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sians raise the sieges of Colberg, Neiss, Cosel, 

 Torgau, Leipsic, and Dresden, in Oct. A treaty 

 between Britain and Prussia, Dec. 7. P. Fran- 

 cis Courayer, ob. 1776, zt. 79. General Wolfe , 

 ob. 1759, zt. 33. 



1759. A comet appeared; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 



Ferdinand defeats the French at Bergen, April 1765. 

 13. Fort Niagara reduced by Sir W. Johnson, 

 July 24. Battle of Minden, at which the French 

 are defeated, Aug. 1. The king of Prussia de- 

 feats the Russians at Cunersdorf, August 12. 

 The Jesuits banished from Portugal, Sept. 3. 1766. 

 General Wolfe defeats the French, and takes 

 Quebec, Sept. 1 7. The French fleet defeated 

 by Boscawen off Gibraltar, Aug. 18. The 

 French fleet defeated off Belleisle, Nov. 20. A 

 comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. Bal- 

 bec and Tripoli destroyed by an earthquake, 

 Dec. 5. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, 

 p. 815. Bishop Pearce, ob. 1774, zt. 84. Hen- 

 ry Fox, lord Holland, ob. 1774, zt. 69. 



1760. The French defeat the English at Quebec, April 



28. The French defeated by the allies at Ly- 1767. 

 dorf, July 16, and at Warbourg, July 31. The 

 Prussians defeated by the Austrians at Land- 

 shut, June 23. The French defeat the allies at 

 Corbach, July 10. The Prussians defeat the 

 Austrians at Pfaffendorf, Aug. 15. The Prus- 

 sians defeat the Austrians in Saxony, Aug. 30, 1768. 

 and at Torgau, Nov. 3. The English obtain 

 possession of Canada, Sept. 8. Berlin plunder- 

 ed by the Austrians and Russians, Oct. 9. 

 Earthquakes in Syria, Oct. 13. George II. 

 dies, Oct. 25, set. 77. Voltaire, ob. 1778, zt. 84. 



1761. Col. Coote takes Pondicherry, Jan. 15. The 



French defeat the Hanoverians, &c. near Grun- 

 berg, March 21. The English take Belleisle, 

 June 7. The French defeated at Kirchdenc- 

 kern, July 15. A league between France and 

 Spain, Aug. 15. The Russians defeated at 1769. 

 Colberg, Sept. 16. King George III. crown- 

 ed, Sept. 22. Lord Lyttelton, ob. 1773 jet. 

 64. Charles Townsliend, ob. 1767, zt 42. 



1762. War with Spain, Jan. 3. Martinique surrenders, 



Feb. 4 ; Grenada, &c. March 4. Peace between 

 Prussia and Russia, March 5. War between 1770. 

 Spain and Portugal, May 23. A comet ap- 

 peared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. War decla- 

 red by France and Spain against Portugal, June 

 20. The French defeated at Grabenstein, June 

 24. A revolution in Russia, July 9. The En- 

 glish take the Havannah, Aug. 12. Prince of 1771. 

 Wales born, Aug. 12. The Jesuits expelled 

 from France in August. The French defeat 

 Prince Ferdinand at Johannesberg, Aug. 30. 

 A battle between the allies and French at Bru- 

 cher-muhl, Sept. 21. The English take Ma- 

 nilla, Oct. 6. Schweidnitz surrenders to the 

 Prussians, Oct. 9. The allies defeated by Pr. 

 Henry at Freyberg, Oct. 29. The allies be- 1772. 

 siege and take Cassel, Nov. 1. Peace between 

 Britain and France, Nov. 3. Condamine, ob. 

 1774, zt. 74.: 



1763. The peace of Paris, between Britain, France, and 



Spain, acceded to by Portugal, Feb. 10. The 

 peace of Hubersburg between Prussia and Hun- 

 gary, Feb. 15. Peace between Prussia and Poland, 

 Feb. 1.5. Wcdgewood's improvements in pottery. 177.3. 

 376*. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. A 



treaty between Russia and Prussia, April 15. Chronolu. 



Stanislaus Poniatowsky elected king of Poland, . ^'; 



Sept. 6. Famine and the plague in Italy. An ""~V" 

 earthquake at Lisbon, Dec. 26. Byron makes 

 discoveries in the Pacific Ocean. C. V. Linne, 

 ob. 1778, zt. 70. 



The regency bill passed, May 15. Bengal esta- 

 blished under the British government. D. of 

 Cumberland dies, Oct. 31. The Dauphin dies, 

 Dec. 20. Dr Rutherforth, ob. 1771. James 

 Stuart, the Pretender, dies. 



A meteoric stone fell in summer at Alboreti near 

 Modena. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONO- 

 MY, p. 816. The stamp act repealed in Ame- 

 rica, March 18. In consequence of an insurrec- 

 tion in Spain, the king leaves Madrid, March 

 25. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 

 816. A treaty of commerce between Britain 

 and Russia, June 20. A great earthquake at 

 Constantinople. The Jesuits banished from Bo- 

 hemia and Denmark. David Hume, ob. 1776, 

 zt. 66. 



The Jesuits banished from Spain, Genoa, and Ve- 

 nice, April 2. Martinique almost destroyed by 

 an earthquake. Toleration of the Protestants 

 in Poland, Nov. 2. Wallis and Carteret make 

 discoveries in the Pacific ocean. Jean Jacques 

 Rousseau, ob. 1778. 



A meteoric stone, weighing 7^ pounds, fell near 

 Luce, in the district of the Main, on the 13th 

 September. Another meteoric stone fell on the 

 20th Nov. at Manerkerchen, near the Inn in 

 Bavaria, weighing 38 pounds. * The Royal A- 

 cademy of Arts established in London. The 

 Turks make war upon Russia. The Jesuits 

 banished from Naples, Malta, and Parma. Bou- 



Siinville makes discoveries in the Pacific Ocean. 

 avid Garrick, ob. 1779, zt. 63. Robert lord 

 Clive, ob. Nov. 22, 1774. 



Battles of Choczim, April 30, July 13, Sept. 17, 

 The Russian fleet enters the Mediterranean in 

 Dec. Paoli fled from Corsica, June 13, which 

 was reduced. A comet appears ; see ASTRONO- 

 MY, p. 816. Thomas Gray, poet, ob. July 30 r 

 1771. 



The Turks defeated by the Russians, near the 

 Pruth, Aug. 1. An earthquake at St Domin- 

 go. Bender taken by storm, Sept. 28. A co- 

 met appears ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. Oliver 

 Goldsmith, ob. April 14. 1774. Edward lord 

 Hawke, ob. Oct. 17. 1781. 



About 500,000 Tourgouths emigrate from the 

 border of the Caspian, to the frontiers of China. 

 Lord Mayor of London committed to the Tower, 

 March 27. The Russians burn the Turkish 

 fleet at Cisme, Natolia, July 5. Two comets 

 appear ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. Bishop 

 Warburton, ob. July 7. 1779. Lord Ashburton, 

 ob. Aug. 18, 1783. Dr Smollet, ob. zt. 61. 



A revolution in Denmark, and the queen impri- 

 soned, Jan. 17. Insurrection at Christianstadt, 

 which effects a revolution in Sweden, Aug. 13, 

 and completed at Stockholm, Aug. 19. Poland 

 partitioned by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. A 

 comet appears ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. Dr 

 W. Hunter, anatomist, ob. March 15, 1788. 

 Sir George Saville, ob. Jan. 1784. 



A meteoric stone, weighing 9$ pounds, fell at 

 Sena in Arragon on the 17th Nov. Cool: make* 

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