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1749
Aug 19
| 1749 • The first official performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in London finishes early due to the outbreak of fire. The piece was composed by Handel to commemorate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle which ended the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748. |
1749
Sep 17
Age: 29d
| 1749 • Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. |
1766
May 23
Age: 16y
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marriageJames Patterson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1766 • Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism. |
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Age: 34y
1784
Age: 34y
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birth of childDeborah Patterson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1784 • The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolutionary War, with the signature of President of Congress Thomas Mifflin. |
1825
Age: 75y
| 1825 • After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States. |