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1754
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by
Gorgonzola
Sat Nov 04 2000 at 2:19:31
Born in 1754:
English
poet
George Crabbe
.
American
writer
Joel Barlow
.
The future Tsar
Paul
of
Russia
to Princess Sophie von
Anhalt-Pommern
(the future Empress
Catherine the Great
), and, ostensibly, her husband, the future Tsar
Peter III
.
French philosopher Comte
Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy
.
British naval Captain
William Bligh
.
French Revolutionary figure Madame
Jeanne-Marie Roland
.
French statesman Charles-Maurice de
Talleyrand
.
The future King
Louis XVI
of France.
Died in 1754:
English author
Henry Fielding
, most famous for
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
.
French architect
Germain Boffrand
.
Danish dramatist
Ludvig Holberg
.
French
mathematician
Abraham de Moivre
.
Ottoman
Sultan
Mahmoud Khan I
.
Events of 1754:
Anthony Henday
becomes the first European to see the
Rocky Mountains
.
Colonial representatives meet in
Albany
,
New York
to draw up a proposal for a government of all 13 British colonies, to be proposed to
Parliament
. In support of this,
Benjamin Franklin
's
Pennsylvania Gazette
publishes the famous
Join or Die
cartoon featuring a cut-up snake whose segments are labeled with the names of individual colonies.
David Hume
publishes his essay
Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth
.
The
British
build a fort where the
Allegheny
and
Monongahela River
s join to form the
Ohio River
.
Fort Prince George
is attacked and captured by the
French
before it can be completed. The French complete the fort, naming it
Fort Duquesne
. A
Virginia
regiment is camped nearby at
Fort Necessity
. This regiment, commanded by 22-year-old
George Washington
, attacks a French patrol. In retaliation, a large French force attacked Fort Necessity and captures the fort, as well as Washington. Washington and his men are allowed to go back to Virginia. And thus begins the
French and Indian War
.
Construction begins on the
Winter Palace
in
St. Petersburg
, Russia.
King's College
, later
Columbia University
, founded in
New York City
.
Mughal
Emperor
Ahmad Shah
deposed by one of his ministers.
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Ebenezer Erskine
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
Banastre Tarleton
Julian Declared Emperor II
Albany Congress
Join or Die
Canada: A People's History
James Hillhouse
1817
1713
French and Indian War
William Bligh
Joel Barlow
Military History
Ludvig Holberg
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
American History
Louis XVI
Abraham de Moivre
An Argument Against the Abolishing of Christianity
18th century
Paul
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