...date... age event
1737/--/-- -1 *** wood, samuel - born to wood, william and coleman, mary (wood) leicester, england
1737/--/-- -1 - william mayo founds the city of richmond, virginia.
1738/--/-- 0 - a porcelain factory is established in france at vincennes; it moves later to sevres.
1738/--/-- 0 - bernoulli publishes hydrodynamica, stating his law of hydrodynamics.
1738/--/-- 0 - george whitefield precipitates the great awakening religious revival in america.
1738/--/-- 0 - the treaty of vienna concludes the war of the polish succession; stanislaw i abdicates.
1738/--/-- 0 - the excavation of herculaneum begins in italy.
1739/--/-- 1 - john wesley founds the methodist religious movement.
1739/--/-- 1 - mutilation of an english sea captain by the spanish leads to the war of jenkins' ear.
1739/--/-- 1 - the british under admiral vernon raid spanish settlements in the west indies.
1739/--/-- 1 - the persians under nadir shah defeat the mogul army and destroy delhi.
1740/--/-- 2 *** wood, george [brother] - born to wood, william and coleman, mary (wood)
1740/--/-- 2 - anna empress of russia dies; she is succeeded by elizabeth in 1741.
1740/--/-- 2 - charles vi's daughter maria theresa succeeds to the austrian habsburg empire.
1740/--/-- 2 - english novelist samuel richardson writes pamela; or virtue rewarded.
1740/--/-- 2 - frederick ii (frederick the great) assumes the prussian throne.
1740/--/-- 2 - frederick ii of prussia invades the habsburg province of silesia.
1740/--/-- 2 - holy roman emperor charles vi dies; the war of the austrian succession begins.
1740/--/-- 2 - scottish philosopher david hume writes his treatise of human nature.
1740/--/-- 2 - the british under james oglethorpe attack spanish possessions in florida.
1741/--/-- 3 - george frideric handel composes the messiah.
1741/--/-- 3 - prussia forms an anti-habsburg coalition with bavaria, spain and france.
1742/--/-- 4 - a spanish invasion of georgia is defeated by british forces under james oglethorpe.
1742/--/-- 4 - maria theresa makes peace with frederick ii; silesia is ceded to prussia.
1742/--/-- 4 - swedish astronomer anders celsius invents the celsius scale for temperature.
1742/--/-- 4 - the anti-habsburg coalition elects charles vii as holy roman emperor.
1742/--/-- 4 - the cast iron franklin stove is invented by benjamin franklin.
1743/--/-- 5 - an english porcelain factory is established at chelsea in london.
1743/--/-- 5 - the first permanent bullring is built in madrid.
1744/--/-- 6 - king george's war begins in north america between britain and france.
1744/--/-- 6 - muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab founds the wahhabi muslim sect about this time.
1745/--/-- 7 - charles edward stuart (bonnie prince charlie) leads a second jacobite rebellion.
1745/--/-- 7 - giovanni piranesi begins his etchings of carceri d'invenzione (imaginary prisons).
1745/--/-- 7 - louis xv installs the marquise de pompadour as his official mistress.
1745/--/-- 7 - maria theresa's husband francis succeeds charles vii as holy roman emperor.
1745/--/-- 7 - the british under pepperrell capture the french fortress of louisburg in canada.
1745/--/-- 7 - the french under the comte de saxe defeat austrian, english and dutch forces at fontenoy.
1745/--/-- 7 - the treaty of dresden confirms prussian control of silesia.
1746/--/-- 8 *** wood, abraham [brother] - born to wood, william and coleman, mary (wood)
1746/--/-- 8 - britain and france struggle for the domination of india; france seizes madras.
1746/--/-- 8 - charles edward stuart (bonnie prince charlie) is defeated at culloden.
1746/--/-- 8 - english actor david garrick becomes the manager of the drury lane theatre.
1746/--/-- 8 - ferdinand vi succeeds philip v as king of spain.
1746/--/-- 8 - princeton university is founded in new jersey.
1747/--/-- 9 *** reives, sarah (wood) [wife] - born to reives, james and pierson, sarah bean (reives) loudoun, virginia
1747/--/-- 9 - nadir shah of persia (iran) is assassinated.
1747/--/-- 9 - the ohio company is formed to promote settlement west of the appalachians.
1747/--/-- 9 - the pathans defeat the persians; ahmad shah sadozai founds a new dynasty.
1748/--/-- 10 *** wood, ruth [sister] - born to wood, william and coleman, mary (wood)
1748/--/-- 10 - english artist thomas gainsborough paints robert andrews and mary, his wife.
1748/--/-- 10 - french political philosopher montesquieu writes the spirit of the laws.
1748/--/-- 10 - the treaty of aix-la-chapelle ends the war of the austrian succession.
1749/--/-- 11 - english novelist henry fielding writes tom jones.
1749/--/-- 11 - italian dramatist carlo goldoni writes la putta honorata (the respectable girl).
1749/--/-- 11 - the british found halifax in nova scotia as a military base.
1750/--/-- 12 - american frontiersman christopher gist explores the ohio river region.
1750/--/-- 12 - baal shem tov founds the jewish sect of hasidism about this time.
1750/--/-- 12 - poona becomes the capital of the maratha confederacy in india.
