| 1770 |
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Battle of Chesmé on the Black Sea: Russian navy defeats the Turks |
| 1770 |
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M. Miloradovich born in St Petersburg |
| 1 Mar 1770 |
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L. P. Montbrun born in Florensac (Hérault) |
| 2 Mar 1770 |
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L. G. Suchet born in Lyon |
| 7 Apr 1770 |
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W. Wordsworth born in Cockermouth, Cumberland |
| 10 May 1770 |
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L. N. Davout born in Annoux (Yonne) |
| 22 May 1770 |
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V. L. Berthier born in Versailles |
| 3 Aug 1770 |
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Frederick William (III) von Hohenzollern born in Potsdam |
| 4 Aug 1770 |
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F. E. de Kellermann born in Metz |
| 27 Aug 1770 |
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G. W. F. Hegel born in Stuttgart |
| 12 Sep 1770 |
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F. Roguet born in Toulouse |
| 16 Dec 1770 |
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L. van Beethoven born in Bonn |
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| 1771 |
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Discovery of Oxygen by Scheele |
| 16 Mar 1771 |
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A. J. Gros born in Paris |
| 15 Apr 1771 |
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C. P. Schwarzenberg born in Vienna |
| 27 Apr 1771 |
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J. Rapp born in Colmar |
| 4 Jun 1771 |
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C. A. L. A. Morand born in Pontarlier |
| 16 Jun 1771 |
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L. de Clermont dies |
| 11 Aug 1771 |
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F. L. Morland born in Souilly (Meuse) |
| 15 Aug 1771 |
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Sir W. Scott born in Edinburgh |
| 15 Aug 1771 |
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L. C. Chouard born in Strasbourg |
| 5 Sep 1771 |
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Charles von Habsburg born in Florence |
| 24 Sep 1771 |
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A. Junot born in Bussy-le-Grand, nr Alésia |
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| 1772 |
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Nitrogen discovered by Rutherford |
| 10 Feb 1772 |
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J. W. L. Liechtenstein dies |
| 17 Mar 1772 |
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V. E. Leclerc born in Pontoise |
| 5 Aug 1772 |
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First Partition of Poland (against will of Maria Theresa). Russia gave up Danubian principalities |
| 21 Oct 1772 |
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S. T. Coleridge born in Ottery St Mary, Devon |
| 25 Oct 1772 |
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G. M. C. Duroc born in Pont-à-Mousson |
| 3 Nov 1772 |
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F. Lanusse born in Habas (Landes) |
| 17 Nov 1772 |
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H. F. B. Sebastiani born in La Porta d'Ampugnani (Corsica) |
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| 18 Jan 1773 |
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J. Sulkowski born |
| 30 Apr 1773 |
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J. M. P. F. Dorsenne born in Ardres |
| 15 May 1773 |
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C. W. N. L. Metternich born in Coblenz |
| 6 Sep 1773 |
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F. Fournier (Sarlovèze) born in Sarlat (Dordogne) |
| 8 Nov 1773 |
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F. W. von Seydlitz dies, Ohlau, Lower Silesia (Olawa, Poland) |
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| 1774 |
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Peace of Kuchuk Kainardji. End of second Turkish war (Russia only). Russia obtained Azov |
| 1774 |
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J. B. de Muiron born |
| 26 Apr 1774 |
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A. J. M. R. Savary born in Marc-et-Chevrières (Ardennes) |
| 20 Jul 1774 |
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A. G. L. V. de Marmont born in Chatillon-sur-Seine |
| 24 Oct 1774 |
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F. Vigo-Roussillon born in Montpellier |
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| 1775 |
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Pius VI elected Pope |
| 1 Jan 1775 |
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A. J. Bigarré born in Palais (Belle-Isle-en-Mer) |
| 18 Apr 1775 |
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First armed clash of American War of Independence at Lexington |
| 23 Apr 1775 |
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J. M. W. Turner born in London |
| 10 May 1775 |
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A. C. L. Lasalle born in Metz |
| 21 May 1775 |
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L. Bonaparte born in Ajaccio |
| 26 Jun 1775 |
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J. J. Desvaux de Saint-Maurice born in Paris |
| 14 Jul 1775 |
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Y. P. Daumesnil born in Périgueux |
| 16 Dec 1775 |
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J. Austen born in Steventon, Hants |
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| 17 Mar 1776 |
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J. L. F. Le Marois born in Briquebec |
| 11 Jun 1776 |
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J. Constable born in East Bergholt, Suffolk |
| 4 Jul 1776 |
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American Declaration of Independence |
| 16 Aug 1776 |
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J. R. Coignet born in Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines (Yonne) |
| 25 Aug 1776 |
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D. Hume dies, Edinburgh |
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| Dec 1777 |
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Extinction of the Wittelsbach line. Austria tries to strengthen position in Empire |
| 3 Jan 1777 |
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M. A. E. Bonaparte born in Ajaccio |
| 7 Feb 1777 |
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L. Aune born in Arles |
| 6 Dec 1777 |
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A. F. J. M. de Pezay dies at Pezay, nr Blois |
| 23 Dec 1777 |
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Czar Alexander born in St Petersburg |
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| 9 Jan 1778 |
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L. I. De Berchény dies, Luzancy nr La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre |
| 10 Jan 1778 |
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C. von Linné dies in Uppsala |
| 8 Mar 1778 |
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J. T. Arrighi de Casanova born in Corte (Corsica) |
| 30 May 1778 |
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F. M. Arouet (Voltaire) dies in Paris |
| 2 Jul 1778 |
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J. J. Rousseau dies in Ermenonville, nr Paris |
| 5 Jul 1778 |
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Opening of hostilities in War of Bavarian Succession. Prussia tries to prevent Austria from annexing Bavaria. Massive invasion of Bohemia. Western army (Prince Henry) ran out of supplies & stopped short of Prague. Eastern army (Frederick) stopped by Lacy |
| 2 Sep 1778 |
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L. Bonaparte born in Ajaccio |
| 25 Dec 1778 |
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Napoleon arrives in France (at Marseille) for the first time |
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| 14 Feb 1779 |
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J. Cook dies at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii |
| 6 Mar 1779 |
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A. H. Jomini born in Payerne, Switzerland |
| May 1779 |
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Napoleon enters the military academy at Brienne |
| May 1779 |
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Treaty of Teschen. End of the War of the Bavarian Succession. Austria received Inn district, renounced designs on Bavaria. Russia guarantor |
| 8 May 1779 |
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C. P. Romanov born in Tsarskoe Selo |
| Oct 1779 |
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Josephine arrives in France for the first time, at Brest |
| 13 Dec 1779 |
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Josephine marries Alexandre de Beauharnais |
