At this time in history 1770 – 1789
- At this time in History Timeline 1770 – 1789
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- The Boston Massacre.
- Joseph Priestley and Daniel Rutherford independently discover nitrogen.
- Partition of Poland—in 1772, 1793, and 1795, Austria, Prussia, and Russia divide land and people of Poland, end its independence.
- The Boston Tea Party.
- First Continental Congress drafts “Declaration of Rights and Grievances.”
- The American Revolution begins with battle of Lexington and Concord.
- Second Continental Congress.
- Priestley discovers hydrochloric and sulfuric acids.
- Declaration of Independence.
- George Washington crosses the Delaware Christmas night.
- Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations.
- Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
- Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
- Fragonard’s Washerwoman.
- Mozart’s Haffner Serenade.
- James Cook discovers Hawaii.
- Franz Mesmer uses hypnotism.
- Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
- Herschel discovers Uranus.
- Revolutionary War ends with Treaty of Paris.
- William Blake’s poems.
- Beethoven’s first printed works.
- Crimea annexed by Russia.
- John Wesley’s Deed of Declaration, the basic work of Methodism.
- Russians settle Aleutian Islands.
- The Constitution of the United States signed.
- Lavoisier’s work on chemical nomenclature.
- Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
- French Parlement presents grievances to Louis XVI who agrees to convening of Estates-General in 1789—not called since 1613.
- Goethe’s Egmont.
- French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille.
- In U.S., Washington elected president with all 69 votes of the Electoral College, takes oath of office in New York City.
- Vice President: John Adams. Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson. Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton.