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William Cavendish-Bentinck is born

William Cavendish-Bentinck is born

William Cavendish-Bentinck is born

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Events Before

  1. First public admission to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris

    An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience.

  2. A cyclone causes 40-foot waves that are believed to kill 300,000 in Calcutta, India

    A cyclone causes 40-foot waves that are believed to kill 300,000 in Calcutta, India

  3. An earthquake is reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India, now thought to have been an ex

    An earthquake is reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India, now thought to have been an exaggerated account of a hurricane that claimed 3,000 of the city's estimated 20,000 residents [1]

  4. French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Germain Louis Chauvelin is dismissed by Chief Minister André-Hercule de Fl

    French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Germain Louis Chauvelin is dismissed by Chief Minister André-Hercule de Fleury

  5. Charitable Irish Society of Boston organizes the first observance of Saint Patrick's Day in the Thirteen Colonies

    Charitable Irish Society of Boston organizes the first observance of Saint Patrick's Day in the Thirteen Colonies

Events After

  1. French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier discovers and names the uninhabited Bouvet Island, the world's mo

    French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier discovers and names the uninhabited Bouvet Island, the world's most remote island, 1,700 km from Antarctica in the South Atlantic Ocean [1]

  2. Battle of Karnal: Army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah

    Karnal () is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District.

  3. Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus (32) weds Swedish Sara Elisabeth Moræa (23), until his death in 1778

    Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus (32) weds Swedish Sara Elisabeth Moræa (23), until his death in 1778

  4. Britain and Spain sign 2nd Convention of Pardo - seeks to establish boundary between Georgia and Florida

    Britain and Spain sign 2nd Convention of Pardo - seeks to establish boundary between Georgia and Florida

  5. Iranian ruler Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne

    Iranian ruler Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne

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