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1720
birthFredericksburg, Virginia, USA ⇓ This is an estimate based on births of children. |
| 1720 • Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns to let her husband Frederick I take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to William and Mary in Britain, but as the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead. |
1737
Age: 17y
marriageJohn Bourne Jr. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1737 • The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy. |
1765
Sep
Age: 45y
birth of childCatherine Bourne Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1765 • James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser. |
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Age: 92y
1812
Age: 92y
| 1812 • 18 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Krasnoi: Napoleon's retreating army is again defeated in a series of skirmishes. |