Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
Daniel Boone 1734-1820
John Adams 1735-1826
George Washington 1732-1799
God Save the King first sung 1744
Frederick II invades Silesia 1740
John Hancock 1737-1793
Benjamin West 1738-1820
Father Junipero Serra began working with CA
missions 1768
J. S. Bach writes fugue for
Frederick the Great 1747
Catherine II travels to Russia
1744
Louis XV ruled France 1715-1744
Pierre Caron becomes nobleman
1756
Voltaire Chamberlain to
Frederick the Great 1750
James Cook runs away to sea
1742
James Watt 1736-1819
George II 1683-1760
George III 1738-1820
Ch’ien Lung Emperor of China beginning 1735
Ch’ien Lung forbade European
“barbarians” to enter China
1757 beginning 1735
Lord Clive victory in India
1751
French and Indian War begins 1754
Pontiac rebels against British
1763-1766
William Pitt led Britain during Seven Years’ War
James Cook takes soundings
during the French and Indian War
1759
James Wolfe dies leading Brits to
victory at Quebec 1759
Seven Years’ War 1756-1763
George III crowned king
1760
Martha Custis marries G. Washington
1759 1763-1766
Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
Frederick II called “the Great”
1763
Goethe 1749-1832
Catherine II crowned Empress
of Russia 1762
Voltaire writes against
war and hatred 1763
James Cook claims Australia
for England 1770
Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen
1774
James Watt patents steam
engine 1769
Benjamin West court painter
1763
Joshua Reynolds President of Royal
Academy of Painting 1768
George III reserves land for
Indians 1763
George III Stamp Act
1765
John Adams speaks against
Stamp Act 1765 1765
Patrick Henry famous speech
against Stamp Act 1765
Patrick Henry 1736-1799
Benjamin Franklin in England during
passage of Stamp Act 1765
William Pitt supports American
resistance to Stamp Act 1765
Thomas Paine 1737-1809
Frederick II rebuilds Prussia beginning 1763
Louis XV takes the costly mistress
Madame du Barry 1764
Marie Antoinette 1755-1793
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791
Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI
1770
Marquis de Lafayette 1757-1834
Lafayette moves to Paris
1768
Mozart visits Italy
1770
Pompeii ruins discovered
1748
Francisco José Goya studying in Rome
1770
Dey of Algiers pirate king late 1700s
Poland divided
1772
Catherine II leads Russia against
the Turks 1768
Catherine II mistreated under her rule, 600,000 Kalmucks return
to China 1770-1771
John Paul Jones escapes to Virginia
1775
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821
Hokusai 1760-1849
George III determines to enforce
Acts of Navigation against Dutch
1770
Alexander Hamilton 1755-1804
John Paul (Jones) 1747-1792
Father Junipero Serra works with
California missions 1768
Father Junipero Serra “baptizes” California
1770
Daniel Boone explores over
Allegheny Mountains 1768
Samuel Adams 1722-1803
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere
spread word about Boston “Massacre”
1770
John Hancock forced to forfeit his
ship due to smuggling 1768
John Adams defends British soldiers
in court 1770
Boston Tea Party 1773
Lexington and Concord 1775
Tuscarora War 1711-1715
1st Continental Congress at Carpenter’s Hall
1774
Benjamin Franklin sails home from
England 1774
Battle of Bunker Hill 1775
John Adams nominates
George Washington as general
1775
2nd Continental Congress 1775
Declaration of Independence 1776
Benjamin West painting George III’s
portrait when he hears of the Declaration
1776
George III hires soldiers from
Frederick II 1776
Pierre Caron acts as secret agent for French to supply
assistance to the Americans
1776
Benjamin Franklin ambassador to France
1776
Louis XVI crowned king of France
1774
Marie Antoinette plays the frivolous
queen 1776
Lafayette sails for America
1777
Adams and Franklin meet for talks with
the British 1776
Burgoyne surrenders! 1777
John Paul Jones carries the news to Benjamin Franklin
1777
Valley Forge 1778
Alexander Hamilton aide-de-camp to
General Washington 1778
George Washington refuses to be king
1781
Franklin Penny first coin in new US mint
1792
Napoleon Bonaparte attends military school
1779
Lafayette returns to
America to fight 1780
John Paul Jones captures the Serapis
1779
John Paul Jones made commander of
the Ranger 1777
Lafayette sails home
1778
George Rogers Clark fights British along Ohio & Mississippi
1778
Pierre Caron drafts French treaty
with America 1778
John Adams ambassador to France
1778
George Rogers Clark 1752-1818 Benedict Arnold
plays the traitor 1780
General Rochambeau leader of French forces in Revolutionary War
1780
Cornwallis Surrenders! 1781
Robert Morris superintends financial
affairs 1781
Haym Salomon finances post-war
colonies 1781
Lafayette visits Frederick II
1786
Marie Antoinette French people turn
against her 1784
John Adams US Ambassador to
George III 1784
Marie Antoinette plays at peasantry
1784
Benjamin Franklin returns to US from France
1784
Catherine II to war with Turks (again)
1787
Frederick II signs commerce treaty with US
1784
John Adams ambassador to France
1784
Thomas Jefferson ambassador to France
1784
Pierre Caron debuts
The Marriage of Figaro 1784
Thomas Jefferson widowed
1783
Lafayette visits Mount Vernon
1784
George Washington heads home after
the war Christmas Eve 1783
Catherine II does not impress John
Quincy Adams 1783
Treaty of Paris signed 1783
Simon Bolívar born 1783
Montgolfier Brothers demonstrate
hot air balloon 1783
Marie Antoinette painted in muslin
1783
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
beheaded 1793
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
escape attempt 1791
Lafayette condemned as
friend of the king 1791
Thomas Paine essay on The Rights of Man
1790
Alexander Hamilton proposes national bank
1790
George Washington appoints his cabinet
1790
Lafayette proposes the
Declaration of Rights 1789
Louis XVI calls national
assembly 1789
Lafayette proposes financial
investigation 1787
John Paul Jones briefly helps Russia with Turkish wars
1787
Constitutional Convention 1787
George Washington first US President
1789
The Bastille stormed by the peasants
1789
Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
1791
Jean-Paul Marat leads September
Massacre 1792
Robespierre Reign of Terror
1793-1794
George Washington dies
1799
John Adams 2nd President of US
1797
Ch’ien Lung abdicates to fifteenth
son 1796
Ch’ien Lung “No Christianity in
China!” 1793
Napoleon Bonaparte goes to Egypt
1798
Napoleon Bonaparte marries Countess
Josephine Beauharnais
1796
Napoleon Bonapart fights Italians and
Austrians 1796
Catherine II dies
1796
Catherine II loves to play with her
grandchildren 1794
Dr. Edward Jenner develops smallpox
vaccine 1796
Rosetta Stone discovered
1799
Connecticut founded
1636
Richard Cameron 1644-1680
John Davenport founded New Haven
1638
Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809-1892
Charles II (Commonwealth ends)
rules England 1660-1685
“King Philip” leads war against British colonists
1675-1676
“Charter Oak” Captain Wadsworth hides Connecticut charter in this tree
1687
James II rules England
1685-1688
William III of Orange rules England
1689-1702
Mary II ruled jointly with
William III 1689-1694
Margaret Wilson martyred along with Margaret McLachlan
1685
Salem Witch Trials 1692-1693
Maryland founded
1632
New York becomes British colony
1664
Frederick II dies
1786
Jacob Leisler governs New York
1689
John Bunyan debuts Pilgrim’s Progress
1678, 1684
Captain Kidd turns pirate
1696
New Jersey founded
1665
Pennsylvania founded
1681
Jonathan Edwards revival begins
1731
Emily Dickinson 1830-1886
North & South Carolina settled
late 1600s
Georgia debtors’ settlement
1733
George Whitfield Great Awakening
in Europe 1737
Robert de la Salle claims Mississippi River
Valley for France 1682
King William’s War 1689-1697
Queen Anne’s War 1702-1713
Mississippi Bubble 1719-1720
John Wesley first mission
1735
Paul Revere midnight ride
1775
Abigail Adams 1744-1818
John Newton converts
1648
“Captain” Molly fights in the
Battle of Monmouth 1778
David Brainerd missionary to
Native Americans 1743-1746
William Wordsworth 1770-1850
Jan Vermeer 1632-1675
John W. Waterhouse 1849-1917
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925