At this time in history 1700 – 1769
- At this time in History Timeline 1700 – 1769
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Timeline 1700 – 1769
- War of the Spanish Succession begins—the last of Louis XIV’s wars for domination of the continent.
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- The Peace of Utrecht (1714) will end the conflict and mark the rise of the British Empire.
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- Called Queen Anne’s War in America, it ends 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.
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- Bach’s first cantata.
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- Jonathan Swift’s Tale of a Tub.
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- Boston Newsletter—first newspaper in America.
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- United Kingdom of Great Britain formed—England, Wales, and Scotland joined by parliamentary Act of Union.
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- Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.
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- Isaac Newton’s Principia translated from Latin into English.
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- Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack.
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- James Oglethorpe and others found Georgia.
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- John Peter Zenger, New York editor, acquitted of libel in New York, establishing press freedom.
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- Vitus Bering, Dane employed by Russia, discovers Alaska.
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- Frederick II “the Great” crowned king of Prussia.
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- British defeat Scots under Stuart Pretender Prince Charles at Culloden Moor. Last battle fought on British soil.
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- Publication of the Encyclopédie begins in France, the “bible” of the Enlightenment.
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- Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary first published.
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- Great earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal—over 60,000 die.
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- S. postal service established.
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- Seven Years’ War (French and Indian Wars in America) (to 1763), in which Britain and Prussia defeat France, Spain, Austria, and Russia.
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZisljsNeoJfAX8J7f8Wr8mxUatkNVO6zsSiSyWA7bKLzkaPQ1S4tYYBJ0d-HHfNwrgYyDuZLJC1d4qanUwzD6lJR-sLGcOxbfX21S6jMGQxr_1KtxyxTaHodSTCa85hAqy0ndyKFaLlXH_1c66mzbzQtVnq_1RESNdEYjroaXISambQTA2syNELAc38Fn0YAd9ooi6CpFkq_1m8-j1HxDG05TwZDrLMJOoEtiN0ExpM4Vwsp1WNPyzz_1Bgkt075Umb1ne0-StBFjVj5pwvUR4XYlvea5tLepbgk6i13jFtYslTNe8vh7lG2B0azIEnyQGWa83FlDMg5LALByZI5qX_1AhumY6lTqMdg
- France loses North American colonies;
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- Spain cedes Florida to Britain in exchange for Cuba.
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- In India, over 100 British prisoners die in “Black Hole of Calcutta.”
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- Beginning of British Empire in India as Robert Clive, British commander, defeats Nawab of Bengal at Plassey.
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- British capture Quebec from French.
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- Voltaire’s Candide.
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- Haydn’s Symphony No. 1.
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- Catherine II (“the Great”) becomes czarina of Russia.
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- Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract.
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- Mozart tours Europe as six-year-old prodigy.
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- James Watt invents the steam engine.
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- Britain imposes the Stamp Act on the American colonists, No taxation without representation.
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZitgLFLvXZpMubF8UixwK1ruzajhnWvJK720a1cbuRSOmHUAqlzSVSPMplWnB8GXyWw0vFoKtGZKe02Yc8cLn4rTxY7RUQ04WIsWCkA5T1ew6QR8bjwfOpc3LCkAmbUb74ZcxqP_13wp-Duzclnb0NHfWg0FjQm-pZe0AoYCIQFMCeKX07EMTmr9kq8oWnZ-HXSjsu7Cnk3adp9D6IcJd3L3QxwDTGWHpOufTdBxrZXUzEIYL66cHoTHuYRLHOfW9PT6DEquwUHSFV1LmuXWHifsw03lDh8Vui5bswfucPz0f0NV6-vh2ndRt365b5S0JbUT-Sgb3bNuOYKY4NqWpETu4mkIgxA
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- Sir William Arkwright patents a spinning machine—an early step in the Industrial Revolution.
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