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1741
Oct 27
| 1741 • Royal Order of Scotland is founded. |
1766
Jul 29
Age: 24y
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marriageWoodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Married by the Reverend Abiel Leonard 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1766 • An observer in New York City, in the Province of New York reports to the Pennsylvania Gazette that a British Sloop of War is searching all vessels passing near Cape Lookout, North Carolina and that some vessels have been seized. |
1769
Nov 26
Age: 28y
| 1769 • Louis Antoine de Bougainville returns to Saint-Malo following a three-year circumnavigation of the world with the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile, with the loss of only seven out of 330 men; among the returning crew is Jeanne Baré, the first woman known to have circumnavigated the globe. |
1778
Feb 6
Age: 36y
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birth of childHenry Tolman Franklin Woodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Henry Tolman had five older sisters, Mary, Lotheta, Dolly, Electa, and Dorothy, and a younger brother John. His oldest sister Mary was born in Pomfret, Connecticut. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1778 • The term "thoroughbred" is first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick. |
1779
Age: 37y
militaryServed in the 4th Connecticut Regiment in the Revolutionary War, under the US Continental Army. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1779 • American Revolutionary War: United States forces led by General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, New York from British troops. |
1783
Nov 21
Age: 42y
| 1783 • Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert make the first manned flight in a hydrogen-filled balloon, La Charlière, in Paris. |