1750/--/-- 12 - the afshars are replaced by the zand dynasty in persia (iran); shiraz becomes the capital.
1750/--/-- 12 - the conestoga wagon develops in pennsylvania about this time.
1750/--/-- 12 - the neoclassical movement in art develops in europe about this time.
1750/--/-- 12 - the waltz becomes a popular dance in europe about this time.
1751/--/-- 13 *** wood, isaac [brother] - born to wood, william and coleman, mary (wood)
1751/--/-- 13 - english novelist tobias smollett writes the expedition of humphrey clinker.
1751/--/-- 13 - english soldier robert clive captures arcot in india.
1751/--/-- 13 - jean etienne guettard produces the first geological maps of france.
1751/--/-- 13 - the worcester royal porcelain company is founded in england.
1751/--/-- 13 - the first volume of diderot's encyclopedie is published.
1752/--/-- 14 - benjamin franklin invents the lightning conductor.
1752/--/-- 14 - french artist francois boucher paints mademoiselle o'murphy.
1752/--/-- 14 - italian artist tiepolo paints the marriage of frederick barbarossa.
1753/--/-- 15 - swedish biologist carolus linnaeus publishes his system of plant classification.
1753/--/-- 15 - the british museum is founded in london.
1754/--/-- 16 - french attacks against the english in ohio lead to the last french and indian war.
1754/--/-- 16 - italian architect rastrelli designs the winter palace in saint petersburg (leningrad).
1754/--/-- 16 - the royal and ancient golf club is founded at saint andrews in scotland.
1754/--/-- 16 - thomas chippendale publishes the gentleman and cabinet maker's directory.
1755/--/-- 17 - adventurer and lover casanova is arrested in venice for witchcraft.
1755/--/-- 17 - pasquale paoli founds an independent state in corsica.
1755/--/-- 17 - samuel johnson publishes his dictionary of the english language.
1755/--/-- 17 - the british under braddock are defeated by the french at fort duquesne.
1755/--/-- 17 - the french population of acadia (nova scotia) is deported by the british.
1755/--/-- 17 - the lisbon earthquake kills 50,000.
1756/--/-- 18 - 123 british soldiers are alleged to have died in the black hole of calcutta in bengal, india.
1756/--/-- 18 - french general montcalm captures fort oswego and dominates the great lakes.
1756/--/-- 18 - the seven years' war begins with a prussian attack on austria.
1756/--/-- 18 - william pitt (the elder) becomes prime minister of britain.
1757/--/-- 19 - frederick ii of prussia defeats the franco-austrian army at rossbach.
1757/--/-- 19 - robert clive defeats the nawab of bengal at the battle of plassey in india.
1758/--/-- 20 - americans and british regulars under general forbes capture fort duquesne.
1758/--/-- 20 - the burmese overthrow the mons; rangoon becomes the new capital of burma.
1758/--/-- 20 - the french under montcalm defeat the british at fort ticonderoga.
1759/--/-- 21 - french poet and dramatist voltaire publishes his philosophical novel candide.
1759/--/-- 21 - josiah wedgwood establishes his first pottery works.
1759/--/-- 21 - the botanical gardens are founded at kew in london.
1759/--/-- 21 - the british defeat the french at niagara; amherst captures fort ticonderoga.
1759/--/-- 21 - the british under wolfe defeat montcalm at quebec; wolfe dies from his wounds.
1759/--/-- 21 - the russians defeat frederick ii at kunersdorf.
1760/--/-- 22 - english architect robert adam begins the design of syon house.
1760/--/-- 22 - english novelist laurence sterne publishes the first volumes of tristram shandy.
1760/--/-- 22 - george ii dies; he is succeeded by his grandson george iii as king of england.
1760/--/-- 22 - the british under amherst capture montreal, ending french resistance in north america.
1760/--/-- 22 - the russians invade prussia and burn berlin.
1761/--/-- 23 - franz josef haydn becomes court composer to prince esterhazy.
1761/09/02 24 - george iii crowned king of great britain and ireland at westminster abbey by tho
1762/--/-- 24 - american indian religious leader, the delaware prophet, is active in the ohio valley.
1762/--/-- 24 - britain seizes cuba and the philippines from spain.
1762/--/-- 24 - british animal painter george stubbs completes the horse attacked by a lion.
1762/--/-- 24 - catherine ii (catherine the great) succeeds her husband as empress of russia.
1762/--/-- 24 - france cedes louisiana to spain to prevent british control of the region.
1762/--/-- 24 - french philosopher rousseau publishes the social contract and emile.
1762/--/-- 24 - peter iii succeeds elizabeth as emperor of russia, but is deposed and murdered.
1762/--/-- 24 - the russians end their alliance with austria against prussia.
1762/--/-- 24 - wolfgang amadeus mozart performs at the imperial court in vienna at age 6.
1763/--/-- 25 - augustus iii dies; he is succeeded (1764) by stanislaw ii, the last king of poland.
1763/--/-- 25 - britain returns cuba and the philippines to spain in exchange for florida.
1763/--/-- 25 - france cedes canada and all territories east of the mississippi river to britain.
1763/--/-- 25 - france recognizes british dominance in india.
1763/--/-- 25 - french forces withdraw from germany; prussia retains silesia.
