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1740
Nov 18
| 1740 • George Whitefield founds the Bethesda Orphanage. |
1760
Apr 22
Age: 19y
marriageDavid Carlyle Loudoun County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1760 • Dr. James Fordyce's two-volume compendium, Sermons for Young Women, is published. |
1773
Jun 20
Age: 32y
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birth of childMary Carlyle Virginia, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1773 • In China, written work begins on the Siku Quanshu, the largest literary compilation of books in China's history (surpassing the Yongle Encyclopedia of the 15th Century). Upon completion in 1782, the books are bound in 36,381 volumes (册) with more than 79,000 chapters (卷), comprising about 2.3 million pages, and approximately 800 million Chinese characters. |