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1740
birthWatkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, USA ⇓ Her siblings names were Thomas, David, Peter, Jean, Ann, and Evan. She was second to youngest before Evan. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1740 • Frederick II of Prussia invades the Habsburg possession of Silesia, starting the War of the Austrian Succession. |
1760
Age: 20y
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birth of childHenry Frakes Jr. Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1760 • Seven Years' War – French and Indian War & Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee natives attack a North Carolina militia stationed at Fort Dobbs in the western part of the province. The attack is repelled by the militia under the command of General Hugh Waddell. |
1764
Age: 24y
marriageHenry Nathan Frakes Sr. 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". |
1764
May 2
Age: 24y
1764 • Battle of Buxar: The British East India Company defeats the combined armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, the Nawab of Awadh, and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. |