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1726
| 1726 • Jonathan Swift's satirical novel Gulliver's Travels is first published (anonymously) in London; it sells out within a week. |
1727
Feb 1
Age: 1y
christeningAlbany, New York, USA ⇓ At the first Dutch Reformed Church. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1727 • The Netherlands signs the Treaty of Seville. |
1750
May 29
Age: 24y
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marriageJohannes Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 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). |
1754
Sep 27
Age: 28y
birth of childGloude Van Deusen |
| 1754 • Surveyor William Churton lays out what will become the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina. The town is named Corbin Town for Francis Corbin, a member of the North Carolina governor's council. Corbin Town is renamed Childsburgh in 1759 and finally Hillsborough in 1766. |
1757
Dec 27
Age: 32y
birth of childCornelis Van Deusen |
| 1757 • Battle of Khresili: King Solomon I of Imereti defeats the Ottoman army and an allied faction of nobles in what is now western Georgia. |
1759
Aug 15
Age: 33y
birth of childAriaentje Van Deusen |
| 1759 • George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. |
1761
Nov 14
Age: 35y
birth of childJohn Van Deusen |
| 1761 • Faber-Castell Company was founded by Kasper Faber in Nuremberg, Germany. |
1764
Jul 12
Age: 38y
birth of childJacobus Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1764 • Immanuel Kant - Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) |
1767
Oct 14
Age: 41y
| 1767 • William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront. |