1737
| 1737 • The Georg August University of Göttingen is founded. |
1770
Aug 11
Age: 33y
birth of childJohann Hofer Baumberg, Monheim, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1770 • Boston Massacre: Eleven Americans are shot, five fatally, by British troops in an event that helps start the American Revolutionary War five years later. |
1806
Mar 18
Age: 69y
birth of childHeinrich Hofer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1806 • Capitulation of Stettin: Believing themselves massively outnumbered, the 5,300-man garrison at Stettin in Prussia surrenders to a much smaller French force without a fight. |
1817
Feb 17
Age: 80y
| 1817 • King Ferdinand VII of Spain, by royal decree, makes the production and sale of tobacco a legal endeavor in Cuba, thus sparking the birth of the Cuban cigar industry. |