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1726
| 1726 • Isaac Newton tells William Stukeley the story of how he developed his theory of gravity. |
1727
Feb 1
Age: 1y
christeningAlbany, New York, USA ⇓ At the first Dutch Reformed Church. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1727 • George, Prince of Wales, becomes King George II of Great Britain on the death of his father. |
1750
May 29
Age: 24y
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marriageJohannes Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 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. |
1754
Sep 27
Age: 28y
birth of childGloude Van Deusen |
| 1754 • Guatemalan Sergeant Mayor Melchor de Mencos y Varón and his troops defeat the British pirates in the battle of San Felipe and the Cobá Lagoon.[http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/domingo/archivo/revistad/2006/marzo06/260306/dhistoria.shtml Revista D – PrensaLibre.com] |
1757
Dec 27
Age: 32y
birth of childCornelis Van Deusen |
| 1757 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Kolin: Frederick is defeated by an Austrian army under Marshal Daun, forcing him to evacuate Bohemia. |
1759
Aug 15
Age: 33y
birth of childAriaentje Van Deusen |
| 1759 • The Germantown Union School (now called "Germantown Academy"), America's oldest nonsectarian day school, is founded. |
1761
Nov 14
Age: 35y
birth of childJohn Van Deusen |
| 1761 • l'Ordre des Chevaliers Maçons Élus Coëns de l'Univers is founded. |
1764
Jul 12
Age: 38y
birth of childJacobus Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1764 • English scholar Edward Gibbon conceives the idea of writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol". |
1803
Age: 77y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's Almanach des gourmands, the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris. |
1767
Oct 14
Age: 41y
| 1767 • Construction begins on Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina. The construction proves more expensive than initially expected, leading the government to increase local taxes. This stirs resentment among some North Carolinians and helps prolong the War of the Regulation. |