1728/09/09 0 *** clopton, margaret (bristow) - born
1729/--/-- 0 - corsica rebels against genoese rule.
1729/--/-- 0 - denmark assumes control of greenland.
1729/--/-- 0 - english actress kitty clive establishes her reputation at the drury lane theatre.
1729/--/-- 0 - the city of baltimore is founded in maryland.
1729/--/-- 0 - the city of karachi is founded in india (now in pakistan).
1730/--/-- 1 - canaletto paints the basin of san marco, one of his many views of venice.
1730/--/-- 1 - construction of the province-hall (now independence hall) begins in philadelphia.
1730/--/-- 1 - peter ii dies; he is succeeded by anna as empress of russia.
1731/--/-- 2 - french novelist abbe prevost writes manon lescaut.
1731/--/-- 2 - john hadley invents the quadrant for navigating at sea.
1731/--/-- 2 - the gentleman's magazine, the first magazine, is published in london.
1732/--/-- 3 - benjamin franklin publishes poor richard's almanack in philadelphia.
1732/--/-- 3 - covent garden opera house opens in london.
1732/--/-- 3 - nadir shah expels the afghans from persia (iran) and reinstates safavid rule.
1732/--/-- 3 - nicola salvi designs the trevi fountain in rome.
1732/--/-- 3 - william hogarth completes his series of engravings the harlot's progress.
1733/--/-- 4 - james oglethorpe founds the colony of georgia and the city of savannah.
1733/--/-- 4 - john kay invents the flying shuttle to increase the speed of weaving machines.
1733/--/-- 4 - nadir shah defeats the turks and occupies bagdhad.
1733/--/-- 4 - stanislaw i is elected king of poland with the support of louis xv of france.
1733/--/-- 4 - the war of polish succession begins.
1734/--/-- 5 - stanislaw i is deposed; augustus iii is installed as king of poland.
1735/--/-- 6 - antonio de ulloa discovers the element platinum in south america.
1735/--/-- 6 - george hadley proposes the hadley cell, a circulation system for the atmosphere.
1736/--/-- 7 - ch'ien-lung becomes emperor of china.
1736/--/-- 7 - french artist maurice quentin de la tour paints his portrait of voltaire.
1736/--/-- 7 - nadir assumes the title of shah of persia and founds the afshar dynasty.
1736/--/-- 7 - parliament passes the gin act to discourage public drunkenness in england.
1736/--/-- 7 - swiss mathematician leonhard euler begins writing his mechanica.
1737/--/-- 8 - william mayo founds the city of richmond, virginia.
1738/--/-- 9 - a porcelain factory is established in france at vincennes; it moves later to sevres.
1738/--/-- 9 - bernoulli publishes hydrodynamica, stating his law of hydrodynamics.
1738/--/-- 9 - george whitefield precipitates the great awakening religious revival in america.
1738/--/-- 9 - the treaty of vienna concludes the war of the polish succession; stanislaw i abdicates.
1738/--/-- 9 - the excavation of herculaneum begins in italy.
1739/--/-- 10 - john wesley founds the methodist religious movement.
1739/--/-- 10 - mutilation of an english sea captain by the spanish leads to the war of jenkins' ear.
1739/--/-- 10 - the british under admiral vernon raid spanish settlements in the west indies.
1739/--/-- 10 - the persians under nadir shah defeat the mogul army and destroy delhi.
1740/--/-- 11 - anna empress of russia dies; she is succeeded by elizabeth in 1741.
1740/--/-- 11 - charles vi's daughter maria theresa succeeds to the austrian habsburg empire.
1740/--/-- 11 - english novelist samuel richardson writes pamela; or virtue rewarded.
1740/--/-- 11 - frederick ii (frederick the great) assumes the prussian throne.
1740/--/-- 11 - frederick ii of prussia invades the habsburg province of silesia.
1740/--/-- 11 - holy roman emperor charles vi dies; the war of the austrian succession begins.
1740/--/-- 11 - scottish philosopher david hume writes his treatise of human nature.
1740/--/-- 11 - the british under james oglethorpe attack spanish possessions in florida.
1741/--/-- 12 - george frideric handel composes the messiah.
1741/--/-- 12 - prussia forms an anti-habsburg coalition with bavaria, spain and france.
1742/--/-- 13 - a spanish invasion of georgia is defeated by british forces under james oglethorpe.
