeat the British at Fort Ticonderoga.
• 1758/--/-- The Burmese overthrow the Mons; Rangoon becomes the new capital of Burma.
• 1759/--/-- The British under Wolfe defeat Montcalm at Quebec; Wolfe dies from his wounds.
• 1759/--/-- The Russians defeat Frederick II at Kunersdorf.
• 1759/--/-- The Botanical Gardens are founded at Kew in London.
• 1759/--/-- Josiah Wedgwood establishes his first pottery works.
• 1759/--/-- French poet and dramatist Voltaire publishes his philosophical novel Candide.
• 1759/--/-- The British under Wolfe defeat Montcalm at Quebec; Wolfe dies from his wounds.
• 1759/--/-- The British defeat the French at Niagara; Amherst captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• 1760/--/-- English novelist Laurence Sterne publishes the first volumes of Tristram Shandy.
• 1760/--/-- George II dies; he is succeeded by his grandson George III as king of England.
• 1760/--/-- The British under Amherst capture Montreal, ending French resistance in North America.
• 1760/--/-- The Russians invade Prussia and burn Berlin.
• 1760/--/-- George II dies; he is succeeded by his grandson George III as king of England.
• 1760/--/-- English architect Robert Adam begins the design of Syon House.
• 1760/--/-- English novelist Laurence Sterne publishes the first volumes of Tristram Shandy.
• 1760/--/-- The British under Amherst capture Montreal, ending French resistance in North America.
• 1760/--/-- English architect Robert Adam begins the design of Syon House.
• 1760/--/-- George II dies; he is succeeded by his grandson George III as king of England.
• 1761/--/-- Franz Josef Haydn becomes court composer to Prince Esterhazy.
• 1761/09/02 George III crowned King of Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey by Tho
• 1762/--/-- Peter III succeeds Elizabeth as emperor of Russia, but is deposed and murdered.
• 1762/--/-- France cedes Louisiana to Spain to prevent British control of the region.
• 1762/--/-- French philosopher Rousseau publishes The Social Contract and Emile.
• 1762/--/-- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performs at the Imperial court in Vienna at age 6.
• 1762/--/-- British animal painter George Stubbs completes the Horse Attacked by a Lion.
• 1762/--/-- American Indian religious leader, the Delaware Prophet, is active in the Ohio Valley.
• 1762/--/-- Britain seizes Cuba and the Philippines from Spain.
• 1762/--/-- British animal painter George Stubbs completes the Horse Attacked by a Lion.
• 1762/--/-- Peter III succeeds Elizabeth as emperor of Russia, but is deposed and murdered.
• 1762/--/-- Catherine II (Catherine the Great) succeeds her husband as empress of Russia.
• 1762/--/-- The Russians end their alliance with Austria against Prussia.
• 1762/--/-- American Indian religious leader, the Delaware Prophet, is active in the Ohio Valley.
• 1763/--/-- Augustus III dies; he is succeeded (1764) by Stanislaw II, the last king of Poland.
• 1763/--/-- The Wahhabi Saudis begin to establish control over Arabia.
• 1763/--/-- The Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian Wars.
• 1763/--/-- French forces withdraw from Germany; Prussia retains Silesia.
• 1763/--/-- France cedes Canada and all territories east of the Mississippi River to Britain.
• 1763/--/-- France recognizes British dominance in India.
• 1763/--/-- Britain returns Cuba and the Philippines to Spain in exchange for Florida.
• 1763/--/-- The Ottawa chief Pontiac leads an uprising against the British.
• 1763/--/-- James Boswell meets Samuel Johnson for the first time.
• 1763/--/-- Augustus III dies; he is succeeded (1764) by Stanislaw II, the last king of Poland.
• 1764/--/-- German historian Johann Winckelmann publishes his History of the Art of Antiquity.
• 1764/--/-- Thomas Chatterton forges the Rowley poems at the age of 12.
• 1765/--/-- Robert Clive is appointed governor of Bengal in India.
• 1765/--/-- George Grenville's Stamp Act imposes a tax on all publications in the American colonies.
• 1765/--/-- Samuel Adams helps to found the Sons of Liberty to oppose the Stamp Act.
• 1765/--/-- Sir William Blackstone begins his Commentaries on the Laws of England.
• 1765/--/-- Francis I dies; he is succeeded by Joseph II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1765/--/-- Lancelot Capability Brown designs the gardens at Blenheim Palace.
• 1765/--/-- French artist Francois Boucher is appointed court painter to Louis XV.
• 1765/--/-- Horace Walpole publishes his Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto.
• 1765/--/-- George Grenville's Stamp Act imposes a tax on all publications in the American colonies.
• 1765/--/-- French artist Francois Boucher is appointed court painter to Louis XV.
• 1765/--/-- Francis I dies; he is succeeded by Joseph II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1766/--/-- English chemist Henry Cavendish isolates hydrogen gas for the first time.
• 1766/--/-- The Stamp Act is repealed after strong opposition from American colonists.
• 1766/--/-- The Declaratory Act imposes Parliament's right to make laws in the colonies.
• 1766/--/-- English chemist Henry Cavendish isolates hydrogen gas for the first time.
• 1766/--/-- The Nautical Almanac provides the first practical method for determining longitude.
• 1766/--/-- German dramatist and critic Gotthold Ephraim Lessing publishes Laocoon.
• 1766/--/-- The Stamp Act is repealed after strong opposition from American colonists.
• 1766/--/-- French artist Jean Honore Fragonard paints The Swing.
• 1766/--/-- Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith publishes The Vicar of Wakefield.
• 1767/--/-- The Townshend Acts impose a tax on imports to North America.
• 1767/--/-- German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn publishes Phaedon.
• 1767/--/-- German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck writes his opera Alceste.
• 1767/--/-- The Townshend Acts impose a tax on imports to North America.
• 1767/--/-- German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck writes his opera Alceste.
• 1767/--/-- The Burmese destroy the Siam capital of Ayutthaya; the Bangkok Period begins.
• 1767/--/-- The Mason-Dixon line establishes the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary.
• 1768/--/-- Genoa sells its rights in Corsica to France.
• 1768/--/-- Louis Antoine de Bougainville claims the Pacific island of Tahiti for France.
• 1768/--/-- The Russo-Turkish War is renewed.
• 1768/--/-- Joshua Reynolds becomes the first president of the Royal Academy in London.
• 1768/--/-- The first weekly numbers of the Encyclopaedia Britannica are issued.
• 1769/--/-- Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac is assassinated by a Peoria Indian.
• 1769/--/-- French forces in Corsica defeat Pasquale Paoli; Corsica becomes a province of France.
• 1769/--/-- The Gurkhas conquer Nepal.
• 1769/--/-- Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac is assassinated by a Peoria Indian.
• 1769/--/-- Richard Arkwright invents a spinning frame to mechanize cotton weaving.
• 1769/--/-- American pioneer Daniel Boone explores a route through the Cumberland Gap.
• 1769/--/-- The Comtesse du Barry becomes the official mistress to Louis XV.
• 1769/--/-- American pioneer Daniel Boone explores a route through the Cumberland Gap.
• 1769/--/-- James Watt patents a condenser to improve the performance of steam engines.
• 1769/--/-- Richard Arkwright invents a spinning frame to mechanize cotton weaving.
• 1770/--/-- The British Parliament repeals the Townshend Acts.
• 1770/--/-- Louis, the future king of France, marries Marie Antoinette.
• 1770/--/-- A brawl between British troops and colonists leads to the Boston Massacre.
• 1770/--/-- English navigator James Cook explores New Zealand and the east coast of Australia.
• 1770/--/-- British explorer James Bruce discovers the source of the Blue Nile.
• 1770/--/-- Thomas Jefferson begins building Monticello, his house in Virginia.
• 1770/--/-- English artist Thomas Gainsborough paints The Blue Boy.
• 1770/--/-- English navigator James Cook explores New Zealand and the east coast of Australia.
• 1770/--/-- English artist Thomas Gainsborough paints The Blue Boy.
• 1770/--/-- Lord North becomes prime minister of Britain.
• 1771/--/-- Governor Tyron defeats the Regulators (dissident farmers) in North Carolina.
• 1771/--/-- Gustav III succeeds his father as king of Sweden.
• 1772/--/-- American artist Benjamin West paints The Death of Wolfe.
• 1772/--/-- Poland is partitioned among Russia, Prussia and Austria.
• 1772/--/-- English artist Joshua Reynolds paints a Portrait of Samuel Johnson.
• 1772/--/-- American artist Benjamin West paints The Death of Wolfe.
• 1772/--/-- English artist Joshua Reynolds paints a Portrait of Samuel Johnson.
• 1772/--/-- American artist Benjamin West paints The Death of Wolfe.
• 1772/--/-- English artist Joshua Reynolds paints a Portrait of Samuel Johnson.
• 1773/--/-- Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith writes the play She Stoops to Conquer.
• 1773/--/-- Don Cossack Yemelian Pugachev leads the Peasant's Revolt in Russia.
• 1773/--/-- Calcutta is established as the capital of British India.
• 1773/--/-- American colonists throw British tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party.
• 1773/--/-- Pope Clement XIV persecutes the Jesuits.
• 1773/--/-- American colonists throw British tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party.
• 1774/--/-- The Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji ends the Russo-Turkish War.
• 1774/--/-- Louis XV dies; he is succeeded by his grandson Louis XVI as king of France.
• 1774/--/-- Britain passes the Intolerable Acts and closes the port of Boston.
