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War of the Spanish Succession beginsthe last of Louis
XIV's wars for domination of the continent. The Peace of
Utrecht (1714) will end the conflict and mark the rise of the
British Empire. Called Queen Anne's War in America, it ends
1701 with the British taking New Foundland, Acadia, and
Hudson's Bay Territory from France, and Gibraltar and
Minorca from Spain.

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Deerfield (Mass.) Massacre of English colonists by French
and Indians. Johann Sebastian Bach's first cantata. Boston
1704 News Letterfirst newspaper in America.

Johann Sebastian Bach
(16851750)
Giovanni da Verrazano explores the coast from Carolina
1707 north to Nova Scotia, enters New York harbor.

Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Isaac Newton's Principia
translated from Latin into English.

1729 Click here for more information: [General Audiences] [For Kids]
Listen to "Did Newton Really See an Apple Fall?" Episode 606 from The
Isaac Newton Engines of Our Ingenuity
(16421727)
Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's
Almanack. James Oglethorpe and others found Georgia.

1732 Click here for more information: [General Audiences] [For Kids]
Listen to "Ben Franklin, Electricity, and Revolution" Episode 510 from The
Benjamin Franklin Engines of Our Ingenuity
(17061790)
1735 John Peter Zenger, New York editor, acquitted of libel in
New York, establishing freedom of the press.

Capt. Vitus Bering, Dane employed by Russia, discovers
1740 Alaska. Frederick II "the Great" crowned king of Prussia.

Horsens 1677

Birthplace of Vitus
The first Encyclopedia is published (Voltaire, Rousseau,
1751 Diderot, d'Alembert)

Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod. The Liberty Bell
was ordered from an English bell foundry to celebrate
Pennsylvania's 50th anniversary.

1752

Listen to "The Liberty Bell" Episode 128 from The Engines of Our
Ingenuity
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary first published. U.S. postal
1755 service established.

Samuel Johnson
(17091784)
Seven Years' War (French and Indian Wars in America) (to
1763), in which Britain and Prussia defeat France, Spain,
1756 Austria, and Russia. France loses North American colonies;
Spain cedes Florida to Britain in exchange for Cuba.

Beginning of British Empire in India as Robert Clive, British
1757 commander, defeats Nawab of Bengal at Plassey.

1759 British capture Quebec from French. Voltaire's Candide.
Haydn's Symphony No. 1.

Listen to "Voltaire, Newton, Science, and the French Revolution" Episode
1168 from The Engines of Our Ingenuity
Francois Marie Arouet
a.k.a Voltaire
(16941778)
The Industrial Revolution in England begins (1760 1851)

1760
Listen to "The Industrial Revolution Comes to America" Episode 181 from
The Engines of Our Ingenuity
Catherine II ("the Great") becomes czarina of Russia. Jean
Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract. Wolfgang Amadeus
1762 Mozart tours Europe as sixyearold prodigy.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(17561791)

James Watt invents the steam engine. Britain imposes the
Stamp Act on the American colonists.

1765

Listen to "Steam Engines in England During the 18th Century" Episode 69
from The Engines of Our Ingenuity

Boston Massacre: English troops fire on a group of people
1770 protesting English taxes.

Boston Tea Party: English tea is thrown into the harbor to
1773 protest a tax on tea.

Fighting at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, marks
1775 the beginning of the American Revolution.

1776 The Declaration of Independence is approved July 4 by the
Continental Congress (made up of representatives from the
American colonies).


Listen to "Colonial America, 1776: A New Nation of Glorious Amateurs"
Episode 1365 from The Engines of Our Ingenuity
British General Cornwallis surrenders to the Americans at
Yorktown, Virginia, ending the fighting in the Revolutionary
1781 War. William Herschel discovers Uranus.

William Herschel
(17381822)

Revolutionary War ends with Treaty of Paris. Ludwig van
1783 Beethoven's first printed works.

Ludwig van Beethoven
(17701827)

The Constitution of the United States signed. Wolfgang
1787 Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni.


The French Revolution begins with the storming of the
Bastille. In U.S., George Washington elected president with
1789 all 69 votes of the Electoral College, takes oath of office in
New York City.

George Washington
(17321799)

Philadelphia temporary capital of U.S. as Congress votes to
1790 establish new capital on Potomac.

Location of new capital
city on the Potomac

U.S. Bill of Rights ratified.
1791

1793 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed. Reign of Terror
begins in France. Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin,
spurring the growth of the cotton industry and helping to
institutionalize slavery in the U.S. South.


Napoléon Bonaparte defeats Austrians. In the U.S., George
Washington's Farewell Address (Sept. 17); John Adams
elected president; Thomas Jefferson, vice president.
Edward Jenner introduces smallpox vaccination.
1796
Listen to "Napoleon Bonaparte and Iron Construction in France"
Napoleon Bonaparte
Episode 77 from The Engines of Our Ingenuity
(17691821)

Napoleon extends French conquests to Rome and Egypt.
U.S. Navy Department established.

1798
Listen to "The First American Navy" Episode 1267 from The Engines of
Our Ingenuity

Rosetta Stone discovered in Egypt. Napoleon leads coup
that overthrows Directory, establishes the Consulate,
1799 becomes First Consulone of three who rule France
together.

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