https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tags/the-18th-century/ Recent content in The 18th Century on Life In Good Measure Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1701/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1701/ A modern seed drill in action In the year 1701, the electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia becomes the Kingdom of Prussia, still part of the Holy Roman Empire, and with Berlin as its capital (Jan 18), captain William Kidd is hanged in London (May 23), a French emporium named Fort Ponchartrain (future Detroit) is founded (Ju 24), English agriculturalist Jethro Tull invents a drill for planting seeds in rows - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1704/ Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:41:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1704/ WM Nafis, a German thorougbred In the year 1704, the first regular newspaper in the Thirteen Colonies, The Boston News-Letter, is published (Apr 24), Gibraltar is captured from Spain by English and Dutch forces (Aug 3), Darley Arabian, purchased by Thomas Darley in Syria, becomes the most important foundation sire of all modern thoroughbred racing bloodstock in England, the Great Northern War goes on its fifth year - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1706/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1706/ Twinings tea room at 216 Strand In the year 1706, the founder of Twinings, Thomas Twining, opens the first known tea room at 216 Strand, London (Oct), the city of Albuquerque is founded, the English Parliament establishes the first turnpike trusts, the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years - and all these fine people were born: 1706-0101 Nils Wallerius* physicist/ philosopher/theologian - Stora Mellösa, Swedish Empire (1764/58) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1710/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1710/ [caption id=“attachment_3284” align=“alignright” width=“321”]Magnus Stenbock leading his troops in Helsingborg in 1710[/caption] In the year 1710, Danish invaders are decisively defeated by the Swedish army at the Battle of Helsingborg in Southern Sweden (Feb 28), the world’s first copyright legislation, Britain’s Statute of Anne, becomes effective (Apr 10), the Tuscarora nation in Carolina protest the seizure of their lands and enslavement of their people by the settlers there (Jun 8), the Great Northern War (1700-1721) goes on, Beijing becomes the largest city in the world - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1717/ Thu, 11 Feb 2021 03:44:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1717/ In the year 1717, the first ballet in Britain takes place at the Theatre Royal in London (Mar 2), Spain concludes its conquest of Sardinia (Oct 30), six men from the wrecked Whydah Gally are hanged in Boston for piracy and robbery (Nov 15), the Charleville musket enters service in France, Tatar invasions in Transylvania devastate many towns - and all these fine people were born: 1717-0118 Jean-François-Marie de Surville* merchant captain with the French East India Company – Port-Louis, Brittany, France (1770/53) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1712/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1712/ In the year 1712, enslaved Africans revolt in New York City (Apr 6), Peter the Great moves the capital of Russia from Moscow to Saint Petersburg (May 19), a warrant is issued in Scotland for the arrest of outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor (Oct 3), John Arbuthnot creates the character of John Bull to represent Britain, the Great Northern War goes on - and all these fine people were born: 1712-xxxx Angélique du Coudray* pioneering midwife - Clermont-Ferrand, France (1794/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1720/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1720/ In the year 1720, Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm, by and by ending the Great Northern War (Feb 11), Spanish forces assault the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas (Feb 24), Frederick I becomes the king of Sweden (Mar 24), the English stock market crashes (Sep), the Tuscarora people leave North Carolina as a result of European colonization, the world’s first yacht club is founded in Ireland, Jonathan Swift begins his Gulliver’s Travels - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1722/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1722/ In the year 1722, Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeveen lands on Easter Sunday on what is now Easter Island (Apr 5), The “Brown Bess” musket becomes the British Army’s standard infantry firearm for more than a century - and all these fine people were born: 1722-0103 Fredrik Hasselqvist* traveller/ naturalist - Törnevalla, Östergötland, Kingdom of Sweden (1752/30) 1722-0126 Alexander Carlyle* church leader/autobiographer - Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (1805/83) 1722-0207 Azar Bigdeli* Persian anthologist/poet - Isfahan, Safavid Empire (1781/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1711/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1711/ In the year 1711, King Louis XIV becomes the longest-reigning monarch in the world (surpassed by Queen Elizabeth in 2020) (Jun 18), the Tuscarora War begins when Tuscarora natives raid settlements in the Province of Carolina (Sep 22), Wall Street in New York City becomes the city’s first official slave market for the sale and rental of enslaved Africans and Indians (Dec 13), John Shore invents the tuning fork - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1724/ Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1724/ Peter The Wild Boy as an older man. Picture credit to wellcom.org In the year 1724, the Dutch East India Company cargo ship Fortuyn sinks on its maiden voyage on the way to Batavia (Jan 18), Jonathan Swift distributes the first of his seven “Drapier’s Letters”, seeking to turn public opinion against Ireland (Apr 28), Peter the Wild Boy is captured near Helpensen in Hanover, but never adjusts to civilized society (Jul 27), Yeongjo becomes the new Emperor of Korea (Oct 16), China expels foreign missionaries, the oldest surviving publishing house in England is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1730/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1730/ [caption id=“attachment_1563” align=“alignright” width=“342”]Shearith Israel in New York City (Courtesy of Gryffindor)[/caption] In the year 1730, the first synagogue in New York City is dedicated (Apr 8), Mahmud I becomes the new Ottoman emperor, an empire that existed from around 1299 until 1922 (Sep 17), construction of the Ladoga Canal - one of the first major navigable canals - is completed in order to safeguard the passage for boats in the windy Lake Ladoga in Western Russia (Oct 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1731/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:25:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1731/ In the year 1731, the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy is established by order of the Empress Anna of Russia, helping Okhotsk to develop into a major port (May 10), the oldest known sports score in history is recorded at a cricket match in England (Aug 23), Laura Bassi becomes the first official female university teacher, at the University of Bologna - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1733/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1733/ In the year 1733, the Molasses Act is passed by British House of Commons, reinforcing the negative opinions of the British by American colonists (Mar 21), English replaces Latin and Law French as the official language of English and Scottish courts (Mar 25), the _Danish West India Compan_y buys the island of Saint Croix from France (Jun 15), the first Freemasons lodge opens in (British) America (Jul 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1736/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:30:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1736/ Bellevue Hospital in New York in the early days In the year 1736, Bellevue Hospital is founded in New York (Mar 31), Witchcraft Act of 1735 in Great Britain comes into effect, intending to end legal witch trials there (Jun 24), attempts to calculate the precise circumference of Earth start in today’s Ecuador (Oct 13), Benjamin Franklin builds the