• 1774/--/-- Warren Hastings is appointed as the first Governor-General of British India.
• 1774/--/-- Edmund Burke's speech On American Taxation defends the colony's rights.
• 1774/--/-- The first Continental Congress meets and condemns Britain's Intolerable Acts.
• 1774/--/-- Rhode Island becomes the first state to abolish slavery.
• 1774/--/-- The Quebec Act grants religious liberty to Roman Catholics in Canada.
• 1774/--/-- British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen.
• 1774/--/-- Louis XV dies; he is succeeded by his grandson Louis XVI as king of France.
• 1774/--/-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe publishes The Sorrows of Young Werther.
• 1774/--/-- Edmund Burke's speech On American Taxation defends the colony's rights.
• 1775/--/-- Americans under Montgomery occupy Montreal, but fail to capture Quebec.
• 1775/--/-- French dramatist Caron de Beaumarchais writes the Barber of Seville.
• 1775/--/-- Revolutionary War Begins
• 1775/--/-- American patriot Patrick Henry states "Give me liberty, or give me death."
• 1775/--/-- Paul Revere rides to Lexington to warn of approaching British troops.
• 1775/--/-- American patriot Patrick Henry states "Give me liberty, or give me death."
• 1775/--/-- British troops and colonial militia clash at Lexington, starting the American Revolution.
• 1775/--/-- British troops suffer heavy losses at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• 1775/--/-- American patriot Patrick Henry states "Give me liberty, or give me death."
• 1775/--/-- British troops and colonial militia clash at Lexington, starting the American Revolution.
• 1775/--/-- The Continental Congress chooses George Washington to head the Continental Army.
• 1775/--/-- Americans under Montgomery occupy Montreal, but fail to capture Quebec.
• 1776/--/-- American General Charles Lee is captured by the British.
• 1776/--/-- Charles Burney publishes the first volume of A General History of Music.
• 1776/--/-- The Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) literary movement begins in Germany.
• 1776/--/-- Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin organizes the Russian Black Sea fleet.
• 1776/--/-- Washington defeats British forces at Trenton and Princeton (1777).
• 1776/--/-- Swiss banker Jacques Necker is appointed director of the treasury by Louis XVI.
• 1776/--/-- Thomas Paine publishes his Revolutionary War pamphlet Common Sense.
• 1776/--/-- British forces are evacuated from Boston.
• 1776/--/-- The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
• 1776/--/-- The British under Howe defeat Washington on Long Island and occupy New York.
• 1776/--/-- Nathan Hale is executed by the British as a spy.
• 1776/--/-- David Bushnell's submarine the Turtle makes an abortive attack on British ships.
• 1776/--/-- British forces under Sir Henry Clinton bombard Charleston harbor.
• 1776/--/-- American General Charles Lee is captured by the British.
• 1776/--/-- Howe defeats Washington at White Plains; Washington retreats across the Delaware.
• 1776/--/-- Ann Lee establishes a Shaker community at Wartervliet in New York.
• 1776/--/-- Economist Adam Smith publishes the Wealth of Nations.
• 1776/--/-- Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
• 1776/--/-- Charles Burney publishes the first volume of A General History of Music.
• 1777/--/-- General Burgoyne captures Ticonderoga and defeats the Americans in Pennsylvania.
• 1777/--/-- Burgoyne capitulates to Horatio Gates' American forces at Saratoga.
• 1777/--/-- The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the American flag.
• 1777/--/-- The Marquis de Lafayette offers his services to the Continental Congress.
• 1777/--/-- General Burgoyne captures Ticonderoga and defeats the Americans in Pennsylvania.
• 1777/--/-- The British under Howe capture Philadelphia, forcing Congress to flee.
• 1777/--/-- Burgoyne capitulates to Horatio Gates' American forces at Saratoga.
• 1777/--/-- The British under Howe defeat Washington's Continental Army at Brandywine Creek.
• 1777/--/-- The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the American flag.
• 1777/--/-- Washington's Continental Army spends a hard winter at Valley Forge.
• 1777/--/-- Christianity is introduced into Korea.
• 1777/--/-- French chemist Lavoisier proves that air is composed of oxygen and nitrogen.
• 1777/--/-- Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy The School for Scandal is produced.
• 1778/--/-- Franz Anton Mesmer opens a Paris practice to treat patients using magnetism.
• 1778/--/-- La Scala opera house opens in Milan, Italy.
• 1778/--/-- France enters the American War of Independence in support of the colonies.
• 1778/--/-- John Singleton Copley paints Watson and the Shark.
• 1778/--/-- English novelist Fanny Burney writes Evelina.
• 1778/--/-- France enters the American War of Independence in support of the colonies.
• 1778/--/-- English novelist Fanny Burney writes Evelina.
• 1778/--/-- Washington clashes with British forces under Clinton at Monmouth, N.J.
