Explore 456 historical events from 1770–1779.
Major-General John Bradstreet was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served in King George's War, the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. He was born in Ann…
John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (born 1714)
Michel Benoist was a Jesuit scientist who served for thirty years in the court of the Qianlong Emperor during the Qing dynasty, known for his architectural and landscape designs of…
Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (born 1715)
Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height …
Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (born 1750)
Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political theorist. He publ…
British scientist Joseph Priestley (pictured) liberated oxygen gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by the…
General Thomas Gage was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his many years of service in North America, including serving as Commander-in-Chief, North …
Under orders from Governor Thomas Gage, British soldiers removed gunpowder from a magazine in the Province of…
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies …
In response to the British Parliament's enactment of the so-called Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of…
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ra…
The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on
Wolraad Woltemade 1708 – 1 June 1773 was a Cape Dutch dairy farmer, who died while rescuing sailors from the wreck of the ship De Jonge Thomas in Table Bay on 1 June 1773. The stor…
Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse
Cúcuta, officially San José de Cúcuta, is a Colombian municipality, capital of the department of Norte de Santander and nucleus of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The city is loca…
Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
Eastern State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. Built in 1773, it was the first public facility in the present-day United States constructed solely for …
America's first insane asylum opens.
Henrik Steffens, was a Norwegian philosopher, scientist, and poet.
Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet (died 1845)
The Commission of National Education was the central educational authority in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created by the Sejm and King Stanisław II August on October 14, 17…
The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian…
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and diplomat in the service…
Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (died 1859)
Arthur Aikin was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society. He first became its treasurer in 1841, and later became …
Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (died 1854)
Johann Ludwig Tieck was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries…
Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic (died 1853)
John Randolph, commonly known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was an American planter, and a politician from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives at various times between…
John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1833)
Thomas Young was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. H…
Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist (died 1829)
Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and astronomer. He served in many important wars of the late 18th and e…
Thomas Brisbane, Scottish general and politician, 6th Governor of New South Wales (died 1860)
Abraham Colles was an Irish surgeon and physician who served as Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the President of…
Abraham Colles, Irish anatomist (died 1841)
Jacob Aall was a Norwegian politician, historian, landowner and government economist.
Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist and politician (died 1844)
Karl Peter Andreas Faber was a Prussian archivist and historian.
Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic (died 1853)
Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland was a French explorer and botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America from 1799 to 1804. He co-authored volumes of the scient…
Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (died 1858)
Jonathan Alder was an American pioneer, and the first Euro-American settler in Madison County, Ohio. As a young child living in Virginia, Alder was kidnapped by Shawnee, and later …
Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer (died 1849)
Agostino Bassi, sometimes called de Lodi, was an Italian entomologist. He preceded Louis Pasteur in the discovery that microorganisms can be the cause of disease. He discovered tha…
Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (died 1856)