1742/--/-- 13 - maria theresa makes peace with frederick ii; silesia is ceded to prussia.
1742/--/-- 13 - swedish astronomer anders celsius invents the celsius scale for temperature.
1742/--/-- 13 - the anti-habsburg coalition elects charles vii as holy roman emperor.
1742/--/-- 13 - the cast iron franklin stove is invented by benjamin franklin.
1743/--/-- 14 - an english porcelain factory is established at chelsea in london.
1743/--/-- 14 - the first permanent bullring is built in madrid.
1744/--/-- 15 - king george's war begins in north america between britain and france.
1744/--/-- 15 - muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab founds the wahhabi muslim sect about this time.
1745/--/-- 16 - charles edward stuart (bonnie prince charlie) leads a second jacobite rebellion.
1745/--/-- 16 - giovanni piranesi begins his etchings of carceri d'invenzione (imaginary prisons).
1745/--/-- 16 - louis xv installs the marquise de pompadour as his official mistress.
1745/--/-- 16 - maria theresa's husband francis succeeds charles vii as holy roman emperor.
1745/--/-- 16 - the british under pepperrell capture the french fortress of louisburg in canada.
1745/--/-- 16 - the french under the comte de saxe defeat austrian, english and dutch forces at fontenoy.
1745/--/-- 16 - the treaty of dresden confirms prussian control of silesia.
1746/--/-- 17 - britain and france struggle for the domination of india; france seizes madras.
1746/--/-- 17 - charles edward stuart (bonnie prince charlie) is defeated at culloden.
1746/--/-- 17 - english actor david garrick becomes the manager of the drury lane theatre.
1746/--/-- 17 - ferdinand vi succeeds philip v as king of spain.
1746/--/-- 17 - princeton university is founded in new jersey.
1747/--/-- 18 - nadir shah of persia (iran) is assassinated.
1747/--/-- 18 - the ohio company is formed to promote settlement west of the appalachians.
1747/--/-- 18 - the pathans defeat the persians; ahmad shah sadozai founds a new dynasty.
1748/--/-- 19 - english artist thomas gainsborough paints robert andrews and mary, his wife.
1748/--/-- 19 - french political philosopher montesquieu writes the spirit of the laws.
1748/--/-- 19 - the treaty of aix-la-chapelle ends the war of the austrian succession.
1749/--/-- 20 - english novelist henry fielding writes tom jones.
1749/--/-- 20 - italian dramatist carlo goldoni writes la putta honorata (the respectable girl).
1749/--/-- 20 - the british found halifax in nova scotia as a military base.
1750/--/-- 21 - american frontiersman christopher gist explores the ohio river region.
1750/--/-- 21 - baal shem tov founds the jewish sect of hasidism about this time.
1750/--/-- 21 - poona becomes the capital of the maratha confederacy in india.
1750/--/-- 21 - the afshars are replaced by the zand dynasty in persia (iran); shiraz becomes the capital.
1750/--/-- 21 - the conestoga wagon develops in pennsylvania about this time.
1750/--/-- 21 - the neoclassical movement in art develops in europe about this time.
1750/--/-- 21 - the waltz becomes a popular dance in europe about this time.
1751/--/-- 22 - english novelist tobias smollett writes the expedition of humphrey clinker.
1751/--/-- 22 - english soldier robert clive captures arcot in india.
1751/--/-- 22 - jean etienne guettard produces the first geological maps of france.
1751/--/-- 22 - the worcester royal porcelain company is founded in england.
1751/--/-- 22 - the first volume of diderot's encyclopedie is published.
1751/09/28 23 *** bristow, james [husband] - born to bristow, jedediah and elinor
1752/--/-- 23 - benjamin franklin invents the lightning conductor.
1752/--/-- 23 - french artist francois boucher paints mademoiselle o'murphy.
1752/--/-- 23 - italian artist tiepolo paints the marriage of frederick barbarossa.
1753/--/-- 24 - swedish biologist carolus linnaeus publishes his system of plant classification.
1753/--/-- 24 - the british museum is founded in london.
1754/--/-- 25 - french attacks against the english in ohio lead to the last french and indian war.
1754/--/-- 25 - italian architect rastrelli designs the winter palace in saint petersburg (leningrad).
1754/--/-- 25 - the royal and ancient golf club is founded at saint andrews in scotland.