• 1778/--/-- Portugal transfers its rights in Equatorial Guinea to Spain.
• 1778/--/-- John Singleton Copley paints Watson and the Shark.
• 1779/--/-- Samuel Crompton develops his spinning mule for England's cotton industry.
• 1779/--/-- An American squadron led by John Paul Jones attacks British shipping.
• 1779/--/-- American forces under Sullivan campaign against the Iroquois on the New York border.
• 1779/--/-- George Rogers Clark recaptures Vincennes from the British.
• 1779/--/-- Spain declares war on Britain and lays siege to Gibraltar.
• 1779/--/-- An American squadron led by John Paul Jones attacks British shipping.
• 1779/--/-- War breaks out between Dutch settlers and the Xhosas in South Africa.
• 1779/--/-- American forces under Sullivan campaign against the Iroquois on the New York border.
• 1779/--/-- Spain declares war on Britain and lays siege to Gibraltar.
• 1779/--/-- War breaks out between Dutch settlers and the Xhosas in South Africa.
• 1779/--/-- British explorer James Cook is killed by natives on Hawaii.
• 1779/--/-- Samuel Crompton develops his spinning mule for England's cotton industry.
• 1779/--/-- Samuel Johnson begins writing The Lives of the Poets
• 1779/--/-- British explorer James Cook is killed by natives on Hawaii.
• 1780/--/-- Maria Theresa dies; Joseph II inherits the crown of Bohemia and Hungary.
• 1780/--/-- Francis Marion and Thomas Sumter lead guerrilla forces against the British.
• 1780/--/-- Venetian artist Francesco Guardi paints the Gondola on the Lagoon.
• 1780/--/-- Maria Theresa dies; Joseph II inherits the crown of Bohemia and Hungary.
• 1780/--/-- English spy John Andre is caught and executed by the Americans.
• 1780/--/-- Peruvian Indians under Tupac Amaru revolt against Spainish rule.
• 1780/--/-- The Gordon Riots begin in London against Catholic emancipation.
• 1780/--/-- English spy John Andre is caught and executed by the Americans.
• 1780/--/-- The Derby horse race is established in England.
• 1780/--/-- Americans under Horatio Gates are defeated by Cornwallis at Camden, S.C.
• 1780/--/-- Luigi Galvani begins experiments on the effect of electricity on nerves and muscles.
• 1780/--/-- The Derby horse race is established in England.
• 1780/--/-- Venetian artist Francesco Guardi paints the Gondola on the Lagoon.
• 1780/--/-- English spy John Andre is caught and executed by the Americans.
• 1780/--/-- Andre's capture exposes Benedict Arnold's plot to surrender West Point.
• 1780/--/-- The British under Clinton occupy Charleston, S.C. and capture the garrison.
• 1780/--/-- Americans under Horatio Gates are defeated by Cornwallis at Camden, S.C.
• 1781/--/-- American forces under Daniel Morgan defeat the British at the Battle of Cowpens.
• 1781/--/-- The British under Cornwallis surrender to the Americans at Yorktown.
• 1781/--/-- English astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
• 1781/--/-- American forces under Daniel Morgan defeat the British at the Battle of Cowpens.
• 1781/--/-- The French aid Washington in the siege of Yorktown.
• 1781/--/-- The British under Cornwallis surrender to the Americans at Yorktown.
• 1781/--/-- The British defeat Hyder Ali the Muslim ruler of Mysore (now Karnataka) in India.
• 1781/--/-- English astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
• 1781/--/-- German philosopher Immanuel Kant publishes his Critique of Pure Reason.
• 1782/--/-- Kamehameha I begins a ten-year war for control of Hawaii.
• 1782/--/-- Henry Grattan's Patriot party achieves legislative independence for Ireland.
• 1782/--/-- The design for the Great Seal of the United States is adopted by the Continental Congress.
• 1782/--/-- Pierre Choderlos de Laclos writes Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
• 1782/--/-- Peace talks open in Paris between Britain and America.
• 1782/--/-- Kamehameha I begins a ten-year war for control of Hawaii.
• 1782/--/-- The design for the Great Seal of the United States is adopted by the Continental Congress.
• 1782/--/-- Tippu Sultan succeeds his father as ruler of Mysore (now Karnataka) in India.
• 1782/--/-- Peace talks open in Paris between Britain and America.
• 1782/--/-- Rama I founds the Chakkri dynasty in Siam (Thailand) with Bangkok as its capital.
• 1783/--/-- An earthquake kills 30,000 people at Calabria in Italy.
• 1783/--/-- British forces abandon New York, their last stronghold in North America.
• 1783/--/-- Britain recognizes the independence of the United States at the Treaty of Paris.
• 1783/--/-- British forces abandon New York, their last stronghold in North America.
• 1783/--/-- The British return Florida to Spain under the terms of the Treaty of Paris.
• 1783/--/-- William Pitt (the Younger) becomes prime minister of Britain at age 24.
• 1783/--/-- Russia gains control of the Crimea after three centuries of Turkish rule.
• 1783/--/-- An earthquake kills 30,000 people at Calabria in Italy.
• 1783/--/-- The Montgolfier brothers make the first manned flight in a hot air balloon.
• 1783/--/-- Peace Treaty ends Revolutionary War
• 1783/--/-- French scientist Jacques Charles demonstrates the first hydrogen-inflated balloon.
• 1783/--/-- William Pitt II becomes English Prime Minister at 24
• 1783/--/-- Revolutionary War Ends
• 1783/--/-- Britain cedes all lands west to Mississippi River
• 1783/--/-- Britain recognizes the independence of the United States at the Treaty of Paris.
• 1784/--/-- French dramatist Caron de Beaumarchais writes the Marriage of Figaro.
• 1784/--/-- French neoclassical artist Jacques Louis David paints The Oath of Horatii.
• 1784/--/-- Grigory Shelekhov founds the first Russian colony in America at Kodiak Island, Alaska.
• 1784/--/-- American inventor Oliver Evans develops the first automated flour mill.
• 1784/--/-- Thomas Jefferson's proposes a ban on slavery in the western territories.
• 1784/--/-- Ben Franklin invents bifocal eyeglasses
• 1784/--/-- Grigory Shelekhov founds the first Russian colony in America at Kodiak Island, Alaska.
• 1784/--/-- American inventor Oliver Evans develops the first automated flour mill.
• 1784/--/-- French neoclassical artist Jacques Louis David paints The Oath of Horatii.
• 1785/--/-- New York City becomes the temporary capital of the United States.
• 1785/--/-- French navigator La Perouse sails to the Pacific to find the Northwest Passage.
• 1785/--/-- Jean Pierre Blanchard makes the first balloon flight across the English Channel.
• 1785/--/-- Newspaper publisher John Walter founds The Times of London.
• 1785/--/-- English poet William Cowper publishes The Task.
• 1785/--/-- Jean Pierre Blanchard makes the first balloon flight across the English Channel.
• 1785/--/-- New York City becomes the temporary capital of the United States.
• 1786/--/-- Francisco de Goya becomes court painter to Charles III of Spain.
• 1786/--/-- Frederick II dies; he is succeeded by his son Frederick William II as king of Prussia.
• 1786/--/-- Lord Cornwallis succeeds Warren Hastings as governor-general of India.
• 1786/--/-- Daniel Shays leads a rebellion against the state government in Massachusetts.
• 1786/--/-- Singapore, Penang and Melaka are ceded to Britain as the Straits Settlements.
• 1786/--/-- Frederick II dies; he is succeeded by his son Frederick William II as king of Prussia.
• 1786/--/-- Swiss climbers make the first ascent of Mount Blanc.
• 1786/--/-- Francisco de Goya becomes court painter to Charles III of Spain.
• 1786/--/-- Robert Burns publishes Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect.
• 1786/--/-- First ice cream made commercially in NYC
• 1786/--/-- Shay's Rebellion, MASS
• 1786/--/-- Daniel Shays leads a rebellion against the state government in Massachusetts.
• 1787/--/-- Turkey declares war on Russia, beginning a new Russo-Turkish War.
• 1787/--/-- The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia to draw up a U.S. Constitution.
• 1787/--/-- The Continental Congress excludes slavery from the Northwest Territory.
• 1787/--/-- Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison write the first Federalist essays.
• 1787/--/-- Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart writes the opera Don Giovanni.
• 1787/--/-- British reformer William Wilberforce declares his aims to abolish slavery.
• 1787/--/-- The Marylebone Cricket Club (M.C.C.) is formed in London, England.
• 1787/--/-- American inventor John Fitch launches a steam-powered ferry boat on the Delaware.
• 1787/--/-- Henry Holland builds the first Royal Pavilion at Brighton for the Prince Regent.
• 1787/--/-- Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart writes the opera Don Giovanni.
• 1787/--/-- American inventor John Fitch launches a steam-powered ferry boat on the Delaware.
• 1787/--/-- Royall Tyler's The Contrast becomes the first stage comedy to be produced in the U.S.
• 1787/--/-- American inventor John Fitch launches a steam-powered ferry boat on the Delaware.
• 1787/--/-- The Marylebone Cricket Club (M.C.C.) is formed in London, England.
• 1787/--/-- Turkey declares war on Russia, beginning a new Russo-Turkish War.
• 1787/--/-- Constitutional Convention
• 1787/--/-- The Assembly of Notables is summoned by Louis XVI to reform French taxation.
• 1787/--/-- The British found Freetown and establish Sierra Leone as a colony for freed slaves.
• 1788/--/-- Mozart composes 3 symphonies: E-flat, G minor and Jupiter in less than 7 weeks.
