...date... age event
1763/--/-- 0 *** wright, nancy (majors) - born
1763/--/-- 0 - augustus iii dies; he is succeeded (1764) by stanislaw ii, the last king of poland.
1763/--/-- 0 - britain returns cuba and the philippines to spain in exchange for florida.
1763/--/-- 0 - france cedes canada and all territories east of the mississippi river to britain.
1763/--/-- 0 - france recognizes british dominance in india.
1763/--/-- 0 - french forces withdraw from germany; prussia retains silesia.
1763/--/-- 0 - james boswell meets samuel johnson for the first time.
1763/--/-- 0 - the ottawa chief pontiac leads an uprising against the british.
1763/--/-- 0 - the treaty of paris ends the seven years' war and the french and indian wars.
1763/--/-- 0 - the wahhabi saudis begin to establish control over arabia.
1764/--/-- 1 - german historian johann winckelmann publishes his history of the art of antiquity.
1764/--/-- 1 - thomas chatterton forges the rowley poems at the age of 12.
1765/--/-- 2 - francis i dies; he is succeeded by joseph ii as holy roman emperor.
1765/--/-- 2 - french artist francois boucher is appointed court painter to louis xv.
1765/--/-- 2 - george grenville's stamp act imposes a tax on all publications in the american colonies.
1765/--/-- 2 - horace walpole publishes his gothic novel the castle of otranto.
1765/--/-- 2 - lancelot capability brown designs the gardens at blenheim palace.
1765/--/-- 2 - robert clive is appointed governor of bengal in india.
1765/--/-- 2 - samuel adams helps to found the sons of liberty to oppose the stamp act.
1765/--/-- 2 - sir william blackstone begins his commentaries on the laws of england.
1766/--/-- 3 - anglo-irish author oliver goldsmith publishes the vicar of wakefield.
1766/--/-- 3 - english chemist henry cavendish isolates hydrogen gas for the first time.
1766/--/-- 3 - french artist jean honore fragonard paints the swing.
1766/--/-- 3 - german dramatist and critic gotthold ephraim lessing publishes laocoon.
1766/--/-- 3 - the declaratory act imposes parliament's right to make laws in the colonies.
1766/--/-- 3 - the nautical almanac provides the first practical method for determining longitude.
1766/--/-- 3 - the stamp act is repealed after strong opposition from american colonists.
1767/--/-- 4 - german composer christoph willibald gluck writes his opera alceste.
1767/--/-- 4 - german-jewish philosopher moses mendelssohn publishes phaedon.
1767/--/-- 4 - the burmese destroy the siam capital of ayutthaya; the bangkok period begins.
1767/--/-- 4 - the mason-dixon line establishes the pennsylvania-maryland boundary.
1767/--/-- 4 - the townshend acts impose a tax on imports to north america.
1768/--/-- 5 - genoa sells its rights in corsica to france.
1768/--/-- 5 - joshua reynolds becomes the first president of the royal academy in london.
1768/--/-- 5 - louis antoine de bougainville claims the pacific island of tahiti for france.
1768/--/-- 5 - the russo-turkish war is renewed.
1768/--/-- 5 - the first weekly numbers of the encyclopaedia britannica are issued.
1769/--/-- 6 - american pioneer daniel boone explores a route through the cumberland gap.
1769/--/-- 6 - french forces in corsica defeat pasquale paoli; corsica becomes a province of france.
1769/--/-- 6 - james watt patents a condenser to improve the performance of steam engines.
1769/--/-- 6 - ottawa indian chief pontiac is assassinated by a peoria indian.
1769/--/-- 6 - richard arkwright invents a spinning frame to mechanize cotton weaving.
1769/--/-- 6 - the comtesse du barry becomes the official mistress to louis xv.
1769/--/-- 6 - the gurkhas conquer nepal.
1770/--/-- 7 - a brawl between british troops and colonists leads to the boston massacre.
1770/--/-- 7 - british explorer james bruce discovers the source of the blue nile.
1770/--/-- 7 - english artist thomas gainsborough paints the blue boy.
1770/--/-- 7 - english navigator james cook explores new zealand and the east coast of australia.
1770/--/-- 7 - lord north becomes prime minister of britain.
