Mar 01 E Kidner opens the first cooking school, in Great Britain

Aug 14 First Russian colony in Alaska is founded on Kodiak Island.

Sep 22 Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK

Sep 21 The first daily newspaper in America is published in Philadelphia.

Feb 22 First US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York

Feb 29 Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille

Feb 28 John Wesley charters Methodist Church

Nov 01 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendants

May 25 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek

May 20 England & Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris)

May 22 Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy

May 08 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)

May 11 England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty

Jun 04 Mme Thible becomes first woman to fly (in a balloon)

Jun 23 First US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)

Jun 09 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions

Jan 07 The first US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia

Jan 26 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol

Jan 06 Turkey &Russia sign treaty in Constantinople

Jan 14 Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris

Jan 06 Turkey &Russia sign treaty in Constantinople

Jan 14 The Revolutionary War officially ends as the U.S. and England ratify their peace treaty.

Jan 07 The first US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia