1777


Sep 8
1777 • American Revolutionary War – Battle of Princeton: American general George Washington's army again defeats the British.

1799


Jun 7
Age: 21y
1799 • The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu, Tukuʻaho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.

1800


Sep 2
Age: 22y
1800 Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery, in a letter to the Royal Society of London.

1802


Jan 6
Age: 24y

1804


Jun 27
Age: 26y
1804 • The First Serbian Uprising begins as an intro into Serbian Revolution. By 1817, Principality of Serbia proclaims self-rule from Ottoman Empire, thus becoming the first nation-state in Europe.

1805


Aug 27
Age: 27y

1807


Nov 30
Age: 30y
1807 • Napoleon purchases the Borghese art collection, including the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris.

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