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Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - 1751-1760 Elsewhere Worldwide
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1710</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1693.htm"><em>1693</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1698.htm"><em>1698</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1691else.htm"><em>1691-1700</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1651writers.htm"><em>1651-1700</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701.htm"><em>1701</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1702.htm"><em>1702</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1708_saybrook_platform.htm"><em>1708</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701else.htm"><em>1701-1710</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Time Span 1717-1740"><i>1717 - 1740</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1717.htm"><em>1717</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1711else.htm"><em>1711-1720</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1721else.htm"><em>1721-1730</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731.htm"><em>1731</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1740_s.htm"><em>1740</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1740_s.htm"><em>1740s</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731else.htm"><em>1731-1740</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Time Span 1745-1760"><i>1745 - 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1775</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1774.htm"><em>1774</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1775_lex_alarm.htm"><em>1775</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1775-links.htm"><em>1775 - Benedict Arnold</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1771else.htm"><em>1771-1775</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1751writers.htm"><em>1751-1775</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Epilogue"><i>Epilogue</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1776.htm"><em>1776</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Appendix"><i>Appendix</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/constit_state_links.htm"><em>The Constitution State</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/disputes_links.htm"><em>The Theological Disputes</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/amer_colonies_links.htm"><em>The American Colonies</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1776_dec_independence.htm"><em>The Declaration of Independence</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/indians_links.htm"><em>The Indians of Connecticut</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/colonial_military_links.htm"><em>The Colonial Military</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/colonial_schools.htm"><em>The Colonial Schools</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/flags_seals_ct.htm"><em>The Flags and Seals of Connecticut</em></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/general-society.htm" title="General Society"><b>General Society</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/connecticut-society.htm" title="Connecticut Society"><b>Connecticut Society</b></a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/ancestral_search.htm" title="Ancestral Search"><b>Ancestral Search</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/colonial_towns_links.htm" title="Colonial Towns"><b>Colonial Towns</b></a></li> <!-- <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/plaques.htm" title="Plaques"><b> Plaques</b></a></li> --> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/shop/" title="Shop"><b> Shop </b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/membership.htm" title="Membership"><b> Membership</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/contact_us.php" title="Contact Us"><b>Contact Us</b></a></li> </ul> </div> <!--end navigation--> <!-- placeholder for subnav --> <div class="placeholder"> </div> <!--start main content--> <div id="interior-content"> <!--start text box--> <div id="interior-textbox"> <h4>1751–1760 — AND ELSEWHERE WORLDWIDE </h4> <p>HISTORY: China invades Tibet; Great Britain adopts Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752 (September 3–13 omitted); British army defeated by French near Fort Duquesne (modern Pittsburgh); 120 British soldiers imprisoned and die in India ("Black Hole of Calcutta"), Clive retakes Calcutta; George Washington and John Forbes take Fort Duquesne, later renamed Pittsburgh; British gain Quebec from French; Louis Joseph Montcalm and James Wolfe, French and English generals, killed in action; King George II of England dies, succeeded by his grandson George III.</p> <p>ARTS: First exhibition of contemporary art at Royal Society of Arts, London.</p> <p>SCIENCE/GROWTH: British calendar altered, January 1 henceforth to be beginning of New Year; First mental asylums in London; Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning conductor; King's College in New York founded, becomes Columbia University in 1784; First iron-rolling mill in England; University of Moscow founded; Lisbon earthquake kills 30,000 people; Porcelain factory founded at S猫vres; Ribbing machine for manufacture of hose invented; Botanical Gardens in London opened; Rules of whist laid down by Edmund Hoyle.</p> </div> <!--end text box--> </div> </div> <!--end main content--> <!--start footer--> <div id="footer"> <!-- start footer top - 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