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Events

January–March

January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...

– The hymn that becomes known as '' Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. *

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...

– The first museum in the American colonies is established in

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; in 1915, it is formally incorporated as the Charleston Museum. *

January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 peopl ...

– Second voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook in HMS Resolution (1771) becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle. *

January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the C ...

– The first opera performance in the

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, ''Thetis and Phelée'', performed by Carl Stenborg and

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in Bollhuset in

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, marks the establishment of the Royal Swedish Opera. *

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...

– The Grand Council of Poland meets in Warsaw, summoned by a circular letter from King Stanisław August Poniatowski to respond to the Kingdom's threatened partition between three foreign powers. *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...

– The construction of Christ Church (Alexandria, Virginia), known for being the house of worship for

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and the visiting site for subsequent U.S. presidents, is completed. *

March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...

– 19 – Second voyage of James Cook:

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in explores the coast of

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. *

March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...

– The popular (and enduring) comedy '' She Stoops to Conquer'', by Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith, is performed for the first time, premiering at London's Covent Garden Theatre.

April–June

* April 27 – The

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passes the Tea Act (coming into force on

May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...

), designed to save the

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by granting it a monopoly on the

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n tea trade. * May 8 – In

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, Ottoman rebels revolt, killing Ali Bey, Mamluk Sultan of

. * June 4 – 1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole sets out from Britain. * June 10 – The Regulating Act is given royal assent by King George III, creating the office of Governor General, with an advising council, to exercise political authority over the territory under British East India Company rule in India.

July–September

* July 14 – The first annual conference of American Methodists is convened at Philadelphia in St. George's Church. * July 21 – Under pressure from the Bourbon courts,

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suppresses the

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(brief '' Dominus ac Redemptor''). Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, expels the order from his territories. * July 29 (Feast of St Martha) – Guatemala earthquake: The Santa Marta

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hits, with an estimated epicentral magnitude of 7.5 M_i, striking

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; numerous aftershocks last until December. The city of Antigua Guatemala is virtually destroyed, leading to the decision to move the country's capital to La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción. * August 11 – Second voyage of James Cook in the Tuamotus: Captain Cook discovers Tekokota, which he names ''Doubtful Island''. * August 12 – Second voyage of James Cook in the Tuamotus: Captain Cook discovers Marutea Nord, which he names ''Furneaux Island''. * September 11 – ''The Public Advertiser'' publishes a satirical essay titled '' Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One,'' written by

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October–December

* October 10 **

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leads the first attempt by British colonists to establish a settlement in

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, but is turned back in an attack by Native Americans, in which his son is killed. **

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: Second of the Russian occupations of Beirut begins, following a naval bombardment which began on August 2. The Russians leave Albanian mercenaries as an occupying force. ** Paul Revere marries Rachel Walker, his second wife. * October 12 – America's first insane asylum opens for ''Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds'' in

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. * October 13 – French

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Charles Messier discovers the '' Whirlpool Galaxy'', an interacting, grand design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 31 million

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s, in the

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'' Canes Venatici''. * October 14 – The

Komisja Edukacji Narodowej The Commission of National Education (, KEN, ) was the central educational authority in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created by the Sejm and King Stanisław II August on October 14, 1773. Because of its vast authority and autonomy, ...

( Polish for ''Commission for the Education of the People''), formed in the

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, is considered to be the world's first ministry of education. * November 10 – Four ships – the ''Dartmouth'', the ''Eleanor'', the ''Beaver'' and the ''William'' – depart Britain for America, carrying the first Indian tea to be subject to the newly enacted taxes. The ''William'' is lost in a storm; the ''Dartmouth'' is the first ship to reach

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, docking on November 28. * December 16 – Boston Tea Party: A group of American

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, dressed as Mohawk Indians, steal aboard ships of the

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and dump their cargo of tea into Boston Harbor, in protest against British tax policies. * December 23 – Moscow State Academy of Choreography was founded under the reign of

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. It is the second ballet school in Russia after Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.

Date unknown

: Russian forces fail to take Silistria. * Emelian Pugachev starts Pugachev's Rebellion in

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, attacking and occupying

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. * John Harrison wins the Longitude prize, for his invention of the marine chronometer. * Hilaire Rouelle discovers

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. * Istanbul Technical University is established (under the name of ''Royal School of Naval Engineering'') as the world's first comprehensive institution of higher learning dedicated to engineering education. * Marsala wine first shipped to England. * In

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, written work begins on the '' Complete Library of the Four Treasuries'', the largest literary compilation of books in China's history (surpassing the

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of the 15th Century). Upon completion in 1782, the books are bound in 36,381 volumes (册) with more than 79,000 chapters (卷), comprising about 2.3 million pages, and approximately 800 million

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s. * Scottish judge James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, begins publication of ''Of the Origin and Progress of Language'', a contribution to evolutionary ideas of the Enlightenment. * Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock publishes the last five cantos of his epic poem ''Der Messias'' in

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Births

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...

