1761. Little Wolfy makes his first attempt to eat the family cat
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1761. Little Wolfy makes his first attempt to eat the family cat
1762 - Throughout Europe, reports start to surface about cats gone missing. Meanwhile, young mozart travels through Europe, playing at courts and venues throughout europe.
1763--Josephine Beauharnais, Napoleon's future wife and empress of France, is born.
1764 - Josephine, with her feminine tastes, elects to eat the family squirrel, instead.
1765 - First time Josephine hears Mozart playing. It wasn't exactly love.
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1767- December 22 : John Newbery died. Has the Newbery Award Medal named after him for best storyline in children's books.
1768 May 10 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London :nod:
1769 - David Garrick holds the first Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon.
1770...
In 200 years bellbottom pants will be very popular.
1771 - Sir Walter Scott is born
1772 - Heeere, kitty kitty kitty...
ha ha ha ha !
1773 - Little Wat confuses the family cat's tail with his nightly bowl of haggis. Cat is not amused.
1774
Family cat confuses Little Wat's nightly bowl of haggis with Little Wat's finger. Cat is not amused, Little Wat is.
1775 - Jane Austen is born on December 16th.
1777,that was nice Taliesian:)
1778 - july 27, the first battle of Ushant where the British, under the Command of Admiral Augustus Keppel aboard the HMS Victory, fought an undecicive battle with the French. However, the political aftermath saw the resignation of Keppel and severely damaged the discipline of the british navy.
1779- why is everybody posting historical events??
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Not everybody is, but I think it adds to the thread a bit. :)
How are you, soulsistachick?
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1782
London creates Foot Patrol for public security.
June 18 – In Switzerland, Anna Goldi in sentenced to death for witchcraft – the last legal witchcraft sentence.
1783 September 3 - American Revolutionary War ends: Treaty of Paris - A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war.
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1785.........
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
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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.
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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!!