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1726
| 1726 • The Gujin Tushu Jicheng, an immense Chinese encyclopedia, is printed using copper-based movable type printing. |
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 • First number of Samuel Johnson's The Rambler appears. |
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 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf: A Prussian army under Hans von Lehwald is defeated by the Russian army of Marshal Stepan Apraksin. |
1759
Aug 15
Age: 33y
birth of childAriaentje Van Deusen |
| 1759 • Adam Smith publishes his Theory of Moral Sentiments, embodying some of his Glasgow lectures. |
1761
Nov 14
Age: 35y
birth of childJohn Van Deusen |
| 1761 • Johann Heinrich Lambert found a proof that π is irrational. |
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 convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king). |
1767
Oct 14
Age: 41y
| 1767 • Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is first published. |