1736
| 1736 • George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. |
1757
Age: 21y
| 1757 • Battle of Plassey: 3,000 troops serving with the British East India Company under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey in India. |
1760
Nov 1
Age: 24y
birth of childSamuel Boggs Miller Sr. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1801
Dec 5
Age: 66y
marriageJohn Ritchey Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1801 • Joseph-Marie Jacquard develops a loom where the pattern being woven is controlled by punched cards. |
1816
Age: 80y
| 1816 • The Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire emancipates its peasants from serfdom. |
1816
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burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Buried at the Miller-Irwin Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1816 • Robert Stirling patents his Stirling engine, then known as Stirling's air engine. |