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| Birth Bonaparte |  |
| 7th Jan Corsica Birth of Joseph Bonaparte |
| Captain Cook, James |  |
| Appointed Commander of the HMS Endeavour in the sth Pacific |
| Capture of Corsica Louis X | |
| Corsica France captures Corsica |
| Chancellor Maupeou, Rene Nicolas Charles de | |
| Paris Appointed Chancellor of France |
| Civil War Poland Suvorov |  |
| Appointed Major-General |
| Crocow Storms Cracow |
| Major Suvorov | |
| Appointed Major-General |
| President Reynolds, Joshua | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy of Arts, its 1st President |
| Prime Minister Fitzroy | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Britain |
| Prime Minister Grafton | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Publication Walpole, Horace | |
| Publication of, "Historic Doubts On Richard III" |
| Questions the guilty accounts of Richard III Henry VII, Henry VIII & Shakespeare |
| Purchase Corsica Louis X | |
| Corsica Genoa sells Corsica to France |
| RAA George III | |
| 1st Dec London George III becomes patron of the Royal Academy of Arts |
| Rebellion Catherine II the Great | |
| 200,000 die in 3 weeks, the Seym, Polish Parliament, is suppressed |
| Warsaw Stanislas Poniatowski is elected King but Prince Repnin imposes Catherine's rule |
| Resignation Pitt the Elder, William | |
| Resigns due to ill health |
| Resolution Hillsborough Adams, Samuel |  |
| Feb Washington Passed in response to the Townshend acts, which raise duties |
| Feb Washington The American colonies decide to boycott British imports |
| Resolutions Hillsborough Adams, Samuel | |
| Feb Washington Passed in response to the Townshend acts, which raise duties |
| Feb Washington The American colonies decide to boycott British imports |
| Rule of Corsica Louis X | |
| Corsica Genoa sells Corsica to France |
| Rule of Poland Catherine II the Great | |
| Warsaw Stanislas Poniatowski is elected King but Prince Repnin imposes Catherine's rule |
| Siege of Boston Gage, Thomas | |
| Boston British troops land in Boston after unrest in Massachusetts caused by the Stamp Acts |
