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1755
| 1755 • Joseph Black describes his discovery of carbon dioxide ("fixed air") and magnesium in a paper to the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.Published 1756. |
1771
Age: 16y
marriageElizabeth Hudson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1771 • The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks off the coast of Finland; Captain Raymund Lourens and his crew escape unharmed. |
1772
Age: 17y
birth of childMary Polly Burton 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1772 • Basque-Spanish explorer Domingo de Bonechea in the Aguila sights Tauere atoll which he names San Simon y Judas. |
after
Age: 55y
1810
Age: 55y
| 1810 • First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. |