1770/--/-- 7 - louis, the future king of france, marries marie antoinette.
1770/--/-- 7 - the british parliament repeals the townshend acts.
1770/--/-- 7 - thomas jefferson begins building monticello, his house in virginia.
1771/--/-- 8 - governor tyron defeats the regulators (dissident farmers) in north carolina.
1771/--/-- 8 - gustav iii succeeds his father as king of sweden.
1772/--/-- 9 - american artist benjamin west paints the death of wolfe.
1772/--/-- 9 - english artist joshua reynolds paints a portrait of samuel johnson.
1772/--/-- 9 - poland is partitioned among russia, prussia and austria.
1773/--/-- 10 - american colonists throw british tea into boston harbor during the boston tea party.
1773/--/-- 10 - anglo-irish author oliver goldsmith writes the play she stoops to conquer.
1773/--/-- 10 - calcutta is established as the capital of british india.
1773/--/-- 10 - don cossack yemelian pugachev leads the peasant's revolt in russia.
1773/--/-- 10 - pope clement xiv persecutes the jesuits.
1774/--/-- 11 - britain passes the intolerable acts and closes the port of boston.
1774/--/-- 11 - british scientist joseph priestley discovers oxygen.
1774/--/-- 11 - edmund burke's speech on american taxation defends the colony's rights.
1774/--/-- 11 - johann wolfgang von goethe publishes the sorrows of young werther.
1774/--/-- 11 - louis xv dies; he is succeeded by his grandson louis xvi as king of france.
1774/--/-- 11 - rhode island becomes the first state to abolish slavery.
1774/--/-- 11 - the quebec act grants religious liberty to roman catholics in canada.
1774/--/-- 11 - the treaty of kuchuk kainarji ends the russo-turkish war.
1774/--/-- 11 - the first continental congress meets and condemns britain's intolerable acts.
1774/--/-- 11 - warren hastings is appointed as the first governor-general of british india.
1775/--/-- 12 - american patriot patrick henry states "give me liberty, or give me death."
1775/--/-- 12 - americans under montgomery occupy montreal, but fail to capture quebec.
1775/--/-- 12 - british troops and colonial militia clash at lexington, starting the american revolution.
1775/--/-- 12 - british troops suffer heavy losses at the battle of bunker hill.
1775/--/-- 12 - french dramatist caron de beaumarchais writes the barber of seville.
1775/--/-- 12 - paul revere rides to lexington to warn of approaching british troops.
1775/--/-- 12 - revolutionary war begins
1775/--/-- 12 - the continental congress chooses george washington to head the continental army.
1776/--/-- 13 - american general charles lee is captured by the british.
1776/--/-- 13 - ann lee establishes a shaker community at wartervliet in new york.
1776/--/-- 13 - british forces are evacuated from boston.
1776/--/-- 13 - british forces under sir henry clinton bombard charleston harbor.
1776/--/-- 13 - charles burney publishes the first volume of a general history of music.
1776/--/-- 13 - david bushnell's submarine the turtle makes an abortive attack on british ships.
1776/--/-- 13 - economist adam smith publishes the wealth of nations.
1776/--/-- 13 - edward gibbon publishes the first volume of decline and fall of the roman empire.
1776/--/-- 13 - grigory aleksandrovich potemkin organizes the russian black sea fleet.
1776/--/-- 13 - howe defeats washington at white plains; washington retreats across the delaware.
1776/--/-- 13 - nathan hale is executed by the british as a spy.
1776/--/-- 13 - swiss banker jacques necker is appointed director of the treasury by louis xvi.
1776/--/-- 13 - the british under howe defeat washington on long island and occupy new york.
1776/--/-- 13 - the continental congress adopts the declaration of independence.
1776/--/-- 13 - the sturm und drang (storm and stress) literary movement begins in germany.
1776/--/-- 13 - thomas paine publishes his revolutionary war pamphlet common sense.
1776/--/-- 13 - washington defeats british forces at trenton and princeton (1777).
1777/--/-- 14 - burgoyne capitulates to horatio gates' american forces at saratoga.
1777/--/-- 14 - christianity is introduced into korea.
1777/--/-- 14 - french chemist lavoisier proves that air is composed of oxygen and nitrogen.
