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| Agent General French Clergy Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de |  |
| Paris Appointed Agent General of the French Clergy
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| Arrest Andrew, John |  |
| 23rd Sep Tarrytown Captured near Tarrytown carrying plans for Benedict Arnold's surrender of West Point
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| Battle of Camdem Cornwallis, Charles |  |
| 16th Aug Camdem Defeats an American force led by General Gates
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| Battle of Camden Cornwallis, Charles | |
| 16th Aug Camden Defeats an American force led by General Gates
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| Battle of Camden Kalb, Johann De | |
| 16th Aug Camden The Continentals, led by de Kalb, are defeated
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| Battle of Camden Gates, Horatio | |
| 18th Aug Camden Defeated by the British & relieved of his command
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| Battle of Cape St Vincent Rodney, George Brydges | |
| 16th Jan Cape Vincent Gibraltar is relieved by the British, all but four of the Spanish fleet are destroyed
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| Battle of Flanborough Jones, John Paul | |
| 23rd Sep Flanborough Defeats the British ship Serapis on the Bonhomme
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| Battle of King's Mount Ferguson, Patrick | |
| 7th Oct King's Mount Defeat causes Cornwallis to postpone his invasion of Carolina
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| 7th Oct King's Mount Defeated & killed by American forces led by Shelby & Campbell
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| Battle of Moonlight Rodney, George Brydges | |
| 16th Jan Gibraltar Defeats the Spanish during their siege of Gibraltar
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| Battle of Pollilur Baille, William | |
| Pollilur Waged between Tipu Sultan, (also known as the Tiger of Mysore), and Col William Baille of the East India Company, the army of the East India Company was virtually wiped out, the first serious blow that the British had encountered in India
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| Battle of Pollilur Tippu, Fateh Ali |  |
| Pollilur Waged between Tipu Sultan, (also known as the Tiger of Mysore), and Col William Baille of the East India Company, the army of the East India Company was virtually wiped out, the first serious blow that the British had encountered in India
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| Birth Fry, Elizabeth | |
| 21st May Norwich Birth of Elizabeth Fry
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| Campaign Carolina Kosciuszko, Tadeusz |  |
| Carolina Assists General Greene in the Carolina Campaign
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| Capture Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Feb St Eustatius Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of Eustatius, cripples the USAcontrabrand trade
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| Feb St Martin Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of St Martin, cripples the USAcontrabrand trade
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| Commander Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Appointed Commander of the South
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| Commander Greene, Nathanael | |
| 6th Oct Appointed Commander of the Southern forces by Washington as his "right hand man"
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| Death Maria Theresa |  |
| Death of Maria Theresa
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| Declaration of War North, Frederick | |
| 20th Dec Declares War on the Netherlands
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| Election Wilberforce, William | |
| Sep Hull Elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull, while still a student at Cambridge
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| Major Gates, Horatio | |
| 18th Aug Appointed Member of Washington's HQ
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| Marriage William V |  |
| Marries Wilhelmina of Prussia
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| Rebellion George | |
| 2nd June London Anti-Catholic riots break out in London
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| Rebellion Gordon | |
| London Catholic chapels, dwelling houses & breweries are sacked
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| London Rebels against the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1778
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| London Rioting lasts for 6 days, 500 die in the disturbances & 25 of the rioters are hanged
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| London Catholic chapels, dwelling houses & breweries are sacked
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| London Rebels against the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1778
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| London Rioting lasts for 6 days, 500 die in the disturbances & 25 of the rioters are hanged
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| Rebellion Washington, George | |
| 25th May Morristown Suppresses a possible mutiny at a winter camp near Morristown after series of defeats
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| Reform Joseph II | |
| Vienna Capital Punishment is abolished
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| Vienna Civil marriage & divorce is permitted
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| Vienna Emancipates the serfs
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| Vienna Extends religious toleration to Uniates, Orthodox, Protestants & Jews
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| Riots Gordon George III | |
| London Orders an end to the Gordon Riots
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| Rule of Amristar Singh, Ranjit | |
| Gujranwala Birth of Ranjit Singh
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| Siege of Charleston Arbuthnot, Marriot | |
| 11th Feb Charleston 11 Feb-12 May, the British capture Charleston & Carolina then enforce conscription
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| Succession Joseph II | |
| Vienna Attains sole rule
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| Succession Kokaku |  |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan
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| Trial Gates, Horatio | |
| 18th Aug Reinstated after a trial
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