Elisha was a member of the Jersey Blues and took part in the Revolutionary War .
1735
| 1735 • The Qianlong Emperor succeeds Yongzheng and begins a 60-year-long reign of the Qing Dynasty. |
1756
Age: 21y
| 1756 • December 14 The play Douglas is performed for the first time in Edinburgh, with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the local church presbytery, who summoned Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation. However, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition. |
1765
Age: 30y
birth of childJoseph Higbee New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1765 • In Lisbon, the auto-da-fé parade (often an excuse for violence against Jews or Christian 'heretics') is abolished. |
1800
Age: 65y
| 1800 • Dutch East India Company dissolves. |