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| Alliance Catherine II the Great |  |
| Signs a defensive Alliance with Austria |
| Battle of Chesapeake Bay Grasse-Tilly |  |
| 5th Aug Chesapeake Bay Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
| 30th Aug Chesapeake Bay Lands a French Fleet in Chesapeake Bay |
| Battle of Cowpens Morgan, Daniel |  |
| 17th Jan Cowpens Morgan retreats to Southern Virginia |
| Battle of Dunes, The Grasse-Tilly | |
| 9th Sep Dunes The British leave the sea near Chesapeake to the French & Graves returns to New York |
| Battle of Dunes, The Graves, Thomas |  |
| 9th Sep Dunes The British leave the sea near Chesapeake to the French & Graves returns to New York |
| Battle of Guildford Cornwallis, Charles | |
| 15th Mar Guildford Despite victory Cornwallis cannot hold Georgia & the Carolinas |
| Battle of Jamestown Ford Cornwallis, Charles | |
| 6th July Jamestown Ford Defeats General Lafayette at James town Ford, Virginia |
| Battle of Porto Novo Coote, Eyre | |
| 1st July Porto Novo Defeats the forces of Hyder Ali |
| Battle of Porto Praya Johnstone, George | |
| 16th April Porto Praya Defeated by the Dutch on his way to attack the Dutch colony of Cape of Good Hope |
| Battle of Virginia Cap Destouches, Sochet | |
| 16th Mar Virginia Cap Destroys 3 British ships & has the better of the engagement but retreats to Newport |
| Battle of Yorktown Grasse-Tilly | |
| 5th Aug Chesapeake Bay Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
| Battle of Yorktown Cornwallis, Charles | |
| 19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence |
| Battle of Yorktown Washington, George | |
| Yorktown Yorktown, Virginia, surrenders to Washington & the French fleet |
| Birth Beauharnais, Eugene de | |
| 3rd Sep Paris Birth of Eugene de Beauharnais |
| Capture of Chittur Tippu, Fateh Ali |  |
| Dec Chittur Tippu Sultan successfully seizes Chittur from the British |
| Composition Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |  |
| Vienna Composes, "Idomeneo" |
| Congress of National Washington, George | |
| 2nd Mar The National Congress renames itself "The United States in Congress Assembled" |
| Constitution Washington, George | |
| Washington Attempts are made to avoid over centralization after independence |
| Washington The Articles of Confederation give Congress minimum powers over individual states |
| 2nd Mar The National Congress renames itself "The United States in Congress Assembled" |
| Diplomacy Catherine II the Great | |
| Signs a defensive Alliance with Austria |
| Discovery of Uranus Herschel, William | |
| 31st Mar Discovers Uranus using a home made telescope from his back garden in Bath |
| Dismissal Louis XVI | |
| 19th May Paris Louis XVI dismisses his Finance Minister, Neckar |
| Education Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Eton Enters Eton |
| Election Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Chatham First elected MP |
| Independence Washington, George | |
| 2nd Mar The National Congress renames itself "The United States in Congress Assembled" |
| League Armed Neutrality Catherine II the Great | |
| The States General of the United Provinces joins the League of Armed Neutrality |
| Partition Catherine II the Great | |
| Makes a Treaty with Josef II promising him the Eastern half of the Balkans |
| Makes her grandson, Constantine, ruler of a new Greek Empire |
| Partitions the Balkans to drive the Turks out of Europe |
| Peace Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Washington Washington allows 2 days for written peace proposals but insists on complete surrender |
| Publication Kant, Immanuel |  |
| Publication of, "Critik Der Reinen Vernunft", revised 1787 |
| Publication Holcroft, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "Duplicity" |
| Reform Joseph II | |
| 13th Oct Vienna Allows monasteries to re-open but weakens their links with Rome |
| Resignation Necker, Jacques | |
| 19th May Paris Resigns from the Government |
| Secretary of War Lincoln, Benjamin | |
| Appointed Secretary of War by Congress |
| Siege of Chittur Tippu, Fateh Ali | |
| Dec Chittur Tippu Sultan successfully seizes Chittur from the British |
| Siege of Yorktown Grasse-Tilly | |
| 5th Aug Chesapeake Bay Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
| 5th Aug Yorktown Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
| Surrender Cornwallis, Charles | |
| 19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence |
| Surrender Washington, George | |
| 19th Oct Yorktown Lord Cornwallis surrenders with 7,000 men marking the end of fighting in the war |
| Unification Washington, George | |
| The Articles of Confederation give Congress minimum powers over individual states |