1754/--/-- 25 - thomas chippendale publishes the gentleman and cabinet maker's directory.
1755/--/-- 26 - adventurer and lover casanova is arrested in venice for witchcraft.
1755/--/-- 26 - pasquale paoli founds an independent state in corsica.
1755/--/-- 26 - samuel johnson publishes his dictionary of the english language.
1755/--/-- 26 - the british under braddock are defeated by the french at fort duquesne.
1755/--/-- 26 - the french population of acadia (nova scotia) is deported by the british.
1755/--/-- 26 - the lisbon earthquake kills 50,000.
1756/--/-- 27 - 123 british soldiers are alleged to have died in the black hole of calcutta in bengal, india.
1756/--/-- 27 - french general montcalm captures fort oswego and dominates the great lakes.
1756/--/-- 27 - the seven years' war begins with a prussian attack on austria.
1756/--/-- 27 - william pitt (the elder) becomes prime minister of britain.
1757/--/-- 28 - frederick ii of prussia defeats the franco-austrian army at rossbach.
1757/--/-- 28 - robert clive defeats the nawab of bengal at the battle of plassey in india.
1758/--/-- 29 - americans and british regulars under general forbes capture fort duquesne.
1758/--/-- 29 - the burmese overthrow the mons; rangoon becomes the new capital of burma.
1758/--/-- 29 - the french under montcalm defeat the british at fort ticonderoga.
1759/--/-- 30 - french poet and dramatist voltaire publishes his philosophical novel candide.
1759/--/-- 30 - josiah wedgwood establishes his first pottery works.
1759/--/-- 30 - the botanical gardens are founded at kew in london.
1759/--/-- 30 - the british defeat the french at niagara; amherst captures fort ticonderoga.
1759/--/-- 30 - the british under wolfe defeat montcalm at quebec; wolfe dies from his wounds.
1759/--/-- 30 - the russians defeat frederick ii at kunersdorf.
1760/--/-- 31 - english architect robert adam begins the design of syon house.
1760/--/-- 31 - english novelist laurence sterne publishes the first volumes of tristram shandy.
1760/--/-- 31 - george ii dies; he is succeeded by his grandson george iii as king of england.
1760/--/-- 31 - the british under amherst capture montreal, ending french resistance in north america.
1760/--/-- 31 - the russians invade prussia and burn berlin.
1761/--/-- 32 - franz josef haydn becomes court composer to prince esterhazy.
1761/09/02 32 - george iii crowned king of great britain and ireland at westminster abbey by tho
1762/--/-- 33 - american indian religious leader, the delaware prophet, is active in the ohio valley.
1762/--/-- 33 - britain seizes cuba and the philippines from spain.
1762/--/-- 33 - british animal painter george stubbs completes the horse attacked by a lion.
1762/--/-- 33 - catherine ii (catherine the great) succeeds her husband as empress of russia.
1762/--/-- 33 - france cedes louisiana to spain to prevent british control of the region.
1762/--/-- 33 - french philosopher rousseau publishes the social contract and emile.
1762/--/-- 33 - peter iii succeeds elizabeth as emperor of russia, but is deposed and murdered.
1762/--/-- 33 - the russians end their alliance with austria against prussia.
1762/--/-- 33 - wolfgang amadeus mozart performs at the imperial court in vienna at age 6.
1763/--/-- 34 - augustus iii dies; he is succeeded (1764) by stanislaw ii, the last king of poland.
1763/--/-- 34 - britain returns cuba and the philippines to spain in exchange for florida.
1763/--/-- 34 - france cedes canada and all territories east of the mississippi river to britain.
1763/--/-- 34 - france recognizes british dominance in india.
1763/--/-- 34 - french forces withdraw from germany; prussia retains silesia.
1763/--/-- 34 - james boswell meets samuel johnson for the first time.
1763/--/-- 34 - the ottawa chief pontiac leads an uprising against the british.
1763/--/-- 34 - the treaty of paris ends the seven years' war and the french and indian wars.
1763/--/-- 34 - the wahhabi saudis begin to establish control over arabia.
1764/--/-- 35 - german historian johann winckelmann publishes his history of the art of antiquity.
1764/--/-- 35 - thomas chatterton forges the rowley poems at the age of 12.
1765/--/-- 36 - francis i dies; he is succeeded by joseph ii as holy roman emperor.
