1750
| 1750 • Ahmad Shah Bahadur's army, retreating from Persia, reportedly loses 18,000 men near what is present-day Herat, Afghanistan from cold in a single night. |
1775
May 11
Age: 25y
marriageAnna Helena Wierich 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1775 • Pope Pius VI succeeds Pope Clement XIV as the 250th pope. |
1776
Age: 26y
birth of childAnna Margaretha Eller Baumberg, Monheim, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1776 • Captain James Cook sets off from Plymouth, England, in HMS Resolution on his third voyage, to the Pacific Ocean and Arctic, which will be fatal. |
1800
Aug 7
Age: 50y
| 1800 • Battle of Hohenlinden: the French army defeats Habsburg and Bavarian troops. |