After Christ.] 
1761 Pondicherry furrendered, January 15. Belleifle fur- 
rendered, June 7. King George III. married, Sep¬ 
tember 8. Crowned, September 22. Schweidnitz 
furprifed by the Auftrians, Oftober 1. Colberg fur- 
rendered, December 17. Charles Townfhend. George 
lord Lyttelton flourifhed. 
1762 War declared againft Spain, January 3. Czarina 
dies, Jan. 5. Martinico furrendered, February 4. 
Grenada, See. furrendered, March 4. Peace between 
Ruffia and Prulfia, May 5. War declared by Por¬ 
tugal againft Spain, May 23. St. John’s taken, June 
27. Czar dethroned, July 9. Havannah furren¬ 
dered, and prince of Wales born, Auguft 12. St. 
John’s retaken, Sept. 18. Manilla taken, Odd. 6. 
Preliminaries figned, Nov. 3. Edward Auguftus, 
duke of York. 
1763 The peace of Paris, February 10, The peace of 
Hubertfberg, between Prullia, Auftria, and Saxony, 
Feb. 15. Expulfion of the Jefuits from France com¬ 
pleted. Famine at Naples. Auguftus king of Po¬ 
land dies, aged fixty-feven. Forty-nine Britifh gen¬ 
tlemen murdered at Patna, Oftober 6 . Patna taken, 
November 6. Robert Henley, earl of Northington. 
3764 Prince of Brunfwick married to princefs Augufta, 
January 16. Count Staniflaus Poniatowfki unani- 
moufly elefted king of Poland, September 6. Plague 
at Naples. C. V. Linnaeus flourifhed. 
1765 The regency bill pafled, May 15. Sujah Dowlah 
defeated near Corah Jehanabad, by general Carnac, 
May 3 ; and foon after Bengal eltablifhed by lord 
Clive under the Britifh government. Miniftry 
changed, July 10. Duke of Cumberland dies, Oc¬ 
tober 31. The dauphin dies, December 20. Che¬ 
valier de St. George dies, December 31. 
3766 The American ftamp-ad repealed, March 18. In- 
furreftion in Spain, which obliged their king to 
leave Madrid, March 25. Miniftry changed, July 30. 
Embargo laid on the exportation of corn, Sept. 26. 
King of Denmark married to princefs Caroline, 
Oftober 1. David Hume. 
1767 Expulfion of the Jefuits from Spain, March 31. 
Duke ofYotkdiesat Monaco, September 17. The 
diftidents have their privileges eftablilhed in Poland, 
and the expulfion of the Jefuits from Naples, No¬ 
vember 21. Jean Jaques Roufleau. 
3768 Aft making the Irifh parliament oftennial pafled, 
February 3. War between the Ruffians and Turks 
begins in autumn. Robert lord Clive; died No¬ 
vember 22, 1774. David Garrick. 
1769 Firft battle of Choczim, April 30. Second battle, 
July 13. Third battle, September 17. Ruffian fleet 
enter the Mediterranean in December. Captain 
James Cook. Thomas Gray, poet. 
1770 Lord Camden difmiffed as chancellor, January 16. 
Duke of Grafton refigns, January 28, and is fuc- 
ceeded by lord North. The right of Falkland 
ifland fettled. Battle near the river Prulh, Aug. 2. 
Bender taken by ftorm, Sept. 28. M. Choifeul dif- 
graced in France, Dec. 23. Oliver Goldlrnith, poet. 
1771 Lord mayor of London committed to the Tower, 
March 27. The Turkifh fleet burnt by the Ruffians 
at Cifme, Natolia, July 5. Dr. W. Warburton, 
bifliop of Gloucefter. 
3772 Revolution in Denmark, when the queen was im- 
prifoned, January 17. Augufta, princefs dowager 
of Wales, dies February 8, aged fifty-three. Infur- 
reftion at Chriftianftadt, which ended in a revolu¬ 
tion in Sweden, rendering the king abfolute, Au¬ 
guft 13; and completed at Stockholm, Auguft 19. 
Dr. William Hunter, anatonvift. 
3773 Review of the fleet at Pcrtlmouth by his majefty, 
June 27. The order of the Jefuits fupprefled by the 
pope, Auguft ty. Difturl^ances in America begin, 
by the deftruftion of tea on-board three fhips at 
Boflon, December t8. Monf. D’Alembert. 
