Im great thanks a bit sad though because I was watching return to sobbieb war?? about a German concentration camp ndQuote:
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Im great thanks a bit sad though because I was watching return to sobbieb war?? about a German concentration camp ndQuote:
Originally Posted by kathycf
1786
1788......
1789.....Viva la revolution!
1790......
For the sake of the year corresponding to the post number, I'll do 1790 again:
1790: Benjamin Franklin dies on April 17th (I'd recommend his autobiography :nod:)
1791 March 4 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
1792
February 20 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
1793....................
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1796 - Carl Friedrich Gauss discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers. (So there! :p)
1797 - Battle Of Cape St. Vincent, on February 14, the British, under the command of Admiral Sir John Jervis aboard HMS Victory, win a battle against the Spanish.
Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, the british manage to severely cripple the spanish fleet, which included the largest ship in the world at that time, the Santisima Trinidad, a 130-gun behemoth.
During the battle, Nelson, aboard captain disobeyed orders given to him by Jervis, and took his ship straight into the Spanish line, breaking formation. This meant his ship, captain was quickly engaging the spanish, and came under heavy fire. Despite his ship being heavily damaged, he managed to board a spanish ship, and after that a second, capturing both in a unique manoeuvre.
Jervis commended Nelson on his actions during the battle, and after the battle both men where rewarded for their actions.
1798 September 18 - Lyrical Ballads published anonymously by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth --
First (anonymous) publication of An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus
1799
Little Hannah tried to eat the family cat, but only managed to swallow some fur. Cat is not amused.
1800 - Divisible by 100!! Yay!!