1736
| 1736 • Real Arissona, namesake of the U.S. state Arizona, is founded in what is now that state. |
1757
Age: 21y
| 1757 • Robert Wood publishes The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria in English and French, making the ancient city of Baalbek in Syria known to the West. |
1760
Nov 1
Age: 24y
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birth of childSamuel Boggs Miller Sr. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1760 • Benning Wentworth creates the New Hampshire Grant of Pownal, Vermont. |
1801
Dec 5
Age: 66y
marriageJohn Ritchey Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1801 • Ultraviolet radiation is discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritter. |
1816
Age: 80y
| 1816 • Shaka starts to rule the Zulu Kingdom at about this date. |
1816
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burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Buried at the Miller-Irwin Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1816 • Robert Stirling patents his Stirling engine, then known as Stirling's air engine. |