1777/--/-- 14 - general burgoyne captures ticonderoga and defeats the americans in pennsylvania.
1777/--/-- 14 - richard brinsley sheridan's comedy the school for scandal is produced.
1777/--/-- 14 - the british under howe capture philadelphia, forcing congress to flee.
1777/--/-- 14 - the british under howe defeat washington's continental army at brandywine creek.
1777/--/-- 14 - the continental congress adopts the stars and stripes as the american flag.
1777/--/-- 14 - the marquis de lafayette offers his services to the continental congress.
1777/--/-- 14 - washington's continental army spends a hard winter at valley forge.
1778/--/-- 15 - english novelist fanny burney writes evelina.
1778/--/-- 15 - france enters the american war of independence in support of the colonies.
1778/--/-- 15 - franz anton mesmer opens a paris practice to treat patients using magnetism.
1778/--/-- 15 - john singleton copley paints watson and the shark.
1778/--/-- 15 - la scala opera house opens in milan, italy.
1778/--/-- 15 - portugal transfers its rights in equatorial guinea to spain.
1778/--/-- 15 - washington clashes with british forces under clinton at monmouth, n.j.
1779/--/-- 16 - american forces under sullivan campaign against the iroquois on the new york border.
1779/--/-- 16 - an american squadron led by john paul jones attacks british shipping.
1779/--/-- 16 - british explorer james cook is killed by natives on hawaii.
1779/--/-- 16 - george rogers clark recaptures vincennes from the british.
1779/--/-- 16 - samuel crompton develops his spinning mule for england's cotton industry.
1779/--/-- 16 - samuel johnson begins writing the lives of the poets
1779/--/-- 16 - spain declares war on britain and lays siege to gibraltar.
1779/--/-- 16 - war breaks out between dutch settlers and the xhosas in south africa.
1780/--/-- 17 - americans under horatio gates are defeated by cornwallis at camden, s.c.
1780/--/-- 17 - andre's capture exposes benedict arnold's plot to surrender west point.
1780/--/-- 17 - english spy john andre is caught and executed by the americans.
1780/--/-- 17 - francis marion and thomas sumter lead guerrilla forces against the british.
1780/--/-- 17 - luigi galvani begins experiments on the effect of electricity on nerves and muscles.
1780/--/-- 17 - maria theresa dies; joseph ii inherits the crown of bohemia and hungary.
1780/--/-- 17 - peruvian indians under tupac amaru revolt against spainish rule.
1780/--/-- 17 - the british under clinton occupy charleston, s.c. and capture the garrison.
1780/--/-- 17 - the derby horse race is established in england.
1780/--/-- 17 - the gordon riots begin in london against catholic emancipation.
1780/--/-- 17 - venetian artist francesco guardi paints the gondola on the lagoon.
1781/--/-- 18 - american forces under daniel morgan defeat the british at the battle of cowpens.
1781/--/-- 18 - english astronomer william herschel discovers the planet uranus.
1781/--/-- 18 - german philosopher immanuel kant publishes his critique of pure reason.
1781/--/-- 18 - the british defeat hyder ali the muslim ruler of mysore (now karnataka) in india.
1781/--/-- 18 - the british under cornwallis surrender to the americans at yorktown.
1781/--/-- 18 - the french aid washington in the siege of yorktown.
1782/--/-- 19 - henry grattan's patriot party achieves legislative independence for ireland.
1782/--/-- 19 - kamehameha i begins a ten-year war for control of hawaii.
1782/--/-- 19 - peace talks open in paris between britain and america.
1782/--/-- 19 - pierre choderlos de laclos writes les liaisons dangereuses.
1782/--/-- 19 - rama i founds the chakkri dynasty in siam (thailand) with bangkok as its capital.
1782/--/-- 19 - the design for the great seal of the united states is adopted by the continental congress.
1782/--/-- 19 - tippu sultan succeeds his father as ruler of mysore (now karnataka) in india.
1783/--/-- 20 - an earthquake kills 30,000 people at calabria in italy.
1783/--/-- 20 - britain cedes all lands west to mississippi river
1783/--/-- 20 - britain recognizes the independence of the united states at the treaty of paris.
1783/--/-- 20 - british forces abandon new york, their last stronghold in north america.