1765/--/-- 36 - french artist francois boucher is appointed court painter to louis xv.
1765/--/-- 36 - george grenville's stamp act imposes a tax on all publications in the american colonies.
1765/--/-- 36 - horace walpole publishes his gothic novel the castle of otranto.
1765/--/-- 36 - lancelot capability brown designs the gardens at blenheim palace.
1765/--/-- 36 - robert clive is appointed governor of bengal in india.
1765/--/-- 36 - samuel adams helps to found the sons of liberty to oppose the stamp act.
1765/--/-- 36 - sir william blackstone begins his commentaries on the laws of england.
1766/--/-- 37 - anglo-irish author oliver goldsmith publishes the vicar of wakefield.
1766/--/-- 37 - english chemist henry cavendish isolates hydrogen gas for the first time.
1766/--/-- 37 - french artist jean honore fragonard paints the swing.
1766/--/-- 37 - german dramatist and critic gotthold ephraim lessing publishes laocoon.
1766/--/-- 37 - the declaratory act imposes parliament's right to make laws in the colonies.
1766/--/-- 37 - the nautical almanac provides the first practical method for determining longitude.
1766/--/-- 37 - the stamp act is repealed after strong opposition from american colonists.
1767/--/-- 38 - german composer christoph willibald gluck writes his opera alceste.
1767/--/-- 38 - german-jewish philosopher moses mendelssohn publishes phaedon.
1767/--/-- 38 - the burmese destroy the siam capital of ayutthaya; the bangkok period begins.
1767/--/-- 38 - the mason-dixon line establishes the pennsylvania-maryland boundary.
1767/--/-- 38 - the townshend acts impose a tax on imports to north america.
1768/--/-- 39 - genoa sells its rights in corsica to france.
1768/--/-- 39 - joshua reynolds becomes the first president of the royal academy in london.
1768/--/-- 39 - louis antoine de bougainville claims the pacific island of tahiti for france.
1768/--/-- 39 - the russo-turkish war is renewed.
1768/--/-- 39 - the first weekly numbers of the encyclopaedia britannica are issued.
1769/--/-- 40 - american pioneer daniel boone explores a route through the cumberland gap.
1769/--/-- 40 - french forces in corsica defeat pasquale paoli; corsica becomes a province of france.
1769/--/-- 40 - james watt patents a condenser to improve the performance of steam engines.
1769/--/-- 40 - ottawa indian chief pontiac is assassinated by a peoria indian.
1769/--/-- 40 - richard arkwright invents a spinning frame to mechanize cotton weaving.
1769/--/-- 40 - the comtesse du barry becomes the official mistress to louis xv.
1769/--/-- 40 - the gurkhas conquer nepal.
1770/--/-- 41 - a brawl between british troops and colonists leads to the boston massacre.
1770/--/-- 41 - british explorer james bruce discovers the source of the blue nile.
1770/--/-- 41 - english artist thomas gainsborough paints the blue boy.
1770/--/-- 41 - english navigator james cook explores new zealand and the east coast of australia.
1770/--/-- 41 - lord north becomes prime minister of britain.
1770/--/-- 41 - louis, the future king of france, marries marie antoinette.
1770/--/-- 41 - the british parliament repeals the townshend acts.
1770/--/-- 41 - thomas jefferson begins building monticello, his house in virginia.
1771/--/-- 42 - governor tyron defeats the regulators (dissident farmers) in north carolina.
1771/--/-- 42 - gustav iii succeeds his father as king of sweden.
1772/--/-- 43 *** clopton, margaret (bristow) - died
1772/--/-- 43 - american artist benjamin west paints the death of wolfe.
1772/--/-- 43 - english artist joshua reynolds paints a portrait of samuel johnson.
1772/--/-- 43 - poland is partitioned among russia, prussia and austria.
in 1728 transportation was by:
foot
horse
sailing ship
in 1728 communications was by:
word of mouth
by 1772 communications was by:
post office
in addition.
in 1728 food preparation was by:
wood
in 1728 entertainment was by:
social intercourse
organized sports
travel
professional sports
movies
radio
television
theme parks
computer
in 1728 health care was by:
operations
anesthetic
x-rays
mri
in 1728 war making was by:
calvary
gun
artillery
in 1728 navigation was by:
stars & maps
compass
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