first volunteer fire company in Philadelphia (Dec 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1708/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:47:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1708/ Charles XII of Sweden (reign 1697-1718) In the year 1708, Charles XII of Sweden invades Russia by crossing the frozen Vistula river (Jan 1), Menorca is captured by British forces (Aug 18), Peter the Great of Russia defeats the forces of the Swedish Empire in Lesnaya (in today’s Belarus) (Oct 9), fearful of a Swedish attack, the Russians blow up the city of Tartu, the Great Northern War (1700-1721) goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1734/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:20:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1734/ Salzburger Emigrants, picture from c. 1732 In the year 1734, Salzburgers - Lutherans expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg - set sail for the British Colony of Georgia, in America (Jan 8), French and Swiss troops suppress the slave insurrection in the Danish West Indies after six months and restore control of the plantations to the Danish owners (May 27), Jamaica’s Governor John Ayscough declares martial law to fight the slave rebellion that began the previous year (Oct 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1740/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1740/ [caption id=“attachment_1544” align=“alignright” width=“358”]Fort Matanzas today, with the flag of Florida[/caption] In the year 1740, Jews are expelled from Little Russia, part of present day Ukraine (Jul 11), the song Rule, Britannia! is first performed in England (Aug 1), troops of the Dutch East Indian Company start the massacre of thousands of Chinese Indonesians in Batavia, present day Jakarta (Oct 9), Spain begins construction on Fort Matanzas on the Florida’s Atlantic coast to safeguard the strategic inlet of Matanzas, the southernmost access for boat travel between St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1735/ Sun, 27 Dec 2020 16:05:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1735/ Mumbai Harbor in 1731, four years before the shipbuilding begins there ©Heritage Images/Leemage In the year 1735, the Russian Empire and Persia sign the Treaty of Ganja, and form a defensive alliance against the Ottoman Empire (Mar 10), the Kingdom of France approves the issue of “card money” to serve as currency in its Louisiana territory in America (Sep 14), the first successful appendectomy is performed in London (Dec 6), shipbuilding industry begins in Mumbai, Carl Linnaeus publishes his Systema Naturae - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1750/ Fri, 25 Dec 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1750/ [caption id=“attachment_4294” align=“alignleft” width=“364”]Westminster Palace (1016, rebuilt 1834-1840), Westminster Bridge (1750) and Big Ben (1859)[/caption] In the year 1750, the Treaty of Madrid between Spain and Portugal authorizes a larger Brazil (Jan 13), riots break out in Paris fueled by rumors of police abducting children (May), Westminster Bridge is officially opened in London (Nov 18), Istanbul is devastated by several fires, Britain produces c. 2% of the world’s output of industrial goods, and thus begins the Industrial Revolution - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1755/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:50:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1755/ In the year 1755, Moscow University is founded (Jan 23), France dispatches 3,600 troops to protect its Canadian colonies in Quebec from a British invasion, unaware that Britain’s warships had sailed toward Canada a few days before (May 3), France completes the construction of Fort Duquesne, later renamed Fort Pitt by the British, and three years later giving name to the city of Pittsburgh (May 24), the British clothes manufacturer Wolsey is established - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1703/ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:21:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1703/ Daniel Defoe standing in the pillory in London. Photo credit Wellcome Library, London In the year 1703, Saint Petersburg is founded, following Peter the Great’s reconquest of Ingria from Sweden (May 27), Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for publishing his satirical political pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (Jul 29), the first complete census in the world is completed in Iceland (Jun), the Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille, France (Nov 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1747/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1747/ In the year 1747, the first venereal diseases clinic opens in London (Jan 31), a combined French and Indian force attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia (Feb 11), the Knowles Riot breaks out in Boston, protesting impressment into the British Royal Navy (Nov 17), James Lind’s experiment begins to prove that citrus fruits prevent scurvy, remains of the Temple of Apollo are discovered in Malta - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1760/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1760/ In the year 1760, the Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings (Mar 20), George III ascends to the English throne, to rule the next 60 years (Oct 25), the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) is raging on in Europe and the Americas, and eventually ends France’s position as a major colonial power in the Americas, Abu Dhabi is founded - and all these fine people were born: 1760-0119 Patrick Cotter O’Brien* gigantic showman - Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland (1806/46) 1760-0203 John Storm* American Revolutionary soldier - Latimore Township, Pennsylvania (1835/75) 1760-0310 Leandro Fernández de Moratín* dramatist/poet/translator - Madrid, Spain (1828/68) 1760-0501 1760-0503 William Scoresby* arctic navigator - Cropton, Yorkshire, England (1829/69) 1760-0510 Johann Peter Hebel* teacher/poet - Basel, German Empire (1826/66) 1760-0529 Charlotte Slottberg* ballerina-dancer - Stockholm, Sweden (1800/40) 1760-0605 Johan Gadolin* chemist/physicist/ mineralogist - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1852/92) 1760-0904 Knut von Troil* Finnish officer/civil servant/senator - Uppsala, Sweden (1825/65) 1760-1031 Katsushika Hokusai* painter of the famous The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Edo, Japan (1849/88) 1760-1121 Joseph Plumb Martin* American Revolutionary soldier/ narrative author - Becket, Province of Massachusetts Bay (1850/89) 1760-1214 Pehr von Afzelius* physician/professor - Larv, Västergötland, Sweden (1843/82) 1760-1217Deborah Sampson* first American female soldier - Plympton, Massachusetts, British America (1827/66) 1760-0 1760-0 1760-0 Updated 2024-1231 Helsinki Search for another year here https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1764/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1764/ In the year 1764, the Sugar Act is passed in Great Britain, instrumental in the events leading to the American Revolution (Apr 5), eight-year-old child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performs a private concert before King George III and Queen Charlotte in Great Britain (Apr 27), Baden becomes the first member state of the Confederation of Switzerland to declare a policy of remaining neutral in future conflicts, setting the basis for Swiss neutrality from 1815 onward (May 3), the oldest surviving newspaper in North America, the English-language Quebec Gazette, is established (Jun 21), the last British troops depart Havana as agreed in the treaty between Spain and Great Britain; Spain cedes West Florida to Great Britain for Cuba (Jul 6) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1716/ Sat, 31 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1716/ The rebuilt Boston Light from 1783 In the year 1716, the town of Crieff in Scotland is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from a battle (Jan), the seventh Ottoman–Venetian War begins, but the Ottoman Empire unsuccessfully lays siege to Corfu (Jul 8), America’s first lighthouse, Boston Light, is built (destroyed in the American Revolution but later rebuilt), the pirate Blackbeard is given command of a Bermuda sloop in the Bahamas - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1737/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1737/ In the year 1737, French scientists publish the first study of correlating past weather conditions with an examination of tree rings (Feb 27), the oldest existing English language newspaper in the world, The News Letter, is founded in Belfast, Ireland (Sep 1), Benjamin Franklin creates the first city-paid force, the Philadelphia Police Force, the direct male line of the Medici family becomes extinct, Richmond, Virginia is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1770/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1770/ [caption id=“attachment_1627” align=“alignright” width=“438”]Australia discoveries by Europeans before 1813[/caption] In the year 1770, the Boston Massacre takes place - an event that helps start the American Revolution five years later (Mar 3), James Cook and his crew complete the circumnavigation of New Zealand (Mar 26) and later become the first recorded Europeans to encounter the eastern coastline of the Australian continent (Apr 18), 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries Louis-Auguste, the future King Louis XVI, in Paris (May 7), James Cook claims the whole of eastern coast of Australia for Great Britain, later naming it New South Wales (Aug 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1772/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1772/ King Gustav III of Sweden In the year 1772, a group of white settlers in today’s Tennessee create the first non-colonial government body in British North America (May 8), the credit crisis of 1772 triggers financial panic and threatens the East India Company with bankruptcy (Jun 10), the second voyage of James Cook departs from Plymouth (Jul 13), a coup d’état by King Gustav III ends half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden (Aug 21), Scottish scientist Daniel Rutherford discovers nitrogen, isolating it from air - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1773/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1773/ Demonstrators disguised as native Americans destroy tea shipment in Boston (designed by Wannapik) In the year 1773, the hymn that becomes known as Amazing Grace is first performed in Olney, England (Jan 1), the Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade (Apr 27), America’s first insane asylum opens in Williamsburg, Virginia (Oct 12), Sons of Liberty steal aboard ships of the East India Company and dump their cargo of tea into Boston Harbor in protest against British tax policies - this becomes known as the** Boston Tea Party** (Dec 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1707/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:45:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1707/ In the year 1707, the new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as Scotland and England become one (May 12), the last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji begins in Japan (Dec 16), Charles XII of Sweden launches his campaign to conquer Russia, marching to the east from Leipzig with 60,000 men (Dec), Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast in constructed - and all these fine people were born: 1707-0102 Johann Adam Lehmus* German poet of numerous spiritual songs - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1788/81) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1780/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1780/ [caption id=“attachment_4180” align=“alignright” width=“410”]Battle of Springfield, New Jersey in 1780[/caption] In the year of 1780, the legislature of Pennsylvania votes to approve the Act for the Gradual Emancipation of Slaves (Mar 1), Charleston in South Carolina is taken by British forces (May 12), the Continental Army defeats the British in New Jersey (Jun 23), French soldiers arrive in Newport, Rhode Island to reinforce the colonists in the American Revolutionary War (Jul 11), the French King Louis XVI abolishes the use of torture in extracting confessions (Aug 24), the American War of Independence (1775–1783) goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1754/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:01:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1754/ Stockholm Palace In the year 1754, the French and Indian War begins when the 22-year old George Washington leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia, in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians (May 28), the British North American Province of Georgia is created (Aug 6), Denmark establishes an office to oversee its colonial affairs of the Danish West Indies, later to become the U.S. Virgin Islands (Nov 28), the Swedish royal family moves in the new Stockholm Palace (Dec 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1784/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1784/ In the year 1784, the Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolutionary War (Jan 14), the composition of water is revealed (Jan 15), the Emerald Buddha is installed at the Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok (Mar 22), Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska (Sep 22), the phenomenon of black holes is first posited in a paper by John Michell in London (Nov 27), - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1782/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1782/ In the year 1782, the first American commercial bank opens (Jan 7), the bald eagle is chosen as the emblem of the United States of America (Jun 20), a fire in Constantinople destroys one-half of the city (Aug 21), the first franking privilege is granted for official correspondence in the United States (Oct 18), London creates the Foot Patrol for public security, the largest literary compilation in China’s history, Siku Quanshu, is completed, the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm is opened - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1785/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:42:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1785/ In the year 1785, the first issue of the Daily Universal Register, later known as The Times, is published in London (Jan 1), the English Channel is crossed by air for the first time (Jan 7), a hot air balloon crashing in Ireland becomes the world’s first aviation disaster (May 10), the dollar is chosen as the money unit for the United States (Jul 6), the Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1728/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 09:29:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1728/ The colorful city of Nuuk, Greenland in 2018 - 290 years after it was founded In the year 1728, Peter II becomes the Tsar of the Russian Empire (Jan 9), Vitus Bering embarks on his first Kamchatka Expedition (Jul 14), confirming the presence of a strait - now known as Bering Strait (Aug 16), the City of Nuuk is founded in Greenland, as Fort Godt-Haab (Aug 29), English astronomer James Bradley uses stellar aberration to calculate the speed of light, and observes nutation of the Earth’s axis - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1742/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:23:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1742/ The Great Music Hal in Fishamble Street, Dublin, where Messiah was first performed In the year 1742, Handel’s oratorio The Messiah is first performed in Dublin, Ireland in aid of local charities (Apr 13), mathematician Christian Goldbach first describes his conjecture “Every even number is the sum of two primes” - one of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics (Jun 7), author Jonathan Swift is confined to home treatment for the remainder of his life (Aug 17), Swedish troops surrender to Russians in Helsinki (Aug 20) resulting in all of Finland falling for a while under Russian occupation (Sep), Spain completes the construction of Fort Matanzas to the south of St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1787/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 09:22:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1787/ Replica of the figurehead of HMS Bounty In the year 1787, William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus (Jan 11), Captain Arthur Phillip leaves England with 11 ships carrying around 700 convicts plus crew and guards to establish a penal colony in Australia (May 13), the United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia (Sep 17), Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni premieres in Prague (Oct 29), Delaware becomes the first U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1751/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 05:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1751/ Sámi with reindeer in the 1890’s In the year 1751, the Governor of French Louisiana issues the first police regulations for New Orleans in an attempt to combat crime in that city (Feb 18), cricket is first played in the American colonies in Greenwich Village (Apr 29), fire destroys 1000 houses in Stockholm, Sweden (Jul 31), 19-year old George Washington becomes seriously ill with smallpox in Barbados (Nov 17), the Cherokee nation signs a treaty with British colonial authorities (Nov 29), the Lapp Codicil of 1751 - still considered of importance - secures the right of the Sami to continue their nomadic lifestyle between borders - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1746/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1746/ In the year 1746, the three Scottish leaders of the Jacobite uprising are imprisoned for treason in the Tower of London (May 27), the wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland as a means to bring the warrior clans under the British government control (Aug 1), the College of New Jersey - future Princeton - is founded in Princetown, New Jersey (Oct 22), Eva Ekeblad reports her discovery of making flour and alcohol from potatoes to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1777/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1777/ The US flag with 13 stars, in use 1777-1795 In the year 1777, American forces under General George Washington defeat British troops at the Battle of Princeton (Jan 3), the Stars and Stripes is adopted by the Continental Congress as the flag of the United States (Jun 14), San Jose is founded (Nov 29), the United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking October’s victory by the American rebels over the British troops at Saratoga (Dec 18), Captain Cook locates Kiritimati, later named Christmas Island (Dec 24), the American Revolutionary War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-1790s/ Sun, 02 Aug 2020 05:54:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-1790s/ [caption id=“attachment_1749” align=“alignleft” width=“367”]The Aztec Calendar Stone from late 15th or early 16th century[/caption] George Washington gives the very first State of the Union address, in the provisional capital, New York City (Jan 8), Sweden sends a battle fleet to Reval (now Tallinn) to get rid of the Russian troops wintering there, but lose (May 13), the future site of the U.S. capital is decided upon (Jul 16), Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1792/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 04:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1792/ In the year 1792, the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, takes office (Mar 1), the United States Mint is established (Apr 2), guillotine becomes the official method of execution in France (Apr 25), Denmark-Norway becomes the first country to outlaw slavery, The Tables of the Sun - an essential early work for navigation - is published, the French Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1771/ Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1771/ HMS Endeavour In the year 1771, Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden (Feb 12), the first voyage of James Cook around the world ends as HMS Endeavour returns to England after almost three years (Jul 12), Russian troops occupy the Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War (Jul 13), the bubonic plague ravaging in Moscow causes riots there (Sep 15), the Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks off the coast of Finland (Oct 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1765/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1765/ In the year 1765, the term Sons of Liberty is coined by Isaac Barré (Feb 8), James Watt receives the inspiration during a stroll that provides the breakthrough in his development of the steam engine (May 26), Russian Empress Catherine II issues a decree authorizing the new way to produce vodka (Aug 9), the much criticized Stamp Act (a way to help finance British military operations in colonial America) goes into effect in the thirteen American colonies (Nov 1), the first true restaurant opens in Paris - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1767/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:08:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1767/ The tombstone of the Cherokee leader Oconastota in Monroe County, Tennessee In the year 1767, the first annual volume of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris gives navigators the means to find longitude at sea (Jan 1), Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is first published (Jul 3), at a London hospital, Dr. William Watson becomes the first physician to conduct a controlled clinical trial (Oct 12), Oconastota and other leaders of native American tribes gather in New York to begin peace negotiations with the British Empire (Dec 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1714/ Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1714/ In the year 1714, with the defeat of Battle of Isokyrö, Sweden loses for years all of Finland to Russia (Feb 19), the Parliament of Great Britain votes to offer a huge reward for anyone who discovers a method to determine a ship’s close to exact longitude (Jul), the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Republic of Venice (Dec 9), Stockholm County is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1763/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1763/ [](By I, JF Lepage, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link) New France in 1750, photo credit to JF Lepage In the year 1763, the Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Year’s War, marking the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe. France cedes Canada (New France) to Great Britain (Feb 10), Chief Pontiac of the Odawa people begins “Pontiac’s War” in the Great Lakes region, resulting later in British policy changes (May 7), Touro Synagogue, the oldest synague bulding in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1786/ Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1786/ Captain Cook’s first landing at Botany Bay 16 years earlier (1770) In the year 1786, Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna (May 1), the Cabinet of Great Britain approves the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay, Australia (Aug), Reykjavik is founded (Aug 18), the Confederation Congress establishes the United States Mint to make common coinage and currency for the U.S., to replace individual state coins (Oct 16), Grand Duke of Tuscany promulgates a penal reform, making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty (Nov 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1757/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:50:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1757/ In the year 1757, Rigshospitalet is founded at Copenhagen (Mar 30), the works of Galileo Galilei espousing heliocentrism (that he had been condemned for in 1633 and kept under house arrest until his death) are removed from the list of books banned by Roman Catholic Church (Apr 16), Hungarian raiders plunder Berlin, Prussia (Oct 16), the French and Indian War (1754–1763) goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1726/ Sun, 14 Jun 2020 16:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1726/ In the year 1726, Isaac Newton tells William Stukeley the story of how he developed his theory of gravity (Apr 15), Voltaire begins his exile in England (May 1), Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is first published in London (Oct 28), the settlement of Montevideo is founded by the Spaniards (Dec 24) - and all these fine people were born: 1726-0116 Hugh Mercer* physician/to America at age 21/soldier and general in the American Revolution - Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (1777/50) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1793/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1793/ La Mort de Marat by Jacques-Louis David In the year 1793, Louis XVI of France is guillotined in Paris (Jan 21), George Washington is sworn in as President of the United States for his second term (Mar 4), Jean-Paul