1763/--/-- 25 - james boswell meets samuel johnson for the first time.
1763/--/-- 25 - the ottawa chief pontiac leads an uprising against the british.
1763/--/-- 25 - the treaty of paris ends the seven years' war and the french and indian wars.
1763/--/-- 25 - the wahhabi saudis begin to establish control over arabia.
1764/--/-- 26 - german historian johann winckelmann publishes his history of the art of antiquity.
1764/--/-- 26 - thomas chatterton forges the rowley poems at the age of 12.
1765/--/-- 27 - francis i dies; he is succeeded by joseph ii as holy roman emperor.
1765/--/-- 27 - french artist francois boucher is appointed court painter to louis xv.
1765/--/-- 27 - george grenville's stamp act imposes a tax on all publications in the american colonies.
1765/--/-- 27 - horace walpole publishes his gothic novel the castle of otranto.
1765/--/-- 27 - lancelot capability brown designs the gardens at blenheim palace.
1765/--/-- 27 - robert clive is appointed governor of bengal in india.
1765/--/-- 27 - samuel adams helps to found the sons of liberty to oppose the stamp act.
1765/--/-- 27 - sir william blackstone begins his commentaries on the laws of england.
1766/--/-- 28 - anglo-irish author oliver goldsmith publishes the vicar of wakefield.
1766/--/-- 28 - english chemist henry cavendish isolates hydrogen gas for the first time.
1766/--/-- 28 - french artist jean honore fragonard paints the swing.
1766/--/-- 28 - german dramatist and critic gotthold ephraim lessing publishes laocoon.
1766/--/-- 28 - the declaratory act imposes parliament's right to make laws in the colonies.
1766/--/-- 28 - the nautical almanac provides the first practical method for determining longitude.
1766/--/-- 28 - the stamp act is repealed after strong opposition from american colonists.
1767/--/-- 29 - german composer christoph willibald gluck writes his opera alceste.
1767/--/-- 29 - german-jewish philosopher moses mendelssohn publishes phaedon.
1767/--/-- 29 - the burmese destroy the siam capital of ayutthaya; the bangkok period begins.
1767/--/-- 29 - the mason-dixon line establishes the pennsylvania-maryland boundary.
1767/--/-- 29 - the townshend acts impose a tax on imports to north america.
1768/--/-- 30 - genoa sells its rights in corsica to france.
1768/--/-- 30 - joshua reynolds becomes the first president of the royal academy in london.
1768/--/-- 30 - louis antoine de bougainville claims the pacific island of tahiti for france.
1768/--/-- 30 - the russo-turkish war is renewed.
1768/--/-- 30 - the first weekly numbers of the encyclopaedia britannica are issued.
1769/--/-- 31 - american pioneer daniel boone explores a route through the cumberland gap.
1769/--/-- 31 - french forces in corsica defeat pasquale paoli; corsica becomes a province of france.
1769/--/-- 31 - james watt patents a condenser to improve the performance of steam engines.
1769/--/-- 31 - ottawa indian chief pontiac is assassinated by a peoria indian.
1769/--/-- 31 - richard arkwright invents a spinning frame to mechanize cotton weaving.
1769/--/-- 31 - the comtesse du barry becomes the official mistress to louis xv.
1769/--/-- 31 - the gurkhas conquer nepal.
1770/--/-- 32 - a brawl between british troops and colonists leads to the boston massacre.
1770/--/-- 32 - british explorer james bruce discovers the source of the blue nile.
1770/--/-- 32 - english artist thomas gainsborough paints the blue boy.
1770/--/-- 32 - english navigator james cook explores new zealand and the east coast of australia.
1770/--/-- 32 - lord north becomes prime minister of britain.
1770/--/-- 32 - louis, the future king of france, marries marie antoinette.
1770/--/-- 32 - the british parliament repeals the townshend acts.
1770/--/-- 32 - thomas jefferson begins building monticello, his house in virginia.
1771/--/-- 33 *** reives, sarah (wood) [wife] & wood, samuel - married
1771/--/-- 33 - governor tyron defeats the regulators (dissident farmers) in north carolina.
1771/--/-- 33 - gustav iii succeeds his father as king of sweden.
1772/--/-- 34 - american artist benjamin west paints the death of wolfe.
1772/--/-- 34 - english artist joshua reynolds paints a portrait of samuel johnson.
1772/--/-- 34 - poland is partitioned among russia, prussia and austria.
1773/--/-- 35 - american colonists throw british tea into boston harbor during the boston tea party.
1773/--/-- 35 - anglo-irish author oliver goldsmith writes the play she stoops to conquer.
1773/--/-- 35 - calcutta is established as the capital of british india.
1773/--/-- 35 - don cossack yemelian pugachev leads the peasant's revolt in russia.
1773/--/-- 35 - pope clement xiv persecutes the jesuits.
1773/06/13 36 *** wood, william [son] - born to wood, samuel and reives, sarah (wood) loudoun, virginia
1774/--/-- 36 - britain passes the intolerable acts and closes the port of boston.
1774/--/-- 36 - british scientist joseph priestley discovers oxygen.
1774/--/-- 36 - edmund burke's speech on american taxation defends the colony's rights.
1774/--/-- 36 - johann wolfgang von goethe publishes the sorrows of young werther.
