1724
| 1724 • King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year old son Louis I. |
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1755
Age: 31y
birth of childJohn Burton Orange County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1755 • Joseph Black describes his discovery of carbon dioxide ("fixed air") and magnesium in a paper to the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.Published 1756. |
1801
Age: 77y
| 1801 • Henry Addington becomes First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer effectively Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |