May 05 Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty

May 22 Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty

Jan 15 Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City NY

Jan 04 England declares war on Spain & Naples

Jan 04 England declares war on Spain & Naples

Feb 12 English fleet occupies Martinique

Feb 02 Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London

Apr 05 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French

Apr 02 In Burma a very destructive and violent earthquake felt all over Bengal, Arakan, etc., chiefly and most severely in the north part of the east coast of the Bay of Bengal

Nov 03 Spain acquires Louisiana

Jun 28 Catherine II ascends the throne of Russia.

Dec 04 First Manifesto issued by Catherine II. It invited foreign settlers to come to Russia. This manifesto brought few results.

Aug 22 First female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury

Jul 13 James Bradley 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies

Mar 17 First St Patrick's Day parade in NYC