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| 1st Channel Crossing Blanchard, Francois |  |
| 7th Jan Channel Completes the first Channel crossing in a hot air balloon |
| 7th Jan English Channel Completes the first Channel crossing in a hot air balloon |
| 1st Hot Air Balloon Blanchard, Jean-Pierre | |
| 7th Jan Calais 1st to pilot a hot-air balloon across the Channel from Dover to Calais |
| Birth Grimm, Jakob |  |
| 10th Jan Birth of Jakob Grimm |
| Charter Nobility Catherine II the Great |  |
| Noble status is made hereditary |
| The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial government |
| The nobles are granted full control over their serfs and lands |
| Composition Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |  |
| Vienna Composes, "Piano Concerto No 22" |
| 10th Aug Vienna Composes, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" |
| Constitution Catherine II the Great | |
| The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial government |
| Daily Universal Register Walter, John |  |
| 1st Jan London Publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register |
| Death Bonaparte, Charles | |
| 24th Feb Death of Charles Bonaparte, father of Napoleon I |
| Diplomacy Louis XVI | |
| 10th Nov Paris An Alliance is agreed between France & Holland |
| Diplomacy George III | |
| 1st June London Receives John Adams The first American ambassador to Britain |
| Diplomacy Adams, John Quincy |  |
| 30th Nov Washington Demands Britain relinquish military posts along Great Lakes & in Ohio, Britain refuses |
| Education Napoleon I | |
| 29th Oct Paris Leaves the Military School of Paris |
| Invention Power Loom Cartwright, Edmund | |
| 4th April London Patents his invention, the Power Loom |
| Invention Steam Engine Watt, James | |
| Papplewich 1st Boulton & Watt steam engines are used for spinning at a factory in Nottinghamshire |
| Inventory Church Properties in France Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| Instrumental in drafting a general inventory of church properties in France |
| Lieutenant en second Napoleon I | |
| 1st Sep Valence Appointed Lieutenant en second of a Battalion in an artillery regiment |
| Lieutenant William IV | |
| Portsmouth Appointed Lieutenant aboard the Hebe, 40 gun frigate |
| Lieutenant Napoleon I Napoleon I | |
| 5th Nov Valence Joins his regiment at Valence |
| 5th Nov Valence Joins his regiment in Valence |
| Minister of England Adams, John Quincy | |
| 24th Feb Appointed Minister of England |
| National Lands Jefferson, Thomas | |
| Washington Public lands are surveyed & divided into townships |
| Washington Townships divided into sections & sold to developers for not less than $1 per acre |
| Patent Cartwright, Edmund | |
| 4th April London Patents his invention, the Power Loom |
| Prime Minister Acton, John Francis Edward | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Naples |
| Publication Hutton, James | |
| Publication of, "Theory of the Earth" |
| Publication Warton, Thomas | |
| Appointed Poet Laureate |
| Rebellion Joseph II | |
| Transylvania Massacres many of the Magyar nobility |
| Transylvania Suppresses the uprising of the Romanian peasants |
| Reform Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Fails to create a commercial union of the British Isles |
| Reform Catherine II the Great | |
| The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial government |
| Resignation Hastings, Warren | |
| Bengal Resigns amid allegations of autocratic behavior & returns to England |
| Rule of Alaska Catherine II the Great | |
| Catherine II encourages the colonization of Alaska |
| Rule of Maestricht Joseph II | |
| 8th Nov Maastricht Under the Treaty of Fountainbleus abandons his claim to Maestricht |
| Rule of River Scheldte Joseph II | |
| 8th Nov River Scheldte Under the treaty of Fountainbleau Holland recognizes Joseph 's ruleover the Scheldt |
| Taxation Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Reduces the duty on tea in an attempt to reduce smuggling |
| Treaty of Fontainbleau Joseph II | |
| 8th Nov Fontainbleau Abandons his claim to Maestricht & free navigation of Sheldte outside his dominions |
| 8th Nov Fontainbleau Holland recognizes Joseph II's sovereignty over part of the River Scheldt |
| 8th Nov Fontainbleau Receives 10 million guilders in compensation |
