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1735
| 1735 • Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true. |
1760
Age: 25y
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birth of childHenry Frakes Jr. Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1760 • Western countries pay 3,000,000 ounces of silver for Chinese goods. |
1764
Age: 29y
marriageEleanor Watkins 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1764 • The English-language Quebec Gazette is established in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. As of 2014, it is the oldest surviving newspaper in North America. |
after
Sep 19
Age: 63y
1798
Sep 19
Age: 63y
| 1798 • Battle of Shubra Khit between French and Mamelukes, during Napoleon's march from Alexandria to take Cairo. |