1736
Oct 10
| 1736 • Leonhard Euler writes to James Stirling describing the Euler–Maclaurin formula, providing a connection between integrals and calculus. |
1768
Age: 31y
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birth of childJeptha King Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA ⇓ Based on the 1830 and 1810 U.S. Censuses, Jeptha was born at earliest 1766, at latest 1770. This fits with his birth date on the 1850 census in Licking, Ohio, which also lists his birth place as Rhode Island. He was likely born at Tiverton, the same place his sister was born three years later. 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1768 • Louis Antoine de Bougainville discovers the Bougainville Strait and Bougainville Island. |
1770
Feb 25
Age: 33y
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marriageSarah Fish Rhode Island, USA ⇓ The town marriages index lists Job King's father's name as Benjamin King, and Sarah Fish's father's name as Ebenezer Fish. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1770 • Marie Antoinette marries Louis-Auguste (who later becomes King Louis XVI of France). |
1777
Age: 40y
| 1777 • American Revolution: After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation in the temporary American capital at York, Pennsylvania. |
1778
Aug 26
Age: 41y
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militaryRhode Island, USA ⇓ He participated in the Battle of Rhode Island while he served in the Revolutionary War. The war happened August 29th, three days after he was enrolled, and in the same county he lived. His captain, Isaac Cook, also had men who died in the war. The following description comes from Wikipedia: "Continental Army and militia forces under the command of General John Sullivan were withdrawing to the northern part of Aquidneck Island after abandoning their siege of Newport, Rhode Island when the British forces in Newport sortied, supported by recently arrived Royal Navy ships, and attacked the retreating Americans. The battle ended inconclusively, but afterwards Continental forces withdrew to the mainland, leaving Aquidneck Island in British hands. The battle was the first attempt at cooperation between French and American forces following France's entry into the war as an American ally [...] frustrated in part by difficult relations between the commanders, as well as by a storm that damaged both French and British fleets shortly before joint operations were to begin." 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1778 • Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the Sandwich Islands. |
1790
Age: 53y
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residenceDanby, Vermont, USA ⇓ Living nearby is Prince Allen, who married Job and Sarah (Fish) King's daughter Experience. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • A newly passed U.S. tariff act creates the system of cutters for revenue enforcement (later named the United States Revenue Cutter Service), the forerunner of the Coast Guard. |