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| Battle of Annagudi Tippu, Fateh Ali |  |
| 18th Feb Annagudi Tippu Sultan defeats Colonel Braithwaite at Annagudi near Tanjore |
| Battle of Saints, The Grasse-Tilly |  |
| 12th April Loses control of the Caribbean to the British |
| Battle of Saints, The Rodney |  |
| 12th April Captures 7 ships |
| 12th April Restores control of Caribbean by defeating a French fleet under de Grass e off Dominica |
| Birth Buren, Martin van |  |
| Kinderhook Birth of Martin van Buren, Kinderhook, New York |
| Capture of Minorca Grillon |  |
| 5th Feb Minorca Captures all of Minorca except for Port Mahon |
| Capture of Pegase Jervis, John | |
| 19th April Captures the French ship of the line, Pegase |
| Capture of Port Mahon Grillon | |
| Port Mahon Captures Port Mahon after a 6 month siege |
| Chancellor Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term |
| Drama Fonvizin, Denis |  |
| "The Adolescent", a play by Denis Fonvizin, is performed, Russia's first drama of social satire, early masterpiece of secular literature, questions Russian Enlightenment |
| Greek Plan Catherine II the Great | |
| Moscow Issues the "Greek Plan", to restore the Byzantine Empire under a Romanov Emperor |
| Leader House of Commons Townshend, Thomas | |
| 10th July London Appointed Leader of the House of Commons |
| League Armed Neutrality Catherine II the Great | |
| Portugal joins the League of Armed Neutrality |
| Lord Privy Seal Grafton | |
| Appointed Lord Privy Seal, 2nd term |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Fox, Charles James |  |
| Mar Appointed Foreign Secretary, 1st term |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Robinson, Thomas | |
| April Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| Minister of Home Affairs Petty, William | |
| 27th Mar Appointed Home Secretary |
| Minister of Home Affairs Townshend, Thomas | |
| 10th July Appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1st term |
| Patent Watt, James | |
| James watt patents a double-acting rotary steam engine |
| Peace North, Frederick | |
| 24th Feb London Parliament votes to abandon the American War of Independence |
| 5th Mar London Parliament enacts Legislation empowering the Crown to negotiate peace with the US |
| Peace Franklin, Benjamin | |
| 12th April Washington American-British Peace talks begin when Benjamin Franklin meets Richard Oswald |
| Peerage Rodney | |
| Saints Raised to the peerage after the Battle of the Saints |
| Prime Minister Shelburne | |
| 4th July Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Prime Minister Watson-Wentworth | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| Privy Council Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Appointed Privy Councillor |
| Publication Priestley, Joseph | |
| Publication of, "A history of the Corruption of Chris tianity" |
| Publication Rousseau, Jean-Jacques |  |
| Publication of, "Confessions", first part of an autobiography, published posthumously |
| Publication Jefferson, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "Notes on Virginia" |
| Reform Washington, George | |
| 20th April Washington Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States |
| Resignation North, Frederick | |
| 27th Feb Resigns after Britain's defeat |
| Rule of Byzantine Empire Catherine II the Great | |
| Moscow Issues the "Greek Plan", to restore the Byzantine Empire under a Romanov Emperor |
| Rule of Greece Catherine II the Great | |
| Moscow Issues the "Greek Plan", to restore the Byzantine Empire under a Romanov Emperor |
| Rule of Mysore Tippu, Fateh Ali | |
| Mysore De facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his own demise in 1799 |
| Secretary of State Holland | |
| Serves under Rockingham but resigns when he is succeeded by Shelburne |
| Succession Tippu, Fateh Ali | |
| Mysore De facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his own demise in 1799 |
| Succession Rama I |  |
| Succeeds as King of Thailand |
| Treasurer Navy Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Appointed Treasurer of the Navy, 1st term |
| Treaty of Commercial Adams, John Quincy | |
| 8th Oct Washington The treaty of Commerce & Friendship is signed with Holland, negotiated by John Adams |
| Treaty of Mangalore Tippu, Fateh Ali | |
| Dec Chittur The Second Mysore War comes to an end with the treaty of Mangalore, the last occasion when an Indian king had dictated terms to the mighty British, and the treaty is a prestigious document in the history of India |
| Treaty of Paris Watson-Wentworth | |
| Paris Commences peace negotiations |
| Treaty of Peace Franklin, Benjamin | |
| 30th Nov Puts his signature to the preliminary peace treaty |
