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Events of the 1700s: when did it happen?

The years of 27 famous events of the 1700s, from 1707 to 1799, sorted oldest to newest, each with a short fact.

• When did England and Scotland unite to form Great Britain?1707
• When did Daniel Fahrenheit invent the mercury thermometer?1714
• When was New Orleans founded?1718
• When was Robinson Crusoe published?1719
• When was Gulliver's Travels published?1726
• When was George Washington born?1732
• When did Handel's Messiah premiere?1742
• When did Benjamin Franklin fly a kite in a thunderstorm?1752
• When did the French and Indian War begin?1754
• When was Mozart born?1756
• When did Britain pass the Stamp Act?1765
• When did James Watt patent his improved steam engine?1769
• When did Captain Cook reach the east coast of Australia?1770
• When was the Boston Massacre?1770
• When was the Boston Tea Party?1773
• When was Paul Revere's midnight ride?1775
• When was the US Declaration of Independence signed?1776
• When did Adam Smith publish The Wealth of Nations?1776
• When was the British surrender at Yorktown?1781
• When was the US Constitution signed?1787
• When did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?1788
• When was the storming of the Bastille?1789
• When did George Washington become the first US president?1789
• When was the Bill of Rights ratified?1791
• When did Eli Whitney invent the cotton gin?1793
• When did Edward Jenner test the first vaccine, against smallpox?1796
• When was the Rosetta Stone found?1799