Marat is killed in his bath (Jul 13), the Louvre in Paris opens to the public as an art museum (Aug 10), New York City’s first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster (Dec 9), the French Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1766/ Sun, 31 May 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1766/ The Law on the Freedom of Printing, December 2, 1766 In the year 1766, Savannah in the American colony of Georgia receives its first slaves, from Senegal (Apr 9), members of the Sons of Liberty in Manhattan erect their first liberty pole as a protest against the British rule (Jun 4), France cedes its rights to the Malouines Islands to Spain, later captured by the British and renamed the Falkland Islands (Oct 4), Sweden becomes the first country in the world to introduce constitutional protection of press freedom (Dec 2), James Christie holds the first sale at Christie’s auction house in London (Dec 5), and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1794/ Sun, 17 May 2020 10:51:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1794/ In the year 1794, the French First Republic abolishes slavery (Feb 4), Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin (Mar 14), the U.S. Congress prohibits American ships from supplying slaves to any nation other than the United States (Mar 22), Horatio Nelson loses the sight in his right eye, in the British Siege of Calvi in Corsica (Jul 12), a great fire destroys 200 buildings in the French Quarter of New Orleans (Dec 8), coffee is forbidden by royal decree in Sweden - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1715/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1715/ The Tuscarora War ends as the Tuscarora and their allies sign a peace treaty with the Province of Carolina (Feb 11), a total solar eclipse is seen across southern England, Sweden and Finland (the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years (May 3), the first wet dock yard in the world opens in Liverpool (Aug 31), Swedish troops occupy Norway (Dec 24) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1762/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1762/ St. Patrick’s Day in New York City in 2013 In the year 1762, Britain declares war on Spain and Naples (Jan 4), thousands of Sikhs are slaughtered in the Great Holocaust in Punjab, India (Feb 2), the first Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City takes place in lower Manhattan (Mar 17), the Treaty of Saint Petersburg ends the war between Russia and Prussia (May 15), Catherine II becomes empress of Russia (Jul 9), the British East India Company seizes Manila from the Spaniards (Aug 10), and make it an Open Port (Oct 5) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1738/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1738/ In the year 1738, Jacques de Vaucanson stages the first demonstration of an early automaton in Paris (Feb 11), Samuel Johnson composes his first solemn prayer (Sep 18), Franz Ketterer produces one of the earliest cuckoo clocks, Rémy Martin is granted exclusive permission by King Louis XV of France to plant new vineyards, for impressing him with the quality of his cognac - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1753/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 08:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1753/ Phelp’s electro-motor printing telepraph from 1880’s In the year 1753, the concept of electrical telegraphy is first published (Feb 17), Sweden adopts the Gregorian calendar, and February 17 is followed directly by March 1 (Mar 1), Saint Patrick’s Day is observed for the first time officially (Mar 17), the British Museum is established in London, to be opened later (Jun 7), 21-year-old Major George Washington is commissioned to dissuade the French from occupying the Ohio Country (Oct 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1744/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:14:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1744/ In the year 1744, France declares war on Great Britain (Mar 15), the first periodical written for women by a woman, The Female Spectator, is founded (Apr), The First Rules of Golf are drawn up at Leith in Scotland, for the first golf competition (Apr 2), HMS Victory sinks in a storm in the English Channel, the wreck of which is located in 2009 (Oct 4), the First Saudi State is founded by Muhammad bin Saud - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1745/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1745/ In the year 1745, the white colonialists on Jamaica foil a conspiracy by black slaves plotting to seize control (Feb 22), the Jacobite rising of 1745 - the last attempt to overtake the British rule for the Scots, begins (Aug 19), Catherine the Great marries Peter III of Russia (Sep 1), the French Army destroys, together with some native American tribes, the British American settlement at Fort Saratoga in New York (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1749/ Sat, 18 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1749/ In the year 1749, the first issue of Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest continually operating newspaper, is published (Jan 3), King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company land north of the Ohio River, with a condition: European families are to move there (May 19), the first recorded game of baseball is played in Surrey, England (Sep 12), King Louis XV of France issues a harsh ordinance against the increasing number of starving people moving into Paris (Nov 18), Indian tribes in North America continue losing their land - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1789/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1789/ In the year 1789, George Washington is elected as the first president of the United States (Feb 4), mutiny on HMS Bounty takes place (Apr 28), the French Revolution begins (Jul 14), William Herschel discovers Saturn’s moon Enceladus (Aug 28), r French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposes the use of a special device to carry out executions in France in a more human manner (Oct 10), Thomas Jefferson introduces the macaroni machine to United States from his trip to Europe - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1727/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 08:11:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1727/ In the year 1727, the German composer Händel becomes Handel, a British subject (Feb 20), George II of Great Britain is crowned to the tunes of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, played at the coronations of British monarchs ever since (Oct 11), earthquake in Persia kills 77000 people (Nov 18), the first Amish move to North America - and all these fine people were born: 1727-0125 Aron Gustaf Silfersparre* baron/chamberlain – Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1818/91) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1719/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:03:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1719/ In the year 1719, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is published (Apr 25), the first issue of Pennsylvania’s first newspaper, the American Weekly Mercury, is published (Dec 22), Prussia conducts Europe’s first systematic census, the Great Northern War goes on - and all these fine people were born: 1719-xxxx Henry Berry* Liverpool’s second dock engineer - England (1812/c. 93) 1719-xxxx William Bradford* printer/soldier/leader during the American Revolution from Philadelphia - New York City, British America (1791/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1741/ Sat, 26 Oct 2019 09:36:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1741/ In the year 1741, Spain wins an impressive victory over Great Britain in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, consolidating its supremacy in South America (May), Alexei Chirikov and his crew become the first Europeans to visit Alaska (Jul 15), the Battle of Colachel ends the Dutch colonial rule in India (Aug 10), Anders Celsius develops Centigrade, the predecessor of the Celsius scale (Dec 21) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1775/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:11:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1775/ In the year 1775, The American Revolution begins (Feb 9), the comedy Le Barbier de Séville is premièred in Paris (Feb 23), the Continental Congress names George Washington as commander of the Continental Army (Jun 14), Tucson, Arizona is founded (Aug 18), a smallpox epidemic begins in New England - and all these fine people were born: 1775-0120 André-Marie Ampère* physicist/ mathematician/ inventor - Lyon, Kingdom of France (1836/61) 1775-0210 Charles Lamb* essayist/ poet/antiquarian - Inner Temple, London, England (1834/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1779/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:11:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1779/ In the year 1779, James Cook is killed on his third voyage, on the Sandwich Islands (Feb 14), in support of the U.S., Spain declares war on Britain (Jun 16), Fort Nashborough (later Nashville) is founded (Dec 25), the city of Tampere, Finland is founded, the American Revolutionary War goes on – and all these fine people were born: 1779-xxxx Giacomo Beltrami * jurist/ author/explorer - Bergamo, Italy (1855/c.75) 1779-0101 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1723/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:46:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1723/ In the year 1723, Baku surrenders to Russians in the Russo-Persian War, remaining part of Russia for twelve years (Jun 26), having seen the Palace of Versailles in France, Peter the Great opens the Peterhof Palace in Saint Petersburg (Aug), Antonio Vivaldi composes The Four Seasons - and all these fine people were born: 1723-0105 Nicole-Reine Lepaute* astronomer/mathematician - Luxembourg Palace, Paris, Kingdom of France (1788/65) 1723-0205 John Witherspoon* Scottish-American signer of the Declaration of Independence - Gifford, Scotland (1794/72) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729-comments/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:42:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729-comments/ Gilbert Seabrooks - Dec 2, 2019Very interesting subject , appreciate it for posting . Thanks for that Gilbert! Please do go and have a look at some other years as well. And some of the other material. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:42:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729/ In the year 1729, Baltimore, Maryland is founded (Jul 30), over 200 colonists in Mississippi, mostly French, claiming land from the Natchez nation, are massacred by them (Nov 29), Fountain of Ahmed III in Istanbul is completed, Stephen Gray discovers electrical conduction - and all these fine people were born: 1729-0112 Edmund Burke* statesman/philosopher - Dublin, Ireland (1797/68) 1729-0112 Lazzaro Spallanzani* biologist/ physiologist/priest - Scandiano, Italy (1799/70) 1729-0122 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing* writer/philosopher/publicist - Kamenz, Saxony (1781/52) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1781/ Sat, 31 Aug 2019 09:19:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1781/ The Iron Bridge - the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron - opens in England (Jan 1), the planet Uranus is discovered (Mar 13), Spanish army puts down the Inca rebellions, and savagely executes Túpac Amaru II (May 18), Los Angeles is founded by a group of 44 Spanish settlers in California (Sep 4), the first bagpipes competition is held in Scotland (Oct 12), the American Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1797/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:55:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1797/ In the year 1797, John Hetherington causes a riot in London by wearing his newly invented top hat in public for the first time (Jan 15), Trinidad is invaded by the British (Feb 18), the last invasion of Great Britain begins (Feb 22), John Adams is sworn as the second U.S. president (Mar 4), Horatio Nelson is wounded at the Battle of Santa Cruz (de Tenerife) (Jul 24), Frederick William becomes King of Prussia (Nov 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1758/ Sun, 28 Jul 2019 13:55:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1758/ In the year 1758, Carl Linnaeus introduces the term Homo Sapiens (Jan 1), one-piece pencil with eraser is patented (Mar 30), Halley’s Comet appears for the first time after Halley’s identification of it (Dec 25), the French build the first European settlement at the mouth of Buffalo Creek in New York, the Seven Year’s War goes on - and all these fine people were born: 1758-0106 Charles Ganilh* economist/politician - Allanche, Kingdom of France (1836/78) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1743/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:11:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1743/ George II during the Battle of Dettingen In the year 1743, long-time governor of French Louisiana in New France is replaced by the Canadian-born Pierre de Rigaud (May 10), George II of Great Britain becomes the last British king to lead his own troops, in the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria (Jun 27), France and the Allies of Britain conclude a treaty to provide care for each other’s wounded (Jul 28), Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Turku, Russia thereby acquiring parts of Eastern Finland (Aug 7), the last wolf in Scotland is shot - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1705-2/ Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:06:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1705-2/ In the year 1705, Isaac Newton is knighted in Cambridge (Apr 16), the Dublin Gazette of Ireland publishes its first edition (Nov 5), construction of the Capitol Building in Williamsburg (capital of the Colony of Virginia) is completed (Nov), Edmond Halley predicts in Synopsis Astronomia Cometicae that comets sighted in 1456, 1531, 1607 and 1682 was one and the same and would return in 1758 (to be known as Halley’s Comet) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1756/ Fri, 21 Jun 2019 07:11:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1756/ In the year 1756, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (Mar 17), the Catherine Palace in Russia is completed (Jul 30), the Seven Year’s war - a global conflict involving every European great power of the time - begins, lasting until 1763, peasants in Prussia are forced to grow the unpopular and obscure potato, the first chocolate-candy factory begins operations in Germany - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1798/ Tue, 28 May 2019 18:01:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1798/ In the year 1798, French forces invade the Papal States and establish the (very short-lived) Roman Republic (Mar 7), the Naturalization Act of 1798 is signed into law, requiring immigrants to wait 14 years rather than five to become naturalized citizens of the United States (Jun 18), Napoleon occupies Cairo (Jul 24), conscription is made mandatory in France (Sep 5), Peasants' War against the French occupiers in Southern Netherlands begins (Oct 12), lithography is invented - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1791/ Wed, 08 May 2019 09:13:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1791/ In the year 1791, the Big Bottom Massacre in the Ohio country takes place (Jan 2), Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is published in London, defending i.a. the ongoing French Revolution (Mar 13), the construction of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is finished (Aug 6), Washington, D.C., is named after President George Washington (Sep 9), the world’s first Sunday newspaper, The Observer, starts being published in London (Dec 4), the first American ship enters Japan, the French Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1796/ Sat, 04 May 2019 05:18:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1796/ In the year 1796, the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York (Feb 1), the first smallpox vaccination is administered, in England (May 14), George Washington issues his Farewell Address, setting a precedent by declining to run for a third term (Sep 17), the Spanish government, not being able to supply its overseas colonies with all needed goods, lifts the restrictions against other countries trading there – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1713-2/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 07:11:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1713-2/ [caption id=“attachment_9482” align=“alignleft” width=“356”]Fort Neoheroka historical