*774 Dr. Franklin’s petition difmilfed, January 29. Li- 
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terary property determined, February 22. Gren¬ 
ville s aft for eleftions made perpetual, March 31, 
Bofton port-bill pafled, March 31. Louis XV. dies, 
May 10, aged fixty-four. Turkifh army ruined, 
June 20. Peace between the Ruffians and Turks, 
near Schumla, July 21. The ancient parliament of 
Paris reftored, Nov. 12. Charles ^tewart, pretender. 
L. Euler, mathematician. 
1775 Hollilities in America begin at Lexington, April 19. 
Aftion of Bunker’s-hill, June 17. Dr. S. Jolinfon. 
1776 Congrefs afiume independency, May 15; and de¬ 
clare it, July 4. Attack on Charleftown, June 28. 
General Howe lauds on Staten ifland, July 3. Battle 
on Long ifland, Auguft 27. New York taken, Sep¬ 
tember 15. Dr, Robert Lowth, bifhop of London. 
1777 Ticonderoga taken by general Burgoyne, July 6. 
General Howe embarks his army off Staten ifland, 
July 24; and lands in Chefapeak-bay, Auguft 30. 
Philadelphia taken, Sept. 26. Battle of German 
Town, Oft. 4. General Burgoyne’s army furren- 
ders at Saratoga, Oft. 16. Monf. BufFon, 
1778 Treaty between France and the Americans, Feb. 6. 
Philadelphia evacuated, June 18. Aftion in the 
Jerfeys, June 28. Auftrians and Pruflians begin 
hollilities, July 7. Aftion at fea between the Eng- 
lifh and French fleets, July 27. Siege of Rhode 
ifland, Auguft 9; railed the 30th. Pondicherry 
taken, Oft. 17. French routed at St. Lucia, Dec. 18. 
Voltaire and Linnaeus, died. Monf. Diderot. 
1779 St. Vincent’s taken by the French, June 17; Gre¬ 
nada, July 3.' 
1780 Rodney took twenty-two fail of Spanifh fhips, Janu¬ 
ary 28. Engagement with Langara, Jan. 16. Riots 
in London, July. War againft Holland, Dec. 20.' 
1781 St. Euftatia taken, February 3 5 retaken, November 
17. Earl Cornwallis furrendered his army, Oft. 19. 
Death of lord Hawke, Oftober 17. 
1782 Minorca taken, February 5. Admiral Rodney beat 
count de Grafle, April 12. Independence of Ame¬ 
rica admitted, November 30. 
1783 Preliminaries of peace, January 20. Armiftice be¬ 
tween England and Holland, February. Definitive 
treaty, September 3. 
1784 Peace ratified with America, March 24; with Hol¬ 
land, May 24. 
1785 Irifh propofitions attempted and rejefted. 
1786 Droit d’aubaine abolifhed in France. Commercial 
treaty with France, figned Oftober 29. 
1787 Amfterdam taken poifeffion by Pruffia, Oftober 9. 
Agreement between France and England to difarm, 
Oftober 9. Quarrel between king of France and par¬ 
liament begun. 
1788 War between the Turks, Germans, and Ruffians* 
Treaty between Great Britain and Ruffia, June 13. 
Stadtholderfliip guaranteed to the prince of Orange 
by the United States of Holland, June 27. Ruffia 
declares war againft Sweden, June 30. George III. 
attacked by an alarming diforder, Nov. 6. French 
notables afl'embled, Nov. 6. Ockzakow taken, Dec. 17. 
1789 General illumination in England on the king’s re¬ 
covery, March 10. Infurreftion in France, March. 
States-general of France convened, May 5. French 
king makes conceflions, June 26. Revolution in. 
France, July 3. Baftille deftroyed, July 20. Infur¬ 
reftion in Brabant^ Auguft 10. Bender taken, Oc¬ 
tober 8. Ghent furrendered, November 23; and 
Bruflels, December 12. Dauphin of France; died 
June 9, 1795. 
1790 Joleph II. emperor of Germany, died February 20. 
The French clergy deprived of their benefices, and 
have fmall penfions decreed in lieu of them-, Febru¬ 
ary. Parliaments abolifhed in April; titles fup- 
prefled, June 19. Ceremony of the confederation, 
July 14. Neckar refigns, and retires to Swiflerland, 
September 4. 
1791 Mirabeau dies in March. Louis and his family 
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