– William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, British ambassador to China, Governor-General of India (d. 1857) *

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...

– Robert Fullerton, governor of Penang, first governor of British Straits Settlements (d. 1831) *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...

– Prince Augustus of Great Britain, Duke of Sussex (d.

1843 Events January–March * January 3 – The '' Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms'' (海國圖志, ''Hǎiguó Túzhì'') compiled by Wei Yuan and others, the first significant Chinese work on the West, is published in China. * J ...

) *

January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler ...

– Friedrich Mohs, German geologist, mineralogist (d. 1839) William Henry Harrison daguerreotype edit

February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...

–

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, American military leader and ninth

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(d. 1841) *

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...

– John Holmes, American politician (d.

) * March 16 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836) *

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...

– Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician (d. 1838) * April 4 – Étienne Maurice Gérard, Prime Minister and

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(d. 1852) *

April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, ...

** Étienne Aignan, French writer, librettist, and playwright (d.

1824 Events January–March * January 1 – John Stuart Mill begins publication of The Westminster Review. The first article is by William Johnson Fox * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of th ...

) ** Marie Boivin, French midwife, inventor and obstetrics writer (d. 1841) *

April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...

– Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, Prime Minister of France (d. 1854) * May 2 – Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) * May 3 – Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian explorer (d. 1846) Prince Metternich by Lawrence

* May 15 – Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859) * May 19 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854) * May 31 –

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, German writer (d.

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – ** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. **U.S. President-elect ...

) *

June 13 Events Pre-1600 * 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. * 1325 – Ibn ...

– Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829) * July 23 – Thomas Brisbane, Scottish astronomer,

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(d. 1860) * August 12 – Karl Faber, German historian (d.

) * August 22 – Aimé Bonpland, French explorer, botanist (d. 1858) * September 17 – Jonathan Alder, American

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(d. 1849) * October 4 – Harriet Auber, English poet, hymnist (d. 1862) * October 6 – Louis Philippe I, King of the French (d. 1850) * November 6 – Henry Hunt, British politician (d. 1835) * November 24 – Shadrach Bond, American politician and the first

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(d. 1832) * December 9 – Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, French general, diplomat (d. 1827) * December 17 – Sylvain Charles Valée,

(d. 1846) * December 21 –

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, Scottish botanist (d. 1858) * December 27 – Sir George Cayley, English aviation pioneer (d. 1857) * ''Unknown'' – Johann Gottfried Arnold, German cellist (d. 1806) * ''Unknown'' – Kyra Frosini, Greek heroine (d. 1800) * ''Unknown'' – Isabel Zendal, Spanish nurse * ''Unknown'' – Anna Moór, Hungarian actress (d. 1841)

Deaths

– Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1711) *

– Jacob von Eggers, Military engineer (b. 1704) *

January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded wh ...

– Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689) *

January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1229 ...

** Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, 68th Grandmaster of the

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(b. 1681) ** Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, Dutch administrator of the Cape Colony (b. 1714) *

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...

– King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701) *

March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...

– Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (b. 1700) * March 24 ** Stephen Leake, English numismatist, officer of arms at the College of Arms in London (b. 1702) ** Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (b. 1694) *

March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...

– Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben, German noble (b. 1715) * May 8 – Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728) * May 15 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest, writer (b. 1710) * May 28 – John Wayles, American lawyer and planter (b. 1715) * June 21 – Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Spanish geodesist (b. 1713) * June 27 – Mentewab, dowager Empress of

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(b. c. 1706) * July 5 – Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian, philologist (b. 1719) * July 12 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist, composer (b. 1697) * July 23 – George Edwards, English ornithologist and naturalist (b. 1694) * July 25 – Axel Löwen, Swedish duke (b. 1686) * August 3 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700) * August 19 ** Burkat Shudi, English harpsichord maker (b. 1702) ** Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter (b. 1710) * August 20 – Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) * September 23 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718) * October 14 – Septimanie d'Egmont, French salonist (b. 1740) * October 30 – Philippe de La Guêpière, French architect (b. 1725) * November 2 – John Glas, Scottish minister (b. 1695) *

November 7 Events Pre-1600 * 335 – Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople. * 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. ...

– Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, French royal (b. 1714) FriedrichWilhelmvonSeydlitz

* November 8 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721) * November 16 – John Hawkesworth, English writer (b. c. 1715) * November 19 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (b. 1722)

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* Bjarni Halldórsson, Icelandic legal figure and theologian (b. c. 1703)Jón Espólín: Íslands Árbækur í sögu-formi. X. deild, prentað á kostnað ens íslenzka Bókmenntafélags, Kaupmannahöfn 1848. Blaðsíða 34. (Ljósprentuð 2. útgáfa 1947.)