Aug 01 Caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet

Sep 29 Chaidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland

Apr 26 The birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter

Dec 15 King George IV of England marries his mistress, Maria Fitzherbert.

May 23 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals

May 09 Joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles

Jul 06 The birth of John Paul Jones, American War of Independence hero

Jul 06 Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage

Jun 15 2 French balloonists die in world's first fatal aviation accident

Jan 07 The first balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard &Jeffries)

Jan 20 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers

Jan 27 First US state university chartered, Athens GA

Jan 15 Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres

Jan 11 Continental Congress convenes in New York City

Jan 27 First US state university chartered, Athens GA

Jan 11 Continental Congress convenes in New York City NY

Jan 07 The first balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard &Jeffries)

Jan 13 John Walter publishes first issue of London Times

Jan 01 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes first issue