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Events
March 20
-
Nadir Shah
occupies
Delhi
in
India
and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the
Peacock Throne
, including the
Koh-i-Noor
September 9
-
Stono Rebellion
erupts near
Charleston
September 18
-
Treaty of Belgrade
signed
October 3
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Treaty of Nissa
signed
October 23
-
Great Britain
declares war on
Spain
. This becomes known as the
War of Jenkins' Ear
November 21
- The British capture the
South American
silver exporting town of Porto Bello from the Spanish
Births
January 25
-
Charles François Dumouriez
, French general (died
1823
)
February 15
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Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
, French architect (d.
1813
)
July 26
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George Clinton
, American soldier and politician (died
1812
)
November 2
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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
, composer (died
1799
)
November 20
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Jean-François de la Harpe
, French critic (died
1803
)
Johann Augustus Eberhard
, German theologian and philosopher (died
1809
)
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
, founder of a family of entrepreneurs (died
1817
)
Deaths
April 7
-
Dick Turpin
, highwayman (hanged)
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