1774/--/-- 36 - louis xv dies; he is succeeded by his grandson louis xvi as king of france.
1774/--/-- 36 - rhode island becomes the first state to abolish slavery.
1774/--/-- 36 - the quebec act grants religious liberty to roman catholics in canada.
1774/--/-- 36 - the treaty of kuchuk kainarji ends the russo-turkish war.
1774/--/-- 36 - the first continental congress meets and condemns britain's intolerable acts.
1774/--/-- 36 - warren hastings is appointed as the first governor-general of british india.
1774/10/26 37 *** wood, james [son] - born to wood, samuel and reives, sarah (wood) loudoun, virginia
1775/--/-- 37 - american patriot patrick henry states "give me liberty, or give me death."
1775/--/-- 37 - americans under montgomery occupy montreal, but fail to capture quebec.
1775/--/-- 37 - british troops and colonial militia clash at lexington, starting the american revolution.
1775/--/-- 37 - british troops suffer heavy losses at the battle of bunker hill.
1775/--/-- 37 - french dramatist caron de beaumarchais writes the barber of seville.
1775/--/-- 37 - paul revere rides to lexington to warn of approaching british troops.
1775/--/-- 37 - revolutionary war begins
1775/--/-- 37 - the continental congress chooses george washington to head the continental army.
1776/--/-- 38 - american general charles lee is captured by the british.
1776/--/-- 38 - ann lee establishes a shaker community at wartervliet in new york.
1776/--/-- 38 - british forces are evacuated from boston.
1776/--/-- 38 - british forces under sir henry clinton bombard charleston harbor.
1776/--/-- 38 - charles burney publishes the first volume of a general history of music.
1776/--/-- 38 - david bushnell's submarine the turtle makes an abortive attack on british ships.
1776/--/-- 38 - economist adam smith publishes the wealth of nations.
1776/--/-- 38 - edward gibbon publishes the first volume of decline and fall of the roman empire.
1776/--/-- 38 - grigory aleksandrovich potemkin organizes the russian black sea fleet.
1776/--/-- 38 - howe defeats washington at white plains; washington retreats across the delaware.
1776/--/-- 38 - nathan hale is executed by the british as a spy.
1776/--/-- 38 - swiss banker jacques necker is appointed director of the treasury by louis xvi.
1776/--/-- 38 - the british under howe defeat washington on long island and occupy new york.
1776/--/-- 38 - the continental congress adopts the declaration of independence.
1776/--/-- 38 - the sturm und drang (storm and stress) literary movement begins in germany.
1776/--/-- 38 - thomas paine publishes his revolutionary war pamphlet common sense.
1776/--/-- 38 - washington defeats british forces at trenton and princeton (1777).
1777/--/-- 39 - burgoyne capitulates to horatio gates' american forces at saratoga.
1777/--/-- 39 - christianity is introduced into korea.
1777/--/-- 39 - french chemist lavoisier proves that air is composed of oxygen and nitrogen.
1777/--/-- 39 - general burgoyne captures ticonderoga and defeats the americans in pennsylvania.
1777/--/-- 39 - richard brinsley sheridan's comedy the school for scandal is produced.
1777/--/-- 39 - the british under howe capture philadelphia, forcing congress to flee.
1777/--/-- 39 - the british under howe defeat washington's continental army at brandywine creek.
1777/--/-- 39 - the continental congress adopts the stars and stripes as the american flag.
1777/--/-- 39 - the marquis de lafayette offers his services to the continental congress.
1777/--/-- 39 - washington's continental army spends a hard winter at valley forge.
1777/03/30 39 *** wood, samuel [son] - born to wood, samuel and reives, sarah (wood) loudoun, virginia
1778/--/-- 40 - english novelist fanny burney writes evelina.
1778/--/-- 40 - france enters the american war of independence in support of the colonies.
1778/--/-- 40 - franz anton mesmer opens a paris practice to treat patients using magnetism.
1778/--/-- 40 - john singleton copley paints watson and the shark.
1778/--/-- 40 - la scala opera house opens in milan, italy.
1778/--/-- 40 - portugal transfers its rights in equatorial guinea to spain.
1778/--/-- 40 - washington clashes with british forces under clinton at monmouth, n.j.
1779/--/-- 41 - american forces under sullivan campaign against the iroquois on the new york border.
1779/--/-- 41 - an american squadron led by john paul jones attacks british shipping.
1779/--/-- 41 - british explorer james cook is killed by natives on hawaii.
1779/--/-- 41 - george rogers clark recaptures vincennes from the british.
1779/--/-- 41 - samuel crompton develops his spinning mule for england's cotton industry.
1779/--/-- 41 - samuel johnson begins writing the lives of the poets
1779/--/-- 41 - spain declares war on britain and lays siege to gibraltar.
1779/--/-- 41 - war breaks out between dutch settlers and the xhosas in south africa.
1779/08/25 42 *** wood, thomas [son] - born to wood, samuel and reives, sarah (wood)
1780/--/-- 42 - americans under horatio gates are defeated by cornwallis at camden, s.c.
1780/--/-- 42 - andre's capture exposes benedict arnold's plot to surrender west point.
1780/--/-- 42 - english spy john andre is caught and executed by the americans.
1780/--/-- 42 - francis marion and thomas sumter lead guerrilla forces against the british.
