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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:48 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:52 am
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January 14 – The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolutionary War, with the signature of President of Congress Thomas Mifflin.
January 15 – Henry Cavendish's paper to the Royal Society of London, Experiments on Air, reveals the composition of water.
Benjamin Franklin tries in vain to persuade the French to alter their clocks in winter to take advantage of the daylight.
Benjamin Franklin invents bifocal spectacles.
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:54 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:56 am
1786 heart
An Anglo-Spanish treaty gives Belize to Britain.
The first ship leaves Britain for Botany Bay, Australia: 820 out of 1,138 aboard are convicts.
The trade with Iceland is opened to all Danish and Norwegian traders.
Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, is founded.
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:00 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:12 am
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August 10 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in Vienna, completes his final symphony, now called the Symphony No. 41 (Mozart) in C Major, and nicknamed (after Mozart's death) The Jupiter.
January 26 – Australia Day: Eleven ships of the First Fleet from Botany Bay, led by Arthur Phillip, land in what will become Sydney, Australia. Great Britain establishes the prison colony of New South Wales, the first permanent European settlement on the continent.
December 6 – Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792: The Ottoman fortress of Özi falls to the Russians after a prolonged siege and a murderous storm at the temperature of -23 C.
((now that's cold))
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:18 am
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June 3 Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada) June 4 U.S. constitution goes into effect September 11 Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury ((woot my last names in this one~!)) November 26 1st national Thanksgiving
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:03 am
1790 heart
January 30 – The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
February 1 – In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
March 1 – The first United States census is authorized.
July 12 – French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed. This completes the destruction of the monastic orders, legislating out of existence all regular and secular chapters for either sex, abbacies and priorships.
August 14 – The Treaty of Värälä ends the Russo-Swedish War.
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:14 am
1791
September 6 Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito," premieres in Prague September 13 France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution September 30 Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:25 am
1792 heart
January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends Russia's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea.
May 18 – War in defence of the constitution: Russia invades Poland.
The first written examinations in Europe are held at Cambridge University, England.
William Murdoch begins experimenting with gas lighting.
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:46 am
1793
January 9 1st hot-air balloon flight in the U.S. lifts off in Philadelphia June 10 1st public zoo opens in Paris
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:04 am
1794 heart
February 4 – The French Republic abolishes slavery.
Coffee is forbidden by royal decree in Sweden.
The Reign of Terror ends. [The Reign of Terror (27 June 1793 – 27 July 1794), also known as The Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of violence that occurred for one year and one month after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution."]
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:11 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:26 am
1796 heart
February 1 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
May 14 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
September 17 – U.S. President George Washington issues his Farewell Address, which warns against partisan politics and foreign entanglements.
(( partisan politics, eh? Maybe today's politicians may want to review this address... ))
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:04 am
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