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1749
Aug 19
| 1749 • The first official performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in London finishes early due to the outbreak of fire. The piece was composed by Handel to commemorate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle which ended the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748. |
1749
Sep 17
Age: 29d
| 1749 • Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. |
1766
May 23
Age: 16y
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marriageJames Patterson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1766 • An observer in Wilmington, North Carolina reports to the Edinburgh newspaper Caledonian Mercury that three ships were seized by British men-of-war on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. The strict enforcement causes seven other ships to leave Wilmington for other ports. |
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1784
Age: 34y
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birth of childDeborah Patterson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1784 • The India Act requires that the governor general be chosen from outside the British East India Company and it makes company directors subject to parliamentary supervision. |
1825
Age: 75y
| 1825 • History of Brisbane: The Australian city of Brisbane is founded. |