CHRONOLOGY.
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5753 1749 The ruins of Herculaneum discovered.
5734 1750 Earthquakes in London, Feb. S, and March 8.
Westminster bridge finished ; cost 389,500/.
5755 1751 Commotions in [• ranee with respect to the Jansenists.
Dreadful storm at Nantz, by which sixty-six vesselsand 800 sailors were lost, March 7.
A great storm at Jamaica, which did 300,000/.damage, Aug. 10.
A great storm at Cadiz which destroyed 100 ships,December 8.
5756 1752 The English date and style altered hy act of parlia-
ment, the 3d of September of this year beingmade the day immediately preceding the 14th.
5757 1753 The London Museum established.
5758 1754 Great earthquake at Grand Cairo, Sept. 2, by which
two-thirds of the houses and 40,000 inhabitantswere swallowed up.
5759 1755 The city of Quito in Peru destroyed by an earth-
quake, April 24.
A very great earthquake takes place in May, in theisland of Meteline in the Archipelago, whichthrows down 2000 houses. This earthquake ex-tended 5000 miles, and did considerable damageat Oporto in Portugal, and Seville in Spain, butmore particularly at Lisbon, where in about eightminutes most of the houses and 50,000 inhabi-tants were destroyed, and whole streets swallow edup; the cities ot' Coimbra and llruga suffered,and St. Ubes was swallowed up; at Faro 3000 in-habitants were buried, great part of Malaga w asdestroyed ; one half of Fez in Morocco, and12,000 Arabs were swallowed up, and above halfof the island of Madeira destroyed.
5760 1756 The English declare war against France.
Port Mahon taken from the English by Marshal deRichelieu.
The king of Prussia takes possession of Dresden.
Battle ot Lowoschutz, gained by the Prussians overthe Austrians, Sept. 30.
’ 5761 1757 Admiral Byng shot at Portsmouth on board the
Monarch ship of w ar, March 14.
Battle of Prague gained by the Prussians over theAustrians, May 22.
Battle of Kolin gained by the Austrians over the Prus-sians, June 12.
Great earthquake at the Azore Isles, which buried10,000 persons, July 9.
Battle of Flaslenback gained by the French over theallies, July 25.
Sea-fight off Cape Francois when seven ships weredefeated by three English, Oct. 21.
Great battle of Rosbach gained by the Prussiansover the French, Nov. 5.
Great battle of Breslau gained by the Prussians overthe Austrians, 15,000 of the latter being takenprisoners, Nov. 21.
The militia act passed.
5762 1758 Pope Benedict XIV. dies, and is succeeded by Cle-
ment XIII.
The allies victorious over the French at Crevelt,June 23.
A large comet appeared foretold by Dr. Halley.
5763 1759 Great bailie of Minden in August, gained bv the
allies over the French.
Sea-fight by which the French were beat off CapeLagos by Admiral Boscawen, Aug. 18.
Great battle before Quebec, Sept. 13, gained bv theEnglish under general Wolfe over the French.In consequence of this victory Quebec surren-dered to the English, and shortly alter the wholeof Canada. General Wolