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 • Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War. |
1776
Age: 26y
birth of childAnna Margaretha Eller Baumberg, Monheim, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1776 • American Revolution: Battle of Long Island: Washington's troops routed in Brooklyn by British under William Howe. |
1800
Aug 7
Age: 50y
| 1800 • Christmas Day first becomes a public holiday on an international scale. |