1750
1750 • Traveller Jonas Hanway leaves St. Petersburg to return home via Germany and the Netherlands. Later the same year, Hanway reputedly becomes the first Englishman to use an umbrella (a French fashion). |
1775
May 11
Age: 25y
marriageAnna Helena Wierich 1 Source ⇓ |
1775 • American Revolution: Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, leading the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont, capture Fort Ticonderoga. |
1776
Age: 26y
birth of childAnna Margaretha Eller Baumberg, Monheim, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1776 • Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III of Great Britain. |
1800
Aug 7
Age: 50y
1800 • Pierre Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie found the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Paris. |