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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 • The Pennsylvania Gazette reports that a British sloop outside of Wilmington, North Carolina seized 1 sloop sailing from Philadelphia and 1 sloop sailing from Saint Christopher on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. In response, local residents threaten to burn a Royal Man-of-War attempting to deliver stamps to Wilmington, forcing the ship to return to the mouth of the Cape Fear River. |
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Age: 34y
1784
Age: 34y
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birth of childDeborah Patterson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1784 • Elizabeth Thible is the first woman to ride in a hot air balloon, at Lyon, France. |
1825
Age: 75y
| 1825 • A new Combination Act in the United Kingdom makes Trades unions legal according to narrowly-defined principles. |