1777


Sep 8
1777 • The 2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

1799


Jun 7
Age: 21y
1799 Ranjit Singh's men take their positions outside Lahore.

1802


Jan 6
Age: 24y
1802 • A general amnesty signed by Napoleon Bonaparte allows all but about 1,000 of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, as part of a reconciliary gesture to make peace with the various factions of the Ancien Régime that ultimately consolidates his own rule.

1805


Aug 27
Age: 27y
1805 King Anouvong becomes ruler of Vientiane.

1807


Nov 30
Age: 30y
1807 • The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. (Slavery is abolished in 1833).

1809


Nov 2
Age: 32y
1809 Walcheren Campaign: A British invasion army lands on Walcheren.

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