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Há 1 dia · Benjamin Franklin would later testify in Parliament in 1766 to the contrary, reporting that Americans already contributed heavily to the defense of the Empire. He argued that local colonial governments had raised, outfitted, and paid 25,000 soldiers to fight France in just the French and Indian War alone—as many as Britain itself ...
Há 1 dia · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia.
Há 2 dias · In 1766 a cataract in his left eye was discovered. Though couching of the cataract temporarily improved his vision, complications ultimately rendered him almost totally blind in the left eye as well. However, his condition appeared to have little effect on his productivity.
Há 2 dias · In 1766, Hume left Paris to accompany Jean-Jacques Rousseau to England. Once there, he and Rousseau fell out, leaving Hume sufficiently worried about the damage to his reputation from the quarrel with Rousseau.
Há 2 dias · 29 September 1766: 6 October 1828: Married 1797, King Frederick of Württemberg; no surviving issue Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn: 2 November 1767: 23 January 1820: Married 1818, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; had one daughter: Queen Victoria: Princess Augusta Sophia: 8 November 1768: 22 September 1840: Never married ...
Thomas Hutchinson (born September 9, 1711, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died June 3, 1780, London, England) was the royal governor of the British North American Province of Massachusetts Bay (1771–74) whose stringent measures helped precipitate colonial unrest and eventually the American Revolution (1775–83).
Há 2 dias · Although Rutgers thus became a public university, it still retains—as the successor to the private college founded and chartered in 1766—some important private rights and protections from unilateral state efforts to change its fundamental character and mission.