1783/--/-- 20 - french scientist jacques charles demonstrates the first hydrogen-inflated balloon.
1783/--/-- 20 - peace treaty ends revolutionary war
1783/--/-- 20 - revolutionary war ends
1783/--/-- 20 - russia gains control of the crimea after three centuries of turkish rule.
1783/--/-- 20 - the british return florida to spain under the terms of the treaty of paris.
1783/--/-- 20 - the montgolfier brothers make the first manned flight in a hot air balloon.
1783/--/-- 20 - william pitt (the younger) becomes prime minister of britain at age 24.
1783/--/-- 20 - william pitt ii becomes english prime minister at 24
1784/--/-- 21 - american inventor oliver evans develops the first automated flour mill.
1784/--/-- 21 - ben franklin invents bifocal eyeglasses
1784/--/-- 21 - french dramatist caron de beaumarchais writes the marriage of figaro.
1784/--/-- 21 - french neoclassical artist jacques louis david paints the oath of horatii.
1784/--/-- 21 - grigory shelekhov founds the first russian colony in america at kodiak island, alaska.
1784/--/-- 21 - thomas jefferson's proposes a ban on slavery in the western territories.
1785/--/-- 22 - english poet william cowper publishes the task.
1785/--/-- 22 - french navigator la perouse sails to the pacific to find the northwest passage.
1785/--/-- 22 - jean pierre blanchard makes the first balloon flight across the english channel.
1785/--/-- 22 - new york city becomes the temporary capital of the united states.
1785/--/-- 22 - newspaper publisher john walter founds the times of london.
1786/--/-- 23 - daniel shays leads a rebellion against the state government in massachusetts.
1786/--/-- 23 - first ice cream made commercially in nyc
1786/--/-- 23 - francisco de goya becomes court painter to charles iii of spain.
1786/--/-- 23 - frederick ii dies; he is succeeded by his son frederick william ii as king of prussia.
1786/--/-- 23 - lord cornwallis succeeds warren hastings as governor-general of india.
1786/--/-- 23 - robert burns publishes poems, chiefly in the scottish dialect.
1786/--/-- 23 - shay's rebellion, mass
1786/--/-- 23 - singapore, penang and melaka are ceded to britain as the straits settlements.
1786/--/-- 23 - swiss climbers make the first ascent of mount blanc.
1787/--/-- 24 - alexander hamilton, john jay and james madison write the first federalist essays.
1787/--/-- 24 - american inventor john fitch launches a steam-powered ferry boat on the delaware.
1787/--/-- 24 - austrian composer wolfgang amadeus mozart writes the opera don giovanni.
1787/--/-- 24 - british reformer william wilberforce declares his aims to abolish slavery.
1787/--/-- 24 - constitutional convention
1787/--/-- 24 - henry holland builds the first royal pavilion at brighton for the prince regent.
1787/--/-- 24 - royall tyler's the contrast becomes the first stage comedy to be produced in the u.s.
1787/--/-- 24 - the assembly of notables is summoned by louis xvi to reform french taxation.
1787/--/-- 24 - the british found freetown and establish sierra leone as a colony for freed slaves.
1787/--/-- 24 - the constitutional convention meets in philadelphia to draw up a u.s. constitution.
1787/--/-- 24 - the continental congress excludes slavery from the northwest territory.
1787/--/-- 24 - the marylebone cricket club (m.c.c.) is formed in london, england.
1787/--/-- 24 - turkey declares war on russia, beginning a new russo-turkish war.
1788/--/-- 25 - "the federalist" published
1788/--/-- 25 - a crop failure in france leads to bread riots.
1788/--/-- 25 - austria joins russia in the war against turkey.
1788/--/-- 25 - captain arthur phillip founds the first australian penal colony at sydney cove.
1788/--/-- 25 - constitution ratified
1788/--/-- 25 - french physicist lagrange publishes his analytical mechanics.
1788/--/-- 25 - george iii of england has his first attack of mental illness.
1788/--/-- 25 - mozart composes 3 symphonies: e-flat, g minor and jupiter in less than 7 weeks.
1788/--/-- 25 - swedish forces under gustav iii attack russia.
1788/--/-- 25 - warren hastings is impeached for maladministration in india.
1789/--/-- 26 - a national assembly is declared in france, ending the power of the states-general.
1789/--/-- 26 - alexander hamilton becomes the first u.s. secretary of the treasury.
1789/--/-- 26 - austrian forces capture belgrade from the turks.
1789/--/-- 26 - bill of rights adopted
1789/--/-- 26 - english poet and artist william blake publishes songs of innocence.
1789/--/-- 26 - french revolution begins
1789/--/-- 26 - french sculptor jean antoine houdon makes busts of jefferson and washington.
1789/--/-- 26 - george washington (federalist) becomes president of the united states
1789/--/-- 26 - jeremy bentham publishes an introduction to the principles of morals and legislation.
1789/--/-- 26 - louis xvi is forced to capitulate; france becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1789/--/-- 26 - mutinous sailors seize h.m.s. bounty and take refuge on pitcairn island.
1789/--/-- 26 - the federalist party is formed by supporters of the ratification of the u.s. constitution.
1789/--/-- 26 - the french national assembly formulates a declaration of the rights of man.
1789/--/-- 26 - the french revolution begins with an attack on the bastille.
1789/--/-- 26 - the supreme court of the united states is founded with john jay as chief justice.
1789/--/-- 26 - the tammany hall political organization is founded in new york.
1789/--/-- 26 - the first national thanksgiving day is celebrated in the u.s.
1789/--/-- 26 - the first national thanksgiving day is celebrated in the u.s.
1789/--/-- 26 - tippu sultan begins the third mysore war against the british in india.
1789/--/-- 26 - washington is elected as the first u.s. president; john adams becomes vice-president.
1789/--/-- 26 - wm. blake publishes "songs of innocence"
1790/--/-- 27 - leopold ii succeeds joseph ii as holy roman emperor.
1790/--/-- 27 - new england captains extend whaling into the pacific ocean about this time.
1790/--/-- 27 - philadelphia replaces new york as the temporary capital of the u.s.
1790/--/-- 27 - seat of government moves from nyc to philadelphia
1790/--/-- 27 - sweden and russia sign a peace treaty.
1790/--/-- 27 - the new york stock exchange is founded.
1790/--/-- 27 - the bolero spanish dance is introduced about this time.
1790/--/-- 27 - the bolero spanish dance is introduced about this time.
1790/--/-- 27 - thomas jefferson proposes a decimal (metric) system; congress rejects the suggestion.
1791/--/-- 28 - austria returns belgrade to the turks.
1791/--/-- 28 - chinese author ts'ao hsueh-ch'in publishes the dream of the red chamber.
1791/--/-- 28 - emperor joseph ii ends the war between austria and turkey.
1791/--/-- 28 - james boswell publishes his life of samuel johnson.
1791/--/-- 28 - louis xvi and marie antoinette are captured while trying to leave france.
1791/--/-- 28 - marquis de sade writes the novel justine from his prison cell.
1791/--/-- 28 - miami indian chief little turtle defeats an american force under general arthur st. clair.
1791/--/-- 28 - mozart's opera the magic flute is performed for the first time.
1791/--/-- 28 - pierre charles l'enfant designs the new u.s. capital of washington, d.c.
1791/--/-- 28 - the bill of rights (the first ten amendments to the u.s. constitution) is ratified.
1791/--/-- 28 - the first bank of the united states is founded.
1791/--/-- 28 - the province of quebec is divided into upper canada and lower canada.
1791/--/-- 28 - thomas paine publishes the rights of man in defense of the french revolution.
1791/--/-- 28 - thomas sheraton publishes the cabinet maker and upholsterer's drawing book.
1791/--/-- 28 - tom paine "the rights of man"
1791/--/-- 28 - toussaint l'ouverture leads a slave revolt in haiti against the french.
1791/--/-- 28 - vermont becomes the 14th state of the union.
1792/--/-- 29 - architect james hoban wins the competition to design the white house.
1792/--/-- 29 - charles bulfinch designs the connecticut state house (now hartford city hall).
1792/--/-- 29 - first u.s. trade union of shoemakers
1792/--/-- 29 - france declares war on austria and prussia, beginning the french revolutionary wars.
1792/--/-- 29 - francis ii succeeds leopold ii to become the last holy roman emperor.
1792/--/-- 29 - george washington is reelected as president.
1792/--/-- 29 - german philosopher fichte writes an essay toward a critique of all revelations.
1792/--/-- 29 - gustav iii of sweden is assassinated at a masquerade in stockholm.
1792/--/-- 29 - jefferson leads the democratic-republican party in opposition to the federalists.
1792/--/-- 29 - kentucky becomes the 15th state of the union.
1792/--/-- 29 - mary wollstonecraft publishes a vindication of the rights of women.
1792/--/-- 29 - new insurrections begin in france; louis xvi is imprisoned by the commune of paris.
1792/--/-- 29 - russia and prussia invade poland, which is still recovering from the partition of 1772.
1792/--/-- 29 - swiss scientist aime argand develops a practical oil lamp using a tubular wick.
1792/--/-- 29 - the columbia river is discovered by boston trader robert gray.
1792/--/-- 29 - the french republic adopts the guillotine as a uniform method of execution.
1792/--/-- 29 - the french under dumouriez halt the prussians and defeat the austrians at jemappes.
1792/--/-- 29 - the national convention proclaims france a republic.
1792/--/-- 29 - the treaty of jasso ends the russo-turkish war.
1792/--/-- 29 - the dollar is selected as the u.s. unit of currency.
1792/--/-- 29 - thomas paine publishes the rights of man and is outlawed for treason in england.
1793/--/-- 30 - britain, holland, spain and sardinia form a new anti-french coalition.
1793/--/-- 30 - eli whitney invents cotton gin; revives dying slave economy of south
1793/--/-- 30 - eli whitney invents the cotton gin.
1793/--/-- 30 - france adopts the metric system of measurement.
1793/--/-- 30 - france raises the first national army of conscripts to oppose the coalition forces.
1793/--/-- 30 - french king louis xvi and queen marie antoinette executed
1793/--/-- 30 - french revolutionary jean paul marat is murdered by charlotte corday.
1793/--/-- 30 - fugitive slave act
1793/--/-- 30 - george washington lays the cornerstone for the capitol building in washington d.c.
1793/--/-- 30 - j.-l. david paints "the dead marat"
1793/--/-- 30 - jean pierre blanchard makes the first u.s. balloon flight in philadelphia.
1793/--/-- 30 - louis xvi and marie antoinette are executed; the reign of terror begins in france.
1793/--/-- 30 - russia and prussia seize polish lands as part of the second partition of poland.
1794/--/-- 31 - ann ward radcliffe publishes her gothic novel the mysteries of udolpho.
1794/--/-- 31 - french engineer claude chappe invents the semaphore signaling system.
1794/--/-- 31 - jay's treaty settles disputes between britain and the u.s.
1794/--/-- 31 - militia under general henry lee suppress the whiskey rebellion in pennsylvania.
1794/--/-- 31 - robespierre's execution ends the reign of terror in france; the thermidorian reaction begins.
1794/--/-- 31 - tadeusz kosciuszko leads a revolt of polish peasants against russia.
1794/--/-- 31 - the british occupy the french island of corsica for a two-year period.
1794/--/-- 31 - the qajar (kajar) dynasty is founded in persia (iran).
1794/--/-- 31 - u.s. forces under anthony wayne defeat the indians at the battle of fallen timbers.
1795/--/-- 32 - american artist charles wilson peale paints the staircase group.
1795/--/-- 32 - austrian composer franz josef haydn completes the 12 london symphonies.
1795/--/-- 32 - france claims the island of hispaniola.
1795/--/-- 32 - napoleon bonaparte defeats the insurrectionists in paris.
1795/--/-- 32 - prussia and spain sue for peace with france.
1795/--/-- 32 - scottish explorer mungo park reaches the gambia and niger rivers.
1795/--/-- 32 - scottish geologist james hutton publishes his theory of the earth.
1795/--/-- 32 - spain recognizes u.s. claims to west florida (mississippi).
1795/--/-- 32 - stanislaw ii abdicates as the last king of poland.
1795/--/-- 32 - the british capture cape province (south africa) from the dutch.
1795/--/-- 32 - the constitution of 1795 establishes a directory to rule france.
1795/--/-- 32 - the methodists separate from the church of england.
1795/--/-- 32 - the final partition of poland is made among russia, prussia and austria.
