1750
| 1750 • Ahmad Shah Bahadur's army, retreating from Persia, reportedly loses 18,000 men near what is present-day Herat, Afghanistan from cold in a single night. |
1775
May 11
Age: 25y
marriageAnna Helena Wierich 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1775 • American Revolution: The Continental Congress passes a resolution creating the Continental Marines to serve as landing troops for the recently created Continental Navy (the Marines are disbanded at end of the war in April 1783 but reformed on July 11, 1798 as the United States Marine Corps). |
1776
Age: 26y
birth of childAnna Margaretha Eller Baumberg, Monheim, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1776 • Father Francisco Palou founds the Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California. |
1800
Aug 7
Age: 50y
| 1800 • Dutch East India Company dissolves. |