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1730
Oct 27
| 1730 • Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, retires from his role in the government of Great Britain, leaving Robert Walpole as sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet (i.e., prime minister). In the new Walpole Ministry, Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet, becomes Secretary at War, and Henry Pelham is Paymaster of the Forces. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington briefly becomes Lord Privy Seal. |
1730
Oct 29
Age: 2d
| 1730 • Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated. |
1754
May 21
Age: 23y
marriageJohn Phillip Klinger Evangelisch, Neunirchen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstatd ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1754 • Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity. |
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May 21
Age: 23y
1754
May 21
Age: 23y
immigrationPennsylvania, USA ⇓ Aboard the ship "Neptune" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1754 • The Battle of Jumonville Glen begins the French and Indian War in North America: 22-year-old George Washington leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians. |
1765
Dec 11
Age: 35y
birth of childJohann Phillip Klinger Reading, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1765 • Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna. |
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1815
Age: 84y
| 1815 • New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens. |