• 1788/--/-- Austria joins Russia in the war against Turkey.
• 1788/--/-- Captain Arthur Phillip founds the first Australian penal colony at Sydney Cove.
• 1788/--/-- A crop failure in France leads to bread riots.
• 1788/--/-- George III of England has his first attack of mental illness.
• 1788/--/-- Austria joins Russia in the war against Turkey.
• 1788/--/-- Swedish forces under Gustav III attack Russia.
• 1788/--/-- George III of England has his first attack of mental illness.
• 1788/--/-- "The Federalist" published
• 1788/--/-- Warren Hastings is impeached for maladministration in India.
• 1788/--/-- Constitution ratified
• 1788/--/-- French physicist Lagrange publishes his Analytical Mechanics.
• 1789/--/-- George Washington (Federalist) becomes president of the United States
• 1789/--/-- English poet and artist William Blake publishes Songs of Innocence.
• 1789/--/-- Wm. Blake publishes "Songs of Innocence"
• 1789/--/-- English poet and artist William Blake publishes Songs of Innocence.
• 1789/--/-- A National Assembly is declared in France, ending the power of the States-General.
• 1789/--/-- The French Revolution begins with an attack on the Bastille.
• 1789/--/-- English poet and artist William Blake publishes Songs of Innocence.
• 1789/--/-- The French National Assembly formulates a Declaration of the Rights of Man.
• 1789/--/-- French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon makes busts of Jefferson and Washington.
• 1789/--/-- Louis XVI is forced to capitulate; France becomes a constitutional monarchy.
• 1789/--/-- Austrian forces capture Belgrade from the Turks.
• 1789/--/-- Tippu Sultan begins the Third Mysore War against the British in India.
• 1789/--/-- The Federalist party is formed by supporters of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
• 1789/--/-- Washington is elected as the first U.S. president; John Adams becomes vice-president.
• 1789/--/-- Alexander Hamilton becomes the first U.S. secretary of the treasury.
• 1789/--/-- The Supreme Court of the United States is founded with John Jay as Chief Justice.
• 1789/--/-- The first national Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U.S.
• 1789/--/-- The Tammany Hall political organization is founded in New York.
• 1789/--/-- Mutinous sailors seize H.M.S. Bounty and take refuge on Pitcairn Island.
• 1789/--/-- French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon makes busts of Jefferson and Washington.
• 1789/--/-- Bill of Rights adopted
• 1789/--/-- Jeremy Bentham publishes An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation.
• 1789/--/-- French Revolution begins
• 1790/--/-- Seat of government moves from NYC to Philadelphia
• 1790/--/-- Leopold II succeeds Joseph II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1790/--/-- New England captains extend whaling into the Pacific Ocean about this time.
• 1790/--/-- Sweden and Russia sign a peace treaty.
• 1790/--/-- Philadelphia replaces New York as the temporary capital of the U.S.
• 1790/--/-- The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
• 1790/--/-- New England captains extend whaling into the Pacific Ocean about this time.
• 1790/--/-- The bolero Spanish dance is introduced about this time.
• 1790/--/-- Thomas Jefferson proposes a decimal (metric) system; Congress rejects the suggestion.
• 1791/--/-- The First Bank of the United States is founded.
• 1791/--/-- Tom Paine "The Rights of Man"
• 1791/--/-- Thomas Paine publishes The Rights of Man in defense of the French revolution.
• 1791/--/-- Pierre Charles L'Enfant designs the new U.S. capital of Washington, D.C.
• 1791/--/-- Thomas Sheraton publishes The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book.
• 1791/--/-- Mozart's opera The Magic Flute is performed for the first time.
• 1791/--/-- Emperor Joseph II ends the war between Austria and Turkey.
• 1791/--/-- Mozart's opera The Magic Flute is performed for the first time.
• 1791/--/-- James Boswell publishes his Life of Samuel Johnson.
• 1791/--/-- Marquis de Sade writes the novel Justine from his prison cell.
• 1791/--/-- Chinese author Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in publishes The Dream of the Red Chamber.
• 1791/--/-- Miami Indian chief Little Turtle defeats an American force under General Arthur St. Clair.
• 1791/--/-- Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are captured while trying to leave France.
• 1791/--/-- Austria returns Belgrade to the Turks.
• 1791/--/-- Toussaint l'Ouverture leads a slave revolt in Haiti against the French.
• 1791/--/-- Emperor Joseph II ends the war between Austria and Turkey.
• 1791/--/-- The Province of Quebec is divided into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
• 1791/--/-- Chinese author Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in publishes The Dream of the Red Chamber.
• 1791/--/-- Miami Indian chief Little Turtle defeats an American force under General Arthur St. Clair.
• 1791/--/-- The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution) is ratified.
• 1791/--/-- Vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union.