1796/--/-- 33 - english novelist fanny burney publishes camilla.
1796/--/-- 33 - english physician edward jenner develops vaccination against smallpox.
1796/--/-- 33 - george washington declines to serve as president for a third term.
1796/--/-- 33 - gilbert stuart paints a portrait of washington (used later on the dollar bill).
1796/--/-- 33 - john adams is elected as the 2nd u.s. president; jefferson becomes vice-president.
1796/--/-- 33 - napoleon defeats the austrian and sardinian armies in italy.
1796/--/-- 33 - napoleon marries josephine, the widow of the vicomte de beauharnais.
1796/--/-- 33 - napoleon restores corsica to french rule.
1796/--/-- 33 - samuel hahnemann publishes his findings on homeopathic treatment.
1796/--/-- 33 - spain sides with france in the war against britain.
1796/--/-- 33 - tennessee becomes the 16th state of the union.
1796/--/-- 33 - the british seize ceylon (sri lanka) from the dutch.
1797/--/-- 34 - austria cedes the austrian netherlands (present-day belgium) to france.
1797/--/-- 34 - british wood engraver thomas bewick publishes a history of british birds.
1797/--/-- 34 - david thompson surveys the mississippi headwaters for the north west company.
1797/--/-- 34 - john adams (federalist) becomes president of the united states
1797/--/-- 34 - nelson defeats the spanish fleet at cape st. vincent, and the dutch at camperdown.
1797/--/-- 34 - the british capture the spanish colony of trinidad.
1797/--/-- 34 - the directory appoint talleyrand as minister of foreign affairs for france.
1797/--/-- 34 - the treaty of campo formio ends the war of the first coalition against france.
1797/--/-- 34 - the venetian republic is dissolved; venice is ruled by austria.
1798/--/-- 35 - alien and sedition act
1798/--/-- 35 - america's first professional author charles brockden brown publishes wieland.
1798/--/-- 35 - britain, austria, russia and turkey form a second coalition against france.
1798/--/-- 35 - economist thomas malthus publishes an essay on the principle of population.
1798/--/-- 35 - eli whitney uses early mass production techniques to manufacture muskets.
1798/--/-- 35 - french armies occupy rome and invade switzerland, creating the helvetic republic.
1798/--/-- 35 - haydn composes "the creation"
1798/--/-- 35 - lord wellesley becomes governor-general of india.
1798/--/-- 35 - napoleon's army invades egypt and defeats the mamelukes at the battle of the pyramids.
1798/--/-- 35 - the french fleet is destroyed by nelson at abukir bay, cutting off napoleon's forces in egypt.
1798/--/-- 35 - the u.s. congress passes the controversial alien and sedition acts.
1798/--/-- 35 - the xyz affair leads to the quasi war between france and the u.s.
1798/--/-- 35 - the territory of mississippi becomes part of the united states.
1798/--/-- 35 - william wordsworth publishes lyrical ballads with samuel taylor coleridge.
1798/--/-- 35 - wolfe tone leads a revolt against the british by the society of united irishmen.
1799/--/-- 36 *** majors, louisa (koger) [daughter] - born to majors, john samuel and wright, nancy (majors) north carolina
1799/--/-- 36 - a 33,000 year-old frozen mammoth is discovered at the lena river in russia.
1799/--/-- 36 - britain becomes the first nation to introduce a national income tax.
1799/--/-- 36 - city hotel, the first american structure designed as a hotel, opens in new york.
1799/--/-- 36 - humboldt and bonpland begin their scientific expedition in south american.
1799/--/-- 36 - napoleon attacks syria to prevent a turkish invasion of egypt, but is defeated at acre.
1799/--/-- 36 - napoleon becomes consul
1799/--/-- 36 - napoleon returns to france as first consul; the consulate replaces the directory.
1799/--/-- 36 - ranjit singh establishes a sikh kingdom in northwest india.
1799/--/-- 36 - russian forces under suvorov defeat the french in italy, but are held at zurich.
1799/--/-- 36 - the rosetta stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, is discovered in egypt.
1799/--/-- 36 - the russian-american company is founded to administer the alaskan fur trade.
1799/--/-- 36 - tippu sultan is killed in battle with the british; the mysore empire is destroyed.