1780/--/-- 42 - luigi galvani begins experiments on the effect of electricity on nerves and muscles.
1780/--/-- 42 - maria theresa dies; joseph ii inherits the crown of bohemia and hungary.
1780/--/-- 42 - peruvian indians under tupac amaru revolt against spainish rule.
1780/--/-- 42 - the british under clinton occupy charleston, s.c. and capture the garrison.
1780/--/-- 42 - the derby horse race is established in england.
1780/--/-- 42 - the gordon riots begin in london against catholic emancipation.
1780/--/-- 42 - venetian artist francesco guardi paints the gondola on the lagoon.
1780/02/09 42 *** wood, william [father] - died leicester, leicestershire, england leicester, leicestershire, england
1781/--/-- 43 - american forces under daniel morgan defeat the british at the battle of cowpens.
1781/--/-- 43 - english astronomer william herschel discovers the planet uranus.
1781/--/-- 43 - german philosopher immanuel kant publishes his critique of pure reason.
1781/--/-- 43 - the british defeat hyder ali the muslim ruler of mysore (now karnataka) in india.
1781/--/-- 43 - the british under cornwallis surrender to the americans at yorktown.
1781/--/-- 43 - the french aid washington in the siege of yorktown.
1781/09/19 44 *** wood, abram [son] - born to wood, samuel and reives, sarah (wood) washington county, tn
1782/--/-- 44 - henry grattan's patriot party achieves legislative independence for ireland.
1782/--/-- 44 - kamehameha i begins a ten-year war for control of hawaii.
1782/--/-- 44 - peace talks open in paris between britain and america.
1782/--/-- 44 - pierre choderlos de laclos writes les liaisons dangereuses.
1782/--/-- 44 - rama i founds the chakkri dynasty in siam (thailand) with bangkok as its capital.
1782/--/-- 44 - the design for the great seal of the united states is adopted by the continental congress.
1782/--/-- 44 - tippu sultan succeeds his father as ruler of mysore (now karnataka) in india.
1783/--/-- 45 - an earthquake kills 30,000 people at calabria in italy.
1783/--/-- 45 - britain cedes all lands west to mississippi river
1783/--/-- 45 - britain recognizes the independence of the united states at the treaty of paris.
1783/--/-- 45 - british forces abandon new york, their last stronghold in north america.
1783/--/-- 45 - french scientist jacques charles demonstrates the first hydrogen-inflated balloon.
1783/--/-- 45 - peace treaty ends revolutionary war
1783/--/-- 45 - revolutionary war ends
1783/--/-- 45 - russia gains control of the crimea after three centuries of turkish rule.
1783/--/-- 45 - the british return florida to spain under the terms of the treaty of paris.
1783/--/-- 45 - the montgolfier brothers make the first manned flight in a hot air balloon.
1783/--/-- 45 - william pitt (the younger) becomes prime minister of britain at age 24.
1783/--/-- 45 - william pitt ii becomes english prime minister at 24
1783/09/28 46 *** wood, john [son] - born to wood, samuel and reives, sarah (wood) washington, tn
1784/--/-- 46 - american inventor oliver evans develops the first automated flour mill.
1784/--/-- 46 - ben franklin invents bifocal eyeglasses
1784/--/-- 46 - french dramatist caron de beaumarchais writes the marriage of figaro.
1784/--/-- 46 - french neoclassical artist jacques louis david paints the oath of horatii.
1784/--/-- 46 - grigory shelekhov founds the first russian colony in america at kodiak island, alaska.
1784/--/-- 46 - thomas jefferson's proposes a ban on slavery in the western territories.
1785/--/-- 47 - english poet william cowper publishes the task.
1785/--/-- 47 - french navigator la perouse sails to the pacific to find the northwest passage.
1785/--/-- 47 - jean pierre blanchard makes the first balloon flight across the english channel.
1785/--/-- 47 - new york city becomes the temporary capital of the united states.
1785/--/-- 47 - newspaper publisher john walter founds the times of london.
1785/11/-- 48 *** coleman, mary (wood) [mother] - died leicester, leicestershire, england leicester, leicestershire, england
1786/--/-- 48 - daniel shays leads a rebellion against the state government in massachusetts.
1786/--/-- 48 - first ice cream made commercially in nyc
1786/--/-- 48 - francisco de goya becomes court painter to charles iii of spain.
1786/--/-- 48 - frederick ii dies; he is succeeded by his son frederick william ii as king of prussia.
1786/--/-- 48 - lord cornwallis succeeds warren hastings as governor-general of india.
1786/--/-- 48 - robert burns publishes poems, chiefly in the scottish dialect.
1786/--/-- 48 - shay's rebellion, mass
1786/--/-- 48 - singapore, penang and melaka are ceded to britain as the straits settlements.
1786/--/-- 48 - swiss climbers make the first ascent of mount blanc.
1787/--/-- 49 - alexander hamilton, john jay and james madison write the first federalist essays.
1787/--/-- 49 - american inventor john fitch launches a steam-powered ferry boat on the delaware.
1787/--/-- 49 - austrian composer wolfgang amadeus mozart writes the opera don giovanni.
1787/--/-- 49 - british reformer william wilberforce declares his aims to abolish slavery.
1787/--/-- 49 - constitutional convention
1787/--/-- 49 - henry holland builds the first royal pavilion at brighton for the prince regent.
1787/--/-- 49 - royall tyler's the contrast becomes the first stage comedy to be produced in the u.s.
1787/--/-- 49 - the assembly of notables is summoned by louis xvi to reform french taxation.
1787/--/-- 49 - the british found freetown and establish sierra leone as a colony for freed slaves.
1787/--/-- 49 - the constitutional convention meets in philadelphia to draw up a u.s. constitution.
1787/--/-- 49 - the continental congress excludes slavery from the northwest territory.
1787/--/-- 49 - the marylebone cricket club (m.c.c.) is formed in london, england.
1787/--/-- 49 - turkey declares war on russia, beginning a new russo-turkish war.
1787/09/10 50 *** wood, george [son] - born to wood, samuel and reives, sarah (wood) jonesboro, washington, tn
1788/--/-- 50 - "the federalist" published
1788/--/-- 50 - a crop failure in france leads to bread riots.
1788/--/-- 50 - austria joins russia in the war against turkey.
1788/--/-- 50 - captain arthur phillip founds the first australian penal colony at sydney cove.
1788/--/-- 50 - constitution ratified
1788/--/-- 50 - french physicist lagrange publishes his analytical mechanics.
1788/--/-- 50 - george iii of england has his first attack of mental illness.
1788/--/-- 50 - mozart composes 3 symphonies: e-flat, g minor and jupiter in less than 7 weeks.
1788/--/-- 50 - swedish forces under gustav iii attack russia.
1788/--/-- 50 - warren hastings is impeached for maladministration in india.
1789/--/-- 51 - a national assembly is declared in france, ending the power of the states-general.
1789/--/-- 51 - alexander hamilton becomes the first u.s. secretary of the treasury.
1789/--/-- 51 - austrian forces capture belgrade from the turks.
1789/--/-- 51 - bill of rights adopted
1789/--/-- 51 - english poet and artist william blake publishes songs of innocence.
1789/--/-- 51 - french revolution begins
1789/--/-- 51 - french sculptor jean antoine houdon makes busts of jefferson and washington.
1789/--/-- 51 - george washington (federalist) becomes president of the united states
1789/--/-- 51 - jeremy bentham publishes an introduction to the principles of morals and legislation.
1789/--/-- 51 - louis xvi is forced to capitulate; france becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1789/--/-- 51 - mutinous sailors seize h.m.s. bounty and take refuge on pitcairn island.
1789/--/-- 51 - the federalist party is formed by supporters of the ratification of the u.s. constitution.
1789/--/-- 51 - the french national assembly formulates a declaration of the rights of man.
1789/--/-- 51 - the french revolution begins with an attack on the bastille.
1789/--/-- 51 - the supreme court of the united states is founded with john jay as chief justice.
1789/--/-- 51 - the tammany hall political organization is founded in new york.
1789/--/-- 51 - the first national thanksgiving day is celebrated in the u.s.
1789/--/-- 51 - tippu sultan begins the third mysore war against the british in india.
1789/--/-- 51 - washington is elected as the first u.s. president; john adams becomes vice-president.
1789/--/-- 51 - wm. blake publishes "songs of innocence"
1790/--/-- 52 - leopold ii succeeds joseph ii as holy roman emperor.
1790/--/-- 52 - new england captains extend whaling into the pacific ocean about this time.
1790/--/-- 52 - philadelphia replaces new york as the temporary capital of the u.s.
1790/--/-- 52 - seat of government moves from nyc to philadelphia
1790/--/-- 52 - sweden and russia sign a peace treaty.
1790/--/-- 52 - the new york stock exchange is founded.
1790/--/-- 52 - the bolero spanish dance is introduced about this time.
1790/--/-- 52 - thomas jefferson proposes a decimal (metric) system; congress rejects the suggestion.
1791/--/-- 53 - austria returns belgrade to the turks.
1791/--/-- 53 - chinese author ts'ao hsueh-ch'in publishes the dream of the red chamber.
1791/--/-- 53 - emperor joseph ii ends the war between austria and turkey.
1791/--/-- 53 - james boswell publishes his life of samuel johnson.
1791/--/-- 53 - louis xvi and marie antoinette are captured while trying to leave france.
1791/--/-- 53 - marquis de sade writes the novel justine from his prison cell.
1791/--/-- 53 - miami indian chief little turtle defeats an american force under general arthur st. clair.
1791/--/-- 53 - mozart's opera the magic flute is performed for the first time.
1791/--/-- 53 - pierre charles l'enfant designs the new u.s. capital of washington, d.c.
1791/--/-- 53 - the bill of rights (the first ten amendments to the u.s. constitution) is ratified.
1791/--/-- 53 - the first bank of the united states is founded.
1791/--/-- 53 - the province of quebec is divided into upper canada and lower canada.
1791/--/-- 53 - thomas paine publishes the rights of man in defense of the french revolution.
1791/--/-- 53 - thomas sheraton publishes the cabinet maker and upholsterer's drawing book.
1791/--/-- 53 - tom paine "the rights of man"
1791/--/-- 53 - toussaint l'ouverture leads a slave revolt in haiti against the french.