• 1792/--/-- The French Republic adopts the guillotine as a uniform method of execution.
• 1792/--/-- The French under Dumouriez halt the Prussians and defeat the Austrians at Jemappes.
• 1792/--/-- First U.S. Trade Union of shoemakers
• 1792/--/-- Jefferson leads the Democratic-Republican party in opposition to the Federalists.
• 1792/--/-- George Washington is reelected as president.
• 1792/--/-- Thomas Paine publishes the Rights of Man and is outlawed for treason in England.
• 1792/--/-- Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the Union.
• 1792/--/-- The Columbia River is discovered by Boston trader Robert Gray.
• 1792/--/-- France declares war on Austria and Prussia, beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1792/--/-- Gustav III of Sweden is assassinated at a masquerade in Stockholm.
• 1792/--/-- The dollar is selected as the U.S. unit of currency.
• 1792/--/-- Architect James Hoban wins the competition to design the White House.
• 1792/--/-- Swiss scientist Aime Argand develops a practical oil lamp using a tubular wick.
• 1792/--/-- Charles Bulfinch designs the Connecticut State House (now Hartford City Hall).
• 1792/--/-- The Treaty of Jasso ends the Russo-Turkish War.
• 1792/--/-- Thomas Paine publishes the Rights of Man and is outlawed for treason in England.
• 1792/--/-- Gustav III of Sweden is assassinated at a masquerade in Stockholm.
• 1792/--/-- German philosopher Fichte writes an Essay toward a Critique of All Revelations.
• 1792/--/-- Francis II succeeds Leopold II to become the last Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1792/--/-- Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Women.
• 1792/--/-- Russia and Prussia invade Poland, which is still recovering from the Partition of 1772.
• 1792/--/-- France declares war on Austria and Prussia, beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1792/--/-- New insurrections begin in France; Louis XVI is imprisoned by the Commune of Paris.
• 1792/--/-- The National Convention proclaims France a Republic.
• 1792/--/-- Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the Union.
• 1793/--/-- French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat is murdered by Charlotte Corday.
• 1793/--/-- France adopts the metric system of measurement.
• 1793/--/-- Eli Whitney invents cotton gin; revives dying slave economy of South
• 1793/--/-- Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
• 1793/--/-- French King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette executed
• 1793/--/-- Fugitive Slave Act
• 1793/--/-- Jean Pierre Blanchard makes the first U.S. balloon flight in Philadelphia.
• 1793/--/-- J.-L. David paints "The Dead Marat"
• 1793/--/-- George Washington lays the cornerstone for the Capitol building in Washington D.C.
• 1793/--/-- French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat is murdered by Charlotte Corday.
• 1793/--/-- Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
• 1793/--/-- Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed; the Reign of Terror begins in France.
• 1793/--/-- Britain, Holland, Spain and Sardinia form a new anti-French coalition.
• 1793/--/-- France raises the first national army of conscripts to oppose the Coalition forces.
• 1793/--/-- Russia and Prussia seize Polish lands as part of the Second Partition of Poland.
• 1794/--/-- Robespierre's execution ends the Reign of Terror in France; the Thermidorian Reaction begins.
• 1794/--/-- The British occupy the French island of Corsica for a two-year period.
• 1794/--/-- Tadeusz Kosciuszko leads a revolt of Polish peasants against Russia.
• 1794/--/-- The Qajar (Kajar) dynasty is founded in Persia (Iran).
• 1794/--/-- U.S. forces under Anthony Wayne defeat the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
• 1794/--/-- Militia under General Henry Lee suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania.
• 1794/--/-- Jay's Treaty settles disputes between Britain and the U.S.
• 1794/--/-- French engineer Claude Chappe invents the semaphore signaling system.
• 1794/--/-- Ann Ward Radcliffe publishes her gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho.
• 1795/--/-- The final Partition of Poland is made among Russia, Prussia and Austria.
• 1795/--/-- Stanislaw II abdicates as the last king of Poland.
• 1795/--/-- Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the insurrectionists in Paris.
• 1795/--/-- Prussia and Spain sue for peace with France.
• 1795/--/-- American artist Charles Wilson Peale paints the Staircase group.
• 1795/--/-- Spain recognizes U.S. claims to West Florida (Mississippi).
• 1795/--/-- France claims the island of Hispaniola.
• 1795/--/-- The Methodists separate from the Church of England.
• 1795/--/-- Scottish explorer Mungo Park reaches the Gambia and Niger Rivers.
• 1795/--/-- The Methodists separate from the Church of England.
• 1795/--/-- The British capture Cape Province (South Africa) from the Dutch.
• 1795/--/-- Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn completes the 12 London symphonies.
• 1795/--/-- American artist Charles Wilson Peale paints the Staircase group.
• 1795/--/-- Scottish geologist James Hutton publishes his Theory of the Earth.
• 1795/--/-- The Constitution of 1795 establishes a Directory to rule France.
