1775-12-01 00:00:00 The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and[…]
1770-12-01 00:00:00 “The presence of British troops in the city of Boston was increasingly unwelcome. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in additional[…]
1754-12-01 00:00:00 The French and Indian War, as it was referred to in the colonies, was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Gr. Britain. England and France had been building toward a[…]
1754-12-01 00:00:00 Enter story info here 218000
1750-12-01 00:00:00 Linnaeus systematizes the classification of living organisms, introducing ideas like binomial naming 217000
1732-12-01 00:00:00 Benjamin Franklin publishes the first edition of his popular yearly (1732–1758) almanac. 216000
1732-2-01 00:00:00 George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][Note 1][Note 2] December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (17891797), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.[4] He[…]
1687-12-01 00:00:00 Newton introduces the idea that mathematical rules can be used to systematically compute the behavior of systems in nature. 215000
1665-12-01 00:00:00 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication. 214000
1662-12-01 00:00:00 Wilhelm Schickard creates a gear-based, wooden, six-digit, mechanical adding machine. 212000
