John Wilkes, English radical, journalist, and politician, known for english radical, journalist, and politician, was born on 1725-10-17. John Wilkes (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical, journalist, politician, magistrate, essayist, and soldier. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757.
John Wilkes is born
John Wilkes, English radical, journalist, and politician, known for english radical, journalist, and politician, was born on 1725-10-17.
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John Wilkes is English radical, journalist, and politician.
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Events Before
Spanish King Philip V abdicates the throne in favor of his 17-year-old son Louis I; he returns to rule in September afte
Spanish King Philip V abdicates the throne in favor of his 17-year-old son Louis I; he returns to rule in September after Louis dies of smallpox
Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxo
Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)
Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
The Treaty of Constantinople Russo-Ottoman Treaty or Treaty of the Partition of Persia (Iran Mukasemenamesi) was a treaty concluded on 24 June 1724 between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire,...
Cornelis Steenoven becomes the first archbishop of the Old Catholic Church in Utrecht, Netherlands
Cornelis Steenoven becomes the first archbishop of the Old Catholic Church in Utrecht, Netherlands
Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toru
Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities
Events After
The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia
The Supreme Privy Council of Imperial Russia, founded on 19 February 1726 and operative until 1730, originated as a body of advisors to Empress Catherine I.
French ballerina Marie de Camargo aged 16 makes her premiere at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"
French ballerina Marie de Camargo aged 16 makes her premiere at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"
Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap's molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in Londo
Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap's molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in London are executed by hanging at Tyburn, England
Cardinal Fleury succeeds Duke of Bourbon as French premier
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726.
Treaty of Alliance between the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the Russian Empire signed at Vienna
The Peace of Vienna, also known as the First Treaty of Vienna, was a series of four treaties signed between 30 April 1725 and 5 November 1725 involving the Habsburg Monarchy, the Holy Roman Empire...
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James Wolfe is born
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Spanish King Philip V abdicates the throne in favor of his 17-year-old son Louis I; he returns to rule in September afte
Spanish King Philip V abdicates the throne in favor of his 17-year-old son Louis I; he returns to rule in September after Louis dies of smallpox
Edmond Halley is appointed as the second Astronomer Royal at the Greenwich Observatory
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Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
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