Date | Event |
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Jan 21 |
Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha |
Jan 29 |
Paris churchyard of Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual |
Feb 1 |
Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions |
Feb 2 |
King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia |
Feb 20 |
Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna |
Feb 26 |
1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia |
Jun 9 |
Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe |
Aug 1 |
Foundations laid for Bank of England |
Aug 13 |
Voltaire's "Zaire" premieres in Paris |
Sep 2 |
Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome |
Sep 6 |
VOC dismisses Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare |
Nov 14 |
First professional librarian in north America, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia |
Dec 6 |
1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, NYC |
Dec 7 |
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London. |
Dec 19 |
Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" |
Dec 28 |
1st known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette) |
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