1750
| 1750 • First number of Samuel Johnson's The Rambler appears. |
1775
May 11
Age: 25y
marriageAnna Helena Wierich 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1775 • The Second Continental Congress appoints Benjamin Franklin to be the first Postmaster General of what later becomes the United States Post Office Department. |
1776
Age: 26y
birth of childAnna Margaretha Eller Baumberg, Monheim, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1776 • Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. |
1800
Aug 7
Age: 50y
| 1800 • The U.S. Library of Congress is founded in Washington, D.C. |