1800/--/-- 37 - black slave gabriel leads an abortive uprising near richmond, virginia.
1800/--/-- 37 - france regains louisiana from spain under the secret treaty of san ildefonso.
1800/--/-- 37 - italian physicist alessandro volta invents the first electric battery.
1800/--/-- 37 - jefferson defeats adams in the u.s. presidential election, but ties with burr.
1800/--/-- 37 - johnny appleseed (john chapman) arrives in the ohio river valley around this time.
1800/--/-- 37 - library of congress founded
1800/--/-- 37 - madame de stael publishes the influence of literature upon society.
1800/--/-- 37 - napoleon commissions cambaceres to develop the napoleonic code of law.
1800/--/-- 37 - napoleon defeats the austrians at the battle of marengo.
1800/--/-- 37 - seat of government moves from philadelphia to washington, dc
1800/--/-- 37 - the library of congress is founded in washington d.c.
1800/--/-- 37 - the seat of u.s. government is transferred to washington, d.c.
1800/--/-- 37 - volta invents electric battery
1801/--/-- 38 - alexander i becomes emperor of russia after the murder of his father paul i.
1801/--/-- 38 - barbary pirates begin the tripolitan war; a u.s. squadron sails to the mediterranean.
1801/--/-- 38 - castlereagh secures passage of the act of union, which unites britain and ireland.
1801/--/-- 38 - chemists proust and berthollet debate the constancy of chemical composition.
1801/--/-- 38 - jefferson is selected as the 3rd u.s. president; burr becomes vice-president.
1801/--/-- 38 - nelson defeats the danish fleet at copenhagen.
1801/--/-- 38 - robert fulton demonstrates his 3-man submarine the nautilus.
1801/--/-- 38 - the british defeat napoleon's army of egypt at alexandria.
1801/--/-- 38 - the peace of luneville ends the war between france and austria.
1801/--/-- 38 - the union jack becomes the official flag of the united kingdom.
1801/--/-- 38 - thomas jefferson (democratic republican) becomes president of the united states
1802/--/-- 39 - alexander von humboldt climbs mt. chimborazo, setting a world height record.
1802/--/-- 39 - american artist benjamin west paints death on a pale horse.
1802/--/-- 39 - britain returns the island of minorca to spain.
1802/--/-- 39 - napoleon is created first consul for life.
1802/--/-- 39 - the french capture haitian leader toussaint, but are defeated by christophe.
1802/--/-- 39 - the treaty of amiens brings a temporary halt to the french revolutionary wars.
1803/--/-- 40 - britain declares war on france, beginning the napoleonic wars.
1803/--/-- 40 - britain establishes a new penal colony on van diemen's land (tasmania).
1803/--/-- 40 - dalton devises table of elements
1803/--/-- 40 - english scientist john dalton describes his atomic theory.
1803/--/-- 40 - france sells louisiana to the u.s.
1803/--/-- 40 - matthew flinders completes the first circumnavigation of australia.
1803/--/-- 40 - ohio is inaugurated as the l7th state of the union.
1803/--/-- 40 - robert emmet leads an irish rebellion in dublin; he is captured and executed.
1804/--/-- 41 *** wright, nancy (majors) - died
1804/--/-- 41 - american politician aaron burr kills alexander hamilton in a duel.
1804/--/-- 41 - dessalines declares haitian independence and names himself emperor jacques i.
1804/--/-- 41 - english engineer richard trevithick builds the first steam locomotive.
1804/--/-- 41 - francis ii assumes the title of emperor of austria.
1804/--/-- 41 - fulani leader usman dan fodio leads a holy war against the hausa in nigeria.
1804/--/-- 41 - jefferson is reelected as u.s. president; clinton becomes vice-president.
1804/--/-- 41 - lewis and clark expedition encounters native americans
1804/--/-- 41 - lewis and clarke expedition
1804/--/-- 41 - meriwether lewis and william clark begin exploring the american north-west.
1804/--/-- 41 - napoleon becomes emperor
1804/--/-- 41 - napoleon crowns himself emperor of france.
1804/--/-- 41 - serbian nationalists revolt against the turks.
1804/--/-- 41 - stephen decatur leads a u.s. navy skirmish into tripoli harbor.
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