• 1795/--/-- The British capture Cape Province (South Africa) from the Dutch.
• 1796/--/-- Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the Union.
• 1796/--/-- George Washington declines to serve as president for a third term.
• 1796/--/-- John Adams is elected as the 2nd U.S. president; Jefferson becomes vice-president.
• 1796/--/-- Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the Union.
• 1796/--/-- Samuel Hahnemann publishes his findings on homeopathic treatment.
• 1796/--/-- English physician Edward Jenner develops vaccination against smallpox.
• 1796/--/-- Gilbert Stuart paints a portrait of Washington (used later on the dollar bill).
• 1796/--/-- English novelist Fanny Burney publishes Camilla.
• 1796/--/-- Spain sides with France in the war against Britain.
• 1796/--/-- English physician Edward Jenner develops vaccination against smallpox.
• 1796/--/-- The British seize Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the Dutch.
• 1796/--/-- Napoleon marries Josephine, the widow of the vicomte de Beauharnais.
• 1796/--/-- Napoleon defeats the Austrian and Sardinian armies in Italy.
• 1796/--/-- Napoleon restores Corsica to French rule.
• 1796/--/-- Spain sides with France in the war against Britain.
• 1797/--/-- Nelson defeats the Spanish fleet at Cape St. Vincent, and the Dutch at Camperdown.
• 1797/--/-- John Adams (Federalist) becomes president of the United States
• 1797/--/-- The British capture the Spanish colony of Trinidad.
• 1797/--/-- The Directory appoint Talleyrand as minister of foreign affairs for France.
• 1797/--/-- The Treaty of Campo Formio ends the war of the First Coalition against France.
• 1797/--/-- The Venetian Republic is dissolved; Venice is ruled by Austria.
• 1797/--/-- Austria cedes the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) to France.
• 1797/--/-- David Thompson surveys the Mississippi headwaters for the North West Company.
• 1797/--/-- British wood engraver Thomas Bewick publishes A History of British Birds.
• 1798/--/-- Napoleon's army invades Egypt and defeats the Mamelukes at the Battle of the Pyramids.
• 1798/--/-- The territory of Mississippi becomes part of the United States.
• 1798/--/-- The French fleet is destroyed by Nelson at Abukir Bay, cutting off Napoleon's forces in Egypt.
• 1798/--/-- Britain, Austria, Russia and Turkey form a Second Coalition against France.
• 1798/--/-- Lord Wellesley becomes governor-general of India.
• 1798/--/-- Alien and Sedition Act
• 1798/--/-- Wolfe Tone leads a revolt against the British by the Society of United Irishmen.
• 1798/--/-- Haydn composes "The Creation"
• 1798/--/-- The XYZ Affair leads to the Quasi War between France and the U.S.
• 1798/--/-- The U.S. Congress passes the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts.
• 1798/--/-- The territory of Mississippi becomes part of the United States.
• 1798/--/-- Eli Whitney uses early mass production techniques to manufacture muskets.
• 1798/--/-- America's first professional author Charles Brockden Brown publishes Wieland.
• 1798/--/-- Economist Thomas Malthus publishes An Essay on the Principle of Population.
• 1798/--/-- America's first professional author Charles Brockden Brown publishes Wieland.
• 1798/--/-- William Wordsworth publishes Lyrical Ballads with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
• 1798/--/-- French armies occupy Rome and invade Switzerland, creating the Helvetic Republic.
• 1799/--/-- Ranjit Singh establishes a Sikh kingdom in northwest India.
• 1799/--/-- The Russian-American Company is founded to administer the Alaskan fur trade.
• 1799/--/-- Britain becomes the first nation to introduce a national income tax.
• 1799/--/-- City Hotel, the first American structure designed as a hotel, opens in New York.
• 1799/--/-- The Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, is discovered in Egypt.
• 1799/--/-- Napoleon becomes Consul
• 1799/--/-- A 33,000 year-old frozen mammoth is discovered at the Lena River in Russia.
• 1799/--/-- Humboldt and Bonpland begin their scientific expedition in South American.
• 1799/--/-- The Russian-American Company is founded to administer the Alaskan fur trade.
• 1799/--/-- Tippu Sultan is killed in battle with the British; the Mysore empire is destroyed.
• 1799/--/-- City Hotel, the first American structure designed as a hotel, opens in New York.
• 1799/--/-- Humboldt and Bonpland begin their scientific expedition in South American.
• 1799/--/-- Napoleon attacks Syria to prevent a Turkish invasion of Egypt, but is defeated at Acre.
• 1799/--/-- Napoleon returns to France as first consul; the Consulate replaces the Directory.
• 1799/--/-- Russian forces under Suvorov defeat the French in Italy, but are held at Zurich.
• 1799/--/-- Tippu Sultan is killed in battle with the British; the Mysore empire is destroyed.