10

Samuel Gilbert 87
Lydia Barnes (Gilbert) 84
Alexander Gordon 54
Jane Stewart (Gordon) 54

9

Mary Wright (Gifford) 93
Nathan Davis 86
Elizabeth Phinney [Finney] (Davis) 86
Peter Abbott 75
Thomas Bannister 61
Mercy Wheeler (Bannister) 58
Jonathan Snow 73
Andreas Killian 74
Joseph C Crandall 59
John Ladd 42
Sarah Van Duersen (Sickels) 55
Benjamin Lewis 71
Elizabeth Jaquith (Lewis) 68
William West 59
Thomas Gordon 36
Sarah Wilson (Gordon) 29
John Martin 22
Johann Lorentz Kettering 28
Philip W. Gentzler 35

8

Johannes Clements 91
James Seeley 41
Elizabeth Brown (Seeley) 40
Peleg Gifford 57
Abigail Shepherd (Gifford) 51
Azor Nash 21
Rhoda (Nash) 21
William Shaw 22
Hannah Gardner (Shaw) 18
James King 31
Elizabeth (King) 27
Isaac Davis 56
Nathan Abbott 34
Mary (Marcy, Mercy) Bannister (Abbott) 33
Samuel Snow 47
Richard Hayes 67
John Killian 51
Elizabeth Zimmerman (Killian) 46
Thomas Coons 39
Anna Crandall (Coons) 31
Joseph Crandall 26
Mary Ladd (Crandall) 24
James [Jacob] Williamson 33
Mary Barber (Williamson) 27
Zachariah Sickels 23
Margit Van Aasdorph (Sickels) 19
Ichabod Perry 54
Ruth Fisher (Perry) 46
Jonathan Wolcott 66
David Brewer 44
Sarah Searles (Howlett) 53
Jonathan Lewis 45 died
Morris Mattson 61 died
John McMinn 62
Isabella (McMinn) 59
Joseph Pierson [Pearson] 48
Mary (Pierson) 48
George Stern 31
Sarah West (Stern) 28
Isaiah Curry Guymon 23
Elizabeth Flynn (Guymon) 26
John Gordon 22
Barzilla Martin (Gordon) 2
John Dudley 8
Charity Davis (Dudley) 6
Achilles Durham 26
Mary Unica Cates (Durham) 21
Henry Etters 34
Philip Tevebaugh or Devenpaugh 25
Margaret Cansler or Gensler (Tevebaugh) 17

7

Peter Clements 29
Anna Seeley (Clements) 21
Annanias Owen 22
Lucy (Owen) 18
John Savage 38
Joseph Smith 11
Noah Gifford 17
Mary Bowerman (Gifford) 18
Lucy Shaw (Nash) 2
William [James] Braffett 4
Reuben Davis 12
Mary or Polly Abbott (Davis) 9
Samuel Snow 26
Betty Perkins (Snow) 20
John Smith 13
Mary (Smith) 9
James Walsh 11
Mary (Walsh) 7
Philemon Hayes 27
Philip Killian 10
M Hocking[s] (Killian) 6
Thomas Hopper 10
Rebecca (Hopper) 9
Thomas Coons 10
Abiel Perry 22
Miriam Walcott (Perry) 21
Isaac Chadwick Sr. 18
Dinah Brewer (Chadwick) 14
Sylvanus Hulet 18
Mary Lewis (Hulet) 13
Johan Mathias Noah 16
Elizabeth Schmidt (Noah) 8
Aaron Mattson 31
Mary McMinn (Mattson) 38
Isaac Pierson 9
Rachel Stern (Pierson) 2
Palle Pallemon Fix 36
Christen Larsen 45
Poul Andersen 40
Anne Thomasdatter (Andersen) 29
Erick Jensen 38
Jens Moretensen 29
Maren Christensdatter (Moretensen) 17
William Peck 12
Sarah Holmes (Peck) ~about 8
George Peck ~about 8
Ann LaVes (Peck) 8
John Kinger 8
Mary (Kinger) 4
William Kinger ~about 5
Ann Carter (Kinger) ~about 5
John [Russon] Ruston 18
Elizabeth Whitford (Ruston) 4
Lott Davis 10
Hannah Shakespear (Davis) 10
William Round 4
Pheba Parsons (Round) 4
Richard Willson 12
John Wilkie 8
Nancy (Wilkie) 4
Peter Green 21
Charles Alexander Durham 3
Mary Patience Davis (Durham) 4
Henry Etters 8

6

Joseph Lowe 39
Hannah Worth (Lowe) 42
John Stirland 34
Mary (Stirland) 22
Justus Winchel 17
Eva Savage (Winchel) 6
George Matson 9
Jens Thomasen 21
Maren Nielsen (Thomasen) 29
Jorgen Christensen 40
Zise Marie Mikkelsdatter (Christensen) 28
Peter Engelbret Palleson Fix 6
Mette Jensdatter Munk (Fix) 9
Anders Christensen 13
Else Christensdatter (Christensen) 13
Christen Larsen 11
Karen Poulsdatter (Larsen) 8
Niels Eriksen 2
John Wilson 2

5

Joseph Lowe 8
Peder Simonsen 15
Thomas Jensen born

General

Population: 915 Million*

• Entertainment: Alfiere Antigone, Goethe (tragedy), JMR Lenz (drama), FM von Klinger ("Sturm and Drang" drama), John Cartwright (parliamentary reform), Edward Givvon (Roman Empire), Richard Price (American war), Adam Smith Wealth of Nations, Thomas Paine Common Sense
  Art includes Fragonard "The Washerwoman", Pigalle "Voltaire" sculpture,
  Music includes Charles Burney writes history of music, Mozart "Seranade in D major"
• Exploration: Captain James Cook begins third voyage
• Religion: Ann Lee and eight followers emigrate from Britain to America
• Science: Hydrogen discovered
  Reptilian fossils described by Dicquemare
• Technology: James Watt of Scotland produces commercial steam engine
• Deaths: Philosopher David Hume, Author Julie de Leionasse

Africa

• West Africa: Fulani sets up Muslim states - Futa Toro, Futa Jallon and Masina to 1786

Americas

• Canada: American troops forced out
• South America: Spanish create Viceroyalty of La Plata (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay)
  Unification of Portuguese administration in South America with Rio de Janeiro as capital

Europe

• General: Treaty of Copenhagen between Russia and Denmark
• France: Jacques Necker made Minister of Finance
• German States: Wisehouse and other Bavarians found the Illuminati – supposedly extinct after a decade
• Great Britain: Sir William Chambers builds Somerset House in London
  Margaret Thompson of London buried in snuff
  Colonel Anthony St. Leger establishes St. Leger horse race in Doncaster
• Holy Roman Empire: The Burgtheater in Vienna becomes national theater
• Norway: Military ski competition
• Russia: Potemkin the favorite of Czarina Catherine II organizes Russian Black Sea fleet

Pacific

• General: James Cook's third voyage

President:

Pres: (Continental Congress) John Hancock

General

• Americana: Declaration of Independence written - on foundation of Social Contract
  Paine prints "Common Sense"
• Finance: U.S. Congress institutes national lottery
• Law: "Articles of Confederation" adopted
• Military: Benedict Arnold defeated at Lake Champlain
  Ft. Lee surrenders to British
  Moore's Creek Bridge battle
  Lafayette agrees to serve in America
• Politics: Continental Congress votes to suppress authority of British crown

East

• Maryland: Congress retires to Baltimore
• Massachusetts: Washington forces British to abandon Boston
• New Jersey: Washington retreats to PA, crosses the Delaware, then defeats Hessian troops at Trenton
• New York: William Howe takes New York
  Colonists driven back and defeated in Battle of Long Island
  Fire in New York destroys part of lower Manhattan – probably set but colonists protesting British occupation
• Pennsylvania: Howe occupies Philadelphia
• Rhode Island: British commander William Howe takes Rhode Island

South

• Virginia: Virginia Bill of Rights written by George Mason
  Push for independence

West and Pacific

• Utah: Fathers Dominguez and Father Escalante enter Utah