1791/--/-- 53 - vermont becomes the 14th state of the union.
1792/--/-- 54 - architect james hoban wins the competition to design the white house.
1792/--/-- 54 - charles bulfinch designs the connecticut state house (now hartford city hall).
1792/--/-- 54 - first u.s. trade union of shoemakers
1792/--/-- 54 - france declares war on austria and prussia, beginning the french revolutionary wars.
1792/--/-- 54 - francis ii succeeds leopold ii to become the last holy roman emperor.
1792/--/-- 54 - george washington is reelected as president.
1792/--/-- 54 - german philosopher fichte writes an essay toward a critique of all revelations.
1792/--/-- 54 - gustav iii of sweden is assassinated at a masquerade in stockholm.
1792/--/-- 54 - jefferson leads the democratic-republican party in opposition to the federalists.
1792/--/-- 54 - kentucky becomes the 15th state of the union.
1792/--/-- 54 - mary wollstonecraft publishes a vindication of the rights of women.
1792/--/-- 54 - new insurrections begin in france; louis xvi is imprisoned by the commune of paris.
1792/--/-- 54 - russia and prussia invade poland, which is still recovering from the partition of 1772.
1792/--/-- 54 - swiss scientist aime argand develops a practical oil lamp using a tubular wick.
1792/--/-- 54 - the columbia river is discovered by boston trader robert gray.
1792/--/-- 54 - the french republic adopts the guillotine as a uniform method of execution.
1792/--/-- 54 - the french under dumouriez halt the prussians and defeat the austrians at jemappes.
1792/--/-- 54 - the national convention proclaims france a republic.
1792/--/-- 54 - the treaty of jasso ends the russo-turkish war.
1792/--/-- 54 - the dollar is selected as the u.s. unit of currency.
1792/--/-- 54 - thomas paine publishes the rights of man and is outlawed for treason in england.
1793/--/-- 55 - britain, holland, spain and sardinia form a new anti-french coalition.
1793/--/-- 55 - eli whitney invents cotton gin; revives dying slave economy of south
1793/--/-- 55 - eli whitney invents the cotton gin.
1793/--/-- 55 - france adopts the metric system of measurement.
1793/--/-- 55 - france raises the first national army of conscripts to oppose the coalition forces.
1793/--/-- 55 - french king louis xvi and queen marie antoinette executed
1793/--/-- 55 - french revolutionary jean paul marat is murdered by charlotte corday.
1793/--/-- 55 - fugitive slave act
1793/--/-- 55 - george washington lays the cornerstone for the capitol building in washington d.c.
1793/--/-- 55 - j.-l. david paints "the dead marat"
1793/--/-- 55 - jean pierre blanchard makes the first u.s. balloon flight in philadelphia.
1793/--/-- 55 - louis xvi and marie antoinette are executed; the reign of terror begins in france.
1793/--/-- 55 - russia and prussia seize polish lands as part of the second partition of poland.
1794/--/-- 56 - ann ward radcliffe publishes her gothic novel the mysteries of udolpho.
1794/--/-- 56 - french engineer claude chappe invents the semaphore signaling system.
1794/--/-- 56 - jay's treaty settles disputes between britain and the u.s.
1794/--/-- 56 - militia under general henry lee suppress the whiskey rebellion in pennsylvania.
1794/--/-- 56 - robespierre's execution ends the reign of terror in france; the thermidorian reaction begins.
1794/--/-- 56 - tadeusz kosciuszko leads a revolt of polish peasants against russia.
1794/--/-- 56 - the british occupy the french island of corsica for a two-year period.
1794/--/-- 56 - the qajar (kajar) dynasty is founded in persia (iran).
1794/--/-- 56 - u.s. forces under anthony wayne defeat the indians at the battle of fallen timbers.
1795/--/-- 57 - american artist charles wilson peale paints the staircase group.
1795/--/-- 57 - austrian composer franz josef haydn completes the 12 london symphonies.
1795/--/-- 57 - france claims the island of hispaniola.
1795/--/-- 57 - napoleon bonaparte defeats the insurrectionists in paris.
1795/--/-- 57 - prussia and spain sue for peace with france.
1795/--/-- 57 - scottish explorer mungo park reaches the gambia and niger rivers.
1795/--/-- 57 - scottish geologist james hutton publishes his theory of the earth.
1795/--/-- 57 - spain recognizes u.s. claims to west florida (mississippi).
1795/--/-- 57 - stanislaw ii abdicates as the last king of poland.
1795/--/-- 57 - the british capture cape province (south africa) from the dutch.
1795/--/-- 57 - the constitution of 1795 establishes a directory to rule france.
1795/--/-- 57 - the methodists separate from the church of england.
1795/--/-- 57 - the final partition of poland is made among russia, prussia and austria.
1796/--/-- 58 - english novelist fanny burney publishes camilla.
1796/--/-- 58 - english physician edward jenner develops vaccination against smallpox.
1796/--/-- 58 - george washington declines to serve as president for a third term.
1796/--/-- 58 - gilbert stuart paints a portrait of washington (used later on the dollar bill).
1796/--/-- 58 - john adams is elected as the 2nd u.s. president; jefferson becomes vice-president.
1796/--/-- 58 - napoleon defeats the austrian and sardinian armies in italy.
1796/--/-- 58 - napoleon marries josephine, the widow of the vicomte de beauharnais.
1796/--/-- 58 - napoleon restores corsica to french rule.
1796/--/-- 58 - samuel hahnemann publishes his findings on homeopathic treatment.
1796/--/-- 58 - spain sides with france in the war against britain.
1796/--/-- 58 - tennessee becomes the 16th state of the union.
1796/--/-- 58 - the british seize ceylon (sri lanka) from the dutch.
1797/--/-- 59 - austria cedes the austrian netherlands (present-day belgium) to france.
1797/--/-- 59 - british wood engraver thomas bewick publishes a history of british birds.
1797/--/-- 59 - david thompson surveys the mississippi headwaters for the north west company.
1797/--/-- 59 - john adams (federalist) becomes president of the united states
1797/--/-- 59 - nelson defeats the spanish fleet at cape st. vincent, and the dutch at camperdown.
1797/--/-- 59 - the british capture the spanish colony of trinidad.
1797/--/-- 59 - the directory appoint talleyrand as minister of foreign affairs for france.
1797/--/-- 59 - the treaty of campo formio ends the war of the first coalition against france.
1797/--/-- 59 - the venetian republic is dissolved; venice is ruled by austria.
1798/--/-- 60 - alien and sedition act
1798/--/-- 60 - america's first professional author charles brockden brown publishes wieland.
1798/--/-- 60 - britain, austria, russia and turkey form a second coalition against france.
1798/--/-- 60 - economist thomas malthus publishes an essay on the principle of population.
1798/--/-- 60 - eli whitney uses early mass production techniques to manufacture muskets.
1798/--/-- 60 - french armies occupy rome and invade switzerland, creating the helvetic republic.
1798/--/-- 60 - haydn composes "the creation"
1798/--/-- 60 - lord wellesley becomes governor-general of india.
1798/--/-- 60 - napoleon's army invades egypt and defeats the mamelukes at the battle of the pyramids.
1798/--/-- 60 - the french fleet is destroyed by nelson at abukir bay, cutting off napoleon's forces in egypt.
1798/--/-- 60 - the u.s. congress passes the controversial alien and sedition acts.
1798/--/-- 60 - the xyz affair leads to the quasi war between france and the u.s.
1798/--/-- 60 - the territory of mississippi becomes part of the united states.
1798/--/-- 60 - william wordsworth publishes lyrical ballads with samuel taylor coleridge.
1798/--/-- 60 - wolfe tone leads a revolt against the british by the society of united irishmen.
1799/--/-- 61 - a 33,000 year-old frozen mammoth is discovered at the lena river in russia.
1799/--/-- 61 - britain becomes the first nation to introduce a national income tax.
1799/--/-- 61 - city hotel, the first american structure designed as a hotel, opens in new york.
1799/--/-- 61 - humboldt and bonpland begin their scientific expedition in south american.
1799/--/-- 61 - napoleon attacks syria to prevent a turkish invasion of egypt, but is defeated at acre.
1799/--/-- 61 - napoleon becomes consul
1799/--/-- 61 - napoleon returns to france as first consul; the consulate replaces the directory.
1799/--/-- 61 - ranjit singh establishes a sikh kingdom in northwest india.
1799/--/-- 61 - russian forces under suvorov defeat the french in italy, but are held at zurich.
1799/--/-- 61 - the rosetta stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, is discovered in egypt.
1799/--/-- 61 - the russian-american company is founded to administer the alaskan fur trade.
1799/--/-- 61 - tippu sultan is killed in battle with the british; the mysore empire is destroyed.
1800/--/-- 62 - black slave gabriel leads an abortive uprising near richmond, virginia.
1800/--/-- 62 - france regains louisiana from spain under the secret treaty of san ildefonso.
1800/--/-- 62 - italian physicist alessandro volta invents the first electric battery.
1800/--/-- 62 - jefferson defeats adams in the u.s. presidential election, but ties with burr.
1800/--/-- 62 - johnny appleseed (john chapman) arrives in the ohio river valley around this time.
1800/--/-- 62 - library of congress founded
1800/--/-- 62 - madame de stael publishes the influence of literature upon society.
1800/--/-- 62 - napoleon commissions cambaceres to develop the napoleonic code of law.
1800/--/-- 62 - napoleon defeats the austrians at the battle of marengo.
1800/--/-- 62 - seat of government moves from philadelphia to washington, dc
1800/--/-- 62 - the library of congress is founded in washington d.c.
1800/--/-- 62 - the seat of u.s. government is transferred to washington, d.c.
1800/--/-- 62 - volta invents electric battery
1800/04/26 62 *** wood, samuel - died washington, tennessee
in 1737 transportation was by:
foot
horse
sailing ship
by 1800 transportation was by:
bicycle
in addition.
in 1737 communications was by:
word of mouth
by 1800 communications was by:
post office
in addition.
in 1737 food preparation was by:
wood
in 1737 entertainment was by:
social intercourse
organized sports
travel
professional sports
movies
radio
television
theme parks
computer
in 1737 health care was by:
operations
anesthetic
x-rays
mri
in 1737 war making was by:
calvary
gun
artillery
by 1800 war making was by:
submarine
in addition.
in 1737 navigation was by:
stars & maps
compass
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