WHAT HAPPENED IN 18. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 18. century

American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (27. January 1776)

The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States. (27. January 1785)

The Chinese storm Dartsedo. (28. January 1701)

The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917. (28. January 1724)

Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann. (28. January 1754)

Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants. (28. January 1760)

The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master. (30. January 1703)

The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. (30. January 1790)

The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. (31. January 1747)

The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. (1. February 1713)

In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. (1. February 1790)

French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. (1. February 1793)

The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York. (1. February 1796)

Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. (2. February 1709)

During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment. (3. February 1706)

American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius. (3. February 1781)

American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence. (3. February 1783)

Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts. (3. February 1787)

In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. (4. February 1703)

Macapá is founded. (4. February 1758)