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1756

1757

Jan 2nd - British troops occupy Calcutta India
Jan 5th - Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
Jan 17th - German Diet declares war on Prussia
Mar 14th - On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.
Mar 17th - Prince Mas Saïd of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
Apr 6th - English king George II fires minister William Pitt Sr
May 1st - Austria & France divide Prussia
May 6th - Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
Jun 18th - Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
Jun 23rd - Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal
Jul 26th - Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
Aug 9th - English Ft William Henry, NY, surrenders to French & Indians troops
Aug 19th - Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [NS=Aug 30]
Aug 30th - Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19]
Oct 16th - Austrian troops occupy Berlin
Nov 5th - Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War)
Nov 28th - England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven
Dec 5th - Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians

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1765
January 11 Frisia bans Voltaires "Traite sur la tolerance"
January 16 Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)
March 22 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
March 24 Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
May 3 1st U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia
May 7 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
May 29 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
August 14 Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
October 7 Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York
October 19 Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties
November 1 Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies
November 23 People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax

Hmm with all the taxes and refusal to pay. It sounds like a war is about to happen.

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1768
Jan 9th - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London.
Feb 11th - Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
Feb 15th - 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
Feb 20th - 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)
Apr 5th - 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)
May 10th - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
Jun 21st - 1st US bachelor of medicine degree (Dr John Archer)
Jul 7th - Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel
Jul 18th - Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
Aug 19th - Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Aug 25th - Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England on his 1st voyage onboard the Endeavour bound for the Pacific Ocean
Oct 1st - English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston
Oct 30th - 1st Methodist church in US initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
Dec 1st - The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
Dec 6th - 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
Dec 28th - King Taksin was coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

1769

I wonder if fodder's history draws any people here from a search engine... I would bet it does!

Detour -----> to 1770 in History
1770
January 1 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
January 13 De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris
January 19 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
March 5 Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator (Mississippi)
March 5 Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom
April 9 Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
April 12 Townsend Acts repealed
April 19 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
April 19 Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia
April 20 Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales
April 28 Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
May 16 Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France
June 3 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California
June 11 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
June 19 General Church of New Jerusalem established
June 28 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
July 6 Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish