Mar 13 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

Sep 13 James Wolfe British general dies during the Battle of the Palins of Abraham outside Quebec city

Sep 13 Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English

Sep 18 British capture Québec during the French & Indian War

Sep 13 British defeat French forces at the Battle of Quebec, Canada

Feb 28 Pope Clement XIII grants permission for the Bible to be translated into the languages of the Roman Catholic states

Feb 28 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages

Feb 13 In Halifax Nova Scotia the first use of secret ballot in Canada in Nova Scotia Assembly; first legislature in British territory to permit secret voting

Apr 13 French beat European Aliies in Battle of Bergen

Apr 27 The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein'

Nov 24 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius

May 01 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France

Jul 25 British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War)

Jan 06 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis

Jan 16 British Museum opens in London

Jan 15 British Museum opens in Montague House, London

Jan 06 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis

Jan 25 The birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet

Jan 02 In Montreal, French Intendant Bigot cuts the bread ration in New France to half a pound per person per day.

Jan 11 First American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia

Jan 02 In Montreal, French Intendant Bigot cuts the bread ration in New France to half a pound per person per day.

Oct 31 Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred