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| Birth Lamb, William |  |
| 15th Mar London Birth of William Lamb, son of the 1st Lord Melbourne |
| Capture of Paulus Hook Lee, Henry |  |
| 19th Aug Paulus Hook Drives the British from their last major garrison in New Jersey |
| Capture of Stony Point Wayne, Anthony | |
| 15th July Stony Point Recaptures Stony Point, New Jersey |
| Commander Acton, John Francis Edward | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Neopolitan Navy |
| Death Cook, James | |
| 14th Feb Hawaiia Stabbed to death by the natives of Kealakekua Bay in the Hawaiian Islands |
| Death Ismail III |  |
| Death of Ismail III |
| Discovery of Photosynthesis Ingenhousz, Jan |  |
| Discovers photosynthesis by green plants in sunlight |
| Education Napoleon I |  |
| Brienne Begins military studies at the Ecole de Brienne |
| 1st Jan Autun Enters the College of Autun |
| Election Charles Theodore |  |
| Palatinate Recognized as Palatinate by Charles Zweibrucked after the War of Bavarian Succession |
| Invention Spinning Mule Crompton, Samuel | |
| London Invents the spinning mule, a combination of the ideas of Cartwright & Hargreaves |
| League Armed Neutrality Catherine II the Great |  |
| Russia, Denmark, Sweden & Norway form an Alliance to defend neutral shipping rights |
| 28th Feb Announces there should be free trade for all neutral vessels |
| Lord President Bathurst, Henry | |
| Appointed Lord President of the Council |
| President Jay, John | |
| 10th Dec Appointed President of the Continental Congress |
| Rebellion Hastings, Warren | |
| Bengal Breaks up the coalition between Haidar Ali, the Marathas & the Nizam |
| Treaty of France Louis XVI | |
| 20th Mar Frankin meets Louis XVI to confirm the French-American treaty |
| Treaty of France Franklin, Benjamin | |
| 20th Mar Frankin meets Louis XVI to confirm the French-American treaty |