marker near Snow Hill, NC[/caption] In the year 1713, Swedish troops are defeated by the Ottoman Empire in Moldova (Feb 1), Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, ending the Tuscarora nation’s military strength (Mar 23), Spain cedes Gibraltar and Menorca to Britain (Mar 27), French residents of Acadia in eastern North America are given one year to declare allegiance to Great Britain, or leave Nova Scotia (Jun 23), the Tuscarora War between the settlers and the Tuscarora tribe goes on in North Carolina - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1778/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:11:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1778/ [caption id=“attachment_9371” align=“alignleft” width=“299”]Display at West Point, NY consisting of thirteen links of The Great Chain[/caption] A long chain is stretched across the Hudson river to prevent the British fleet from advancing there (Apr 30), France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain (Jul 10), the Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States (Sep 19), James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui (Nov 26), the American Revolutionary War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1768/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:09:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1768/ [caption id=“attachment_8860” align=“alignleft” width=“381”]Astley’s Amphitheatre in 1773[/caption] In the year 1768, the first modern circus is staged in London (Jan 9), a peace agreement is made between Britain and several native American leaders of both the northern and southern American lands (Mar 17), the New York Chamber of Commerce is founded (Apr 5), the island of Corsica is ceded to France (May 15), James Cook departs from Plymouth, England on his first voyage of discovery (Aug 8), the Russo-Turkish war begins (Oct 4), New Smyrna in Florida is founded as the largest attempt at colonization by the British in the New World – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1709/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:17:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1709/ In the year 1709, the Great Frost of 1709 in Western Europe begins, killing thousands (Jan 6), the production of hard-paste porcelain in Europe starts (Mar 28), Peter the Great defeats the Swedish forces at Poltava, and thus ends Sweden’s role as a major power in Europe (Jun 27), the city of Chihuahua in Mexico is founded (Oct 12), ten ships leave London for the New York Colony (Dec 25) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1783/ Sun, 27 Jan 2019 09:11:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1783/ Great Britain acknowledges the independence of the United States of America (Feb 3), A Great Jubilee Day, celebrating the end of the American Revolution, is held in Trumbull, Connecticut (May 26), the eruption of Laki in Iceland kills tens of thousands and causes widespread famine in Europe (Jun 8), the Paris Peace Treaty ends formally the American Revolutionary War; with independence secured, this is the beginning of the Old West (Sep 3), the last British troops leave New York City, and George Washington triumphantly returns (Nov 25) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1752/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:11:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1752/ In the year 1752, the first hospital in the United States opens its doors in Pennsylvania (Feb 10), the British Empire start using the Gregorian calendar, thus Sep 2 becomes Sep 13 (Sep 2), British Canadian colonists in Nova Scotia make a peace treaty with the Mi’kmaq tribe (Nov 22), the first Shakespeare play in America takes place in Williamsburg, Virginia (Dec 5), the first public zoo in the world, Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1725/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 12:11:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1725/ In the year 1725, Catherine I becomes Empress of Russia on the death of Peter the Great,(Feb 8), the Treaty of Hanover: George I, growing concerned about a potential conflict with Spain, signed the agreement linking France, Prussia, and the Netherlands together in opposition to Spain (Sep 16), Freemasonry starts being established in France as an import from England - and all these fine people were born: 1725-xxxx 1725-xxxx Heikki Heikinpoika Lemvik** father of Mikko Heikinpoika Mustalampi - Lempäälä, Sweden-Finland (1805/79-80) 1725-xxxx Heikki Tuomaanpoika Messo** Finnish farmer/father of Antti Heikinpoika Vaittinen - Viipuri, Russian Empire (1764/34-43) aby 1725-xxxx 1725-xxxx 1725-xxxx John Morton* farmer/surveyor/signer of Declaration of Independence/ Finnish background through Martti Marttinen - Ridley Township, Delaware County, British America (1777/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1732/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:11:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1732/ In the year 1732, Russia and Persia sign a peace treaty - Russia will no longer establish claims over Persian territories (Jan 21), James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia (Jun 9), the Russian geodesist Mikhail Gvozdev makes the first documented crossing of the Bering Strait (Aug), Russia approves the second Kamchatka expedition of Danish-born cartographer Vitus Bering, and the Admiralty orders him to sail east and try to claim uncharted lands in North America (Oct 16), the original Theatre Royal, Covent Garden is opened in London (Dec 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1769/ Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:33:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1769/ In the year 1769, James Watt receives his first patent for an early version of his revolutionary Watt steam engine (Jan 5), James Cook arrives in Tahiti (Apr 13), France conquers Corsica (May 9), the settlement of California begins with the Spanish missions along the coast (May 14), Daniel Boone first begins to explore modern-day Kentucky (Jun 7), spinning frame is patented in England, able to weave fabric mechanically (Jul 3), massive droughts in Bengal (Sep), James Cook lands in New Zealand (Oct 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1774/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1774/ In the year 1774, the volunteer fire company of Trenton, New Jersey - possibly the oldest in the U.S. - is founded (Feb 7), the first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia (Sep 5), compulsory education for children aged 6-12 is set by Archduchess Maria Theresa, the ruler of Austria, Hungary and Croatia (Dec 6), Captain James Cook discovers several islands, German cobbler Johann Birkenstock creates the first Birkenstock sandals - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1799/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:05:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1799/ In the year 1799, a ten percent income tax is introduced in Great Britain to raise funds for its war effort in the Napoleonic Wars (Jan 9), the Rosetta Stone is found at the port city of Rosetta by the river Nile in Egypt (Jul 15), HMS Lutine sinks off the Dutch coast, the bell of which is now used for ceremonial purposes in London (Oct 9), France adopts the meter as its official unit of length (Dec 10) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1702/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:11:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1702/ In the year 1702, France starts building Fort Louis de la Mobile which becomes for a while the capital of French Louisiana (Jan 12), Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland (Mar 8.o.s.), the first regular English-language national newspaper is published (Mar 11.o.s.), Charles XII of Sweden conquers Warsaw (May), Spanish and Apalachee Indian forces attack Creek Indians - supported by English traders - in what is now Georgia, but they fail (Oct), in Queen Anne’s War in North America, English forces besiege St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1718/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 07:24:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1718/ In the year 1718, English pirate Blackbeard blockades the port of Charleston, South Carolina (May), New Orleans is founded (May 7), Voltaire’s first play, Oedipus, premiers in Paris (Nov 11), Blackbeard is killed in action in