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A.D. 



177 



1775. 



I "76. 



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177S. 



1779. 



1780. 



1781 



discoveries in Ocean. The order of 



<-d by a papal bull, Aug. 2o. 



.1 begin at Boston, Dec. 



. MY, p. 



I7S3. Capt. 



'.. II. 1770. 



i uort.b'll j-.i>.e>l, March 31. Louis XV. 



t. Turkish army destroyed, 



<ee between Russia and Turkey, 



July 21. The ancient parliament of Paris re- 



ti ted. X v. I J A comet appeared ; see As- 



,,p. 810'. L. Euler, ob. Sept. 17S3. 178S. 

 Charles Stuart, Pretender, oh. March 3, 1788. 

 .itics in America begin at Lexington, April 

 19. Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17. St 

 John's taken by Montgomery, Nov. 2. Assault 

 of Quebec, Dec. 31. Dr S. Johnson, ob. Dec. 

 13, 1784. 1784. 



General Howe leaves Boston, March 17. Con- 

 gress declares itself independent, July 4. At- 

 tack on Charlestown, June 28. Battle on Long 

 Island, Aug. 27. New York taken, Sept. 15, 

 and F <rt Wa.shii.gton, Nov. 16. Rhode island 1785. 

 occupied, Dec. 8. Austria grants religious to- 

 leration, and abolishes torture. Bishop Lowth,ob. 

 Nov. 1787. Dr Adam Smith, ob. 1790,zt. 67. 

 General Burgoyne takes Ticonderoga, July 6. 

 General Howe lauda in Chesapeak Bay, Aug. 

 SO Battle on the Brandy wine, Sept. 11. The 

 British take Philadelphia, Sept. 26. Battle of 1786. 

 German town, Oct. 4. Surrender of general 

 Burgoyne's army, Oct. 16. Buffon, ob. April 

 16, 1788. 



Treaty between France and America, Feb. 6. 

 Evacuation of Philadelphia, June 18. War be- 

 tween Austria and Prussia, July 7. Battle be- 

 tween the English and French fleets, July 27. 1787. 

 Rhode Island besieged, Aug. 9 to 30. Pondi- 

 cherry taken, Oct. 17. French routed Jat St 

 Lucia, Dec. 18. M. Diderot, ob. April 1785. 

 Meteoric stones fell at Pettiswood in Westmeath, 

 in Ireland. Peace between the Prussians and 

 Imperialists, May 13. The French take St 

 Vincent's, June 17. Naval engagement between 

 Byron and d'Estaing off Grenada, July 6. A 

 dreadful eruption of Vesuvius, Aug. 8. . Gib- 

 raltar besieged by the Spaniards in July. A co- 

 met appears ; see AsTiioNoMy, p. 816. 1788. 

 Sir George Rodney takes 22 sail of Spanish ships, 

 Jau. 8, and engages Langara, Jan. 16, near Cape 

 Vincent. Navalbattlc between the English and 

 French, off Martinique, April 17. CLarlestown 

 surrender* to the British, May 12. The French 

 and Spanish fleets take five British East India- 

 men, and a large fleet of West India ships, Aug. 

 9. Lord Cornwallis defeat* the Americans at 

 Cambden, Aug. 16. Torture abolished in Franco, 

 Aug. 25. A dreadful hurricane in the Leeward 

 islands, in Oct. War with Holland, Dec. 20. 

 A comet appears ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. Sir 1789 

 W. Blacketone, ob. zt. 57. 



St Eustatia taken by the British, Feb. 3, and re- . 

 taken, Nov. 1 7. The Georgium Sidus discover- 

 ed by Dr Herschel. 15lh March. Cornwallis 

 defeats the American?, at Guildford, March 15. 

 Baltic of the 1) .;^crbank, between the Eng- 

 lish and Dutch llects, Aug. 5. Cornwall's 

 army surrenders to the Americans, at York 



town, Oct. 19. MuJini made in England. Two ( 

 comets appear ; see Ai>, p. 816. s ___ 



The Spaniards take M 1. A battle 



between 1 v.earTrin- 



comalce, Feb. 17. T!i I'n,:c!: fleet. uiuUr De 

 Grasse, defeated b\ R. fi.y, April 12. The 



urn I7 X ' to Sept. 



1 stteries were burnt 



by red-hot balls. M. D'Anville, ob. zt. 80. 

 Lord Kaimes, ob. zt. 86. Mctastabio, zt. 84. 

 D. B imlli, zt. h'J. 



Preliminaries of peace between Britain, France, 

 and Spain, Jan. 20, and America declared inde- 

 pendent. Armistice bet ween England and Hol- 

 land, Feb. Definitive maty, Sept. 8. Mrssi- 

 na, &c. destroyed by an earthquake, Feb. 5. A 

 comet appears ; see ASTRONOMY, p. H16. 



Peace ratified with America, March '24; and with 

 Holland, May 24. Archindschan, in Turkey, 

 destroyed by an earthquake, and 1 2,000 inlia- 

 bitants buried in its ruins, July 18. Two comet* 

 appear ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. 



About 2000 religious houses suppressed by the 

 emperor of Germany. An earthquake in Ca- 

 labria, April 10. A severe frost in Germany, 

 which lasted 115 days. A violent dorm in 

 France, Aug. 5, which laid waste l;il villages 

 and farms. Two comets appear; see A.STRO- 

 NOMV, p. 816. Dr Matthew Stewart, ob. zt. 68. 



Torture abolished in Sweden. Cardinal Tourlone, 

 the high inquisitor at Rome, hung on a gibbet 

 50 feet high. Treaty of commerce with France, 

 signed Oct. 29. An earthquake in Scotland, 

 and north of England, Aug. 11. A plague in the 

 Levant. A comet appears. See ASTRONOMY, 

 p. 816. 



The settlers of Botany Bay first sailed from Eng- 

 land, March 21. Batiks established in the East 

 Indies. Earthquake in New Spain, April 18. 

 Th* Prussians take Amsterdam, Oct. 9. France 

 and England agree to disarm, Oct. 9. Contest 

 between the king of France and the parliament 

 begin-. Christian* nearly destroyed by fire, 

 April 9. The '2i! and 4th satellites of thr Geor- 

 giura Sidus discovered by Dr Htrschel, Jan. 

 llth. A (.omct appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 

 816. Bislu,,) L,,wtl<, ob. zt. 77. 



War between Turkey, Germany, and Russia. 

 Treaty between Britain and Russia, Jan. 13. 

 The United States of Holland guarantee the 

 stadlholdcrship to the Prince of Orange, June 

 27. Russia makes war upon S widen, June SO. 

 Choczim taken, Sept. 29. Kirkwal) nearly de- 

 stroyed by the breaking <! \vn uf the dim-dyke*, 

 Oct. 4. Assembly of the French notables, Nov. 6. 

 Oczakow taken, Dec. 17. Island of'Foimosa 

 shakes off the Chinese yoke, and 10,000 Chinese 

 massacred. Two comets appear ; see ASTRO- 

 NOMY, p. 816. 



Insurrections in France, March. States-general 

 of France assembled, May />. The French fleet 

 dispersed by a storm in liantry Bay, in an at- 

 tempt upon Ireland, Jan. The French king 

 makes concessions, June 'JfS. Revolution in 

 France, which is declare < a republic, July 3. 

 Bastile destroyed, July II. Insurrection in 

 Brabant, Aug. 10. Mi umic stones fell at Bar- 

 botan near Bourdcaux, and killed a herdsman 



