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Wed Oct 11 2000 at 1:33:29
Born in 1756:
Austrian composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
.
Composer
Joseph Martin Kraus
Aaron Burr
, third
vice-president of the United states
and all-around
malefactor
.
Revolutionary War
general
Henry Lee
, aka "Light Horse Harry".
William Godwin
, father of philosophical
anarchism
.
German
Physicist
Ernst Chlandi
, father of
acoustics
.
Maximilian
I Joseph
, King of
Bavaria
,
1805
-
1825
Died in 1756:
French
dancer
Marie Sallé
Events of 1756:
The conflict between the
British
and
French
in
America
(the
French and Indian War
) becomes a general European conflict, later called the
Seven years' War
:
Frederick the Great
of
Prussia
invades
Saxony
.
The
French
capture
Minorca
from the
British
after Admiral
John Byng
does not comply with an order to sail there to defend it.
Col. John Armstrong destroys the
Lenni-Lenape
(
Delaware
)
Indian
stronghold at
Kittanning, PA
.
New Hampshire
Gazette
founded
in
Portsmouth
, with the first
printing press
in the colony.
Pope
Benedict XIV
issues an
Encyclical
to
Eastern Orthodox
priests pointing out preceived errors in the
Euchlogion
, the book descibing Greek Orthodox rites, to avoid when performing sacraments (
See:
Cheek
)
A
stagecoach
line
links
New York City
and
Philadelphia
for the first time.
Siraj-ud-daulah
becomes
Nawab
of
Bengal
, and briefly expels the
British
from
Calcutta
. During this time, it is reported that the Nawab had 146 people were crammed into a small airless prison cell at
Fort William
in that city. After one night, 123 had supposedly died in what was later known as the
Black Hole of Calcutta
.
Samuel Johnson
, flush with the success of his
Dictionary
, solicits subscriptions to publish the work of
William Shakespeare
.
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How they Were Made
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Seven Years War
Henry Raeburn
Black Hole of Calcutta
Aaron Burr
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Military History
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Pour encourager les autres
Minorca
The Lees of Old Virginia
Augustus Toplady
1627
Jacques Cassini
Calcutta
January 29
January 23
Fort William
Mughal Empire
French and Indian War
18th century
Lenni-Lenape
Bengal
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