North Carolina (Nov 22), King Charles XII of Sweden dies (Nov 30) whereupon Ulrika Eleonora proclaims herself Queen regnant of Sweden (Dec 5) - and all these fine people were born: 1718-0213 George Brydges Rodney (B) nobleman/naval officer - Walton-on-Thames, Sussex, England (1792/74) 1718-0226 Johan Ernst Gunnerus* bishop/botanist - Christiania, Norway (1773/55) 1718-0301 1718-0310 1718-0331 Mariana Victoria of Spain* Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Joseph I - Madrid, Spanish Empire (1781/62) 1718-0407 Hugh Blair* minister/ author/rhetorician - Edinburgh, Scotland (1800/82) 1718-0420 David Brainerd* Presbyterian minister/missionary to Native Americans - Haddam, Connecticut Colony (1747/29) 1718-0424 Nathaniel Hone the elder* portrait and miniature painter - Dublin, Ireland (1784/66) 1718-0427 Thomas Lewis* pioneer of early Virginia - County Donegal, Ireland (1790/71) 1718-0531 Jacob Christian Schäffer* dean/botanist/inventor - Querfurt, Germany (1790/71) 1718-0601 Anders Odel* (b Odhelius) industrialist/painter/composer - Skövde, Sweden (1773/55) 1718-0605 Thomas Chippendale* furniture maker - Otley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1779) 1718-0731 John Canton* physicist - Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (1772/53) 1718-1002 Louisa Catharina Harkort* ironmaster/entrepreneur - Hattingen, Germany (1795/76) 1718-1101 1718-1110 1718-1113 John Montagu* 4th Earl of Sandwich/military leader/statesman after whom sandwich is named - Chiswick, Middlesex, England (1792/73) 1718-1120 1718-1128 Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht* poet/feminist/salon hostess - Stockholm, Sweden (1763/44) 1718-1130 1718-0 1718-0 1718-0 Updated 2025-0420 Helsinki Search for more years here https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1721/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 08:11:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1721/ In the year 1721, Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain (Apr 4), the Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War (Sep 10), Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russians whereby the Tsardom of Russia ceases to exist (Nov 2), regular mail service between London and New England is established – and all these fine people were born: 1721-xxxx José Eusebio de Llano Zapata* scholar/writer/scientist - Lima, Peru (1780/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1748/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 03:43:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1748/ In the year 1748, Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore (Jan 12), a fire in the city of London causes massive damages (Mar 28), Britain obtains Madras in India from France in exchange for the fortress of Louisbourg in Canada (Oct 18), the ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered after the first discovery in 1599, construction of the Sveaborg fortress begins in order to defend Finland against Russian attacks – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1776/ Wed, 04 Jul 2018 06:13:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1776/ [caption id=“attachment_3560” align=“alignleft” width=“280”]The Betsy Ross Flag from 1776[/caption] In the year 1776, Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire(Feb 17), Illuminati is founded in Ingolstadt, Bavaria (May 1), Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to the British rule (May 4), the Continental Congress ratifies the declaration by the United States of its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (Jul 4), American troops destroy pro-Britain Cherokee towns (Sep 1), the Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States (Sep 9), the Continental Army defeats the British on Manhattan (Sep 16), the Bolshoi Theater in Russia hosts its first annual opera season (Sep 24), the American Revolution goes on – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1788/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:55:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1788/ The Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, Sweden. Colloquially known as Dramaten In the year 1788, the first edition of The Times is published in London (Jan 1), 11 ships Sydney Cove with the aim of establishing there a British prison colony, the first permanent European settlement on the continent - hence celebrated as Australia Day (Jan 26), Sydney is named and founded (Feb 7), the first recorded riot in America takes place, due to grave robbers in Manhattan (Apr 13), The Royal Dramatic Theater is founded in Stockholm (May 10), Mozart completes his 41st and last symphony (Aug 10), seven new U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1759/ Fri, 11 May 2018 02:55:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1759/ [caption id=“attachment_2282” align=“alignright” width=“387”]The British Museum in the 21st Century[/caption] In the year 1759, the first American life insurance company is incorporated in Philadelphia (Jan 11), the British Museum opens at Montagu House in London, after 6 years of development (Jan 15), a big fire breaks out at Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden (Jul 19), a brewery is leased by Arthur Guinness in St. James’s Gate in Dublin, for the brewing of Guinness (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1739/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:00:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1739/ In the year 1739, Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, there among the famous Koh-i-Noor (Mar 20), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm, Sweden (Jun 2), Great Britain declares war on Spain, part of the reason being to provide for better trading opportunities in the Caribbean for Britain, and part being able to continue selling slaves in Spanish America (Oct 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1800/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:40:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1800/ [caption id=“attachment_1590” align=“alignleft” width=“392”]The White House South Facade[/caption] In the year 1800, Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the chemical battery (Mar 20), Napoleon and his French army begin crossing the Alps (May 15), smallpox vaccine, in existence since 1796, is first used in North America (Jun 2), assent is given to unite the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland (Aug 1), Spain returns Louisiana to France in exchange for the Tuscany area of Italy (Oct 1), John Adams becomes the first U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1761/ Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:16:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1761/ [caption id=“attachment_1522” align=“alignright” width=“322”]A modern set of Faber-Castell color pencils[/caption] In the year 1761, the British capture Pondicherry in India from the French (Jan 16), a transit of Venus occurs, and is observed from 120 locations around the Earth (Jun 6), the slave trade to and within Portugal is forbidden (Sep 19), in the Seven Years' War, the Russians take after four months of siege the Prussian fortress of Kolberg (only to lose it later) (Dec 16), the tune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is published in France, Faber-Castell Company is founded in Nuremburg, Germany - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1795-2/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 21:26:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1795-2/ [caption id=“attachment_1285” align=“alignleft” width=“359”]Credits to Drdpw - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0[/caption] The French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands (Jan 16), and later enter Amsterdam (Jan 20), the metric system is adopted in France (Apr 7), the Kingdom of Hawaii is founded (May 1), a large slave rebellion occurs in Curacao, suppressed the following month (Aug 17), the Alliance of St Petersburg is formed between Britain, Russia and Austria against France (Sep 28), the United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, establishing the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-18th-century/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:09:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-18th-century/ Pick one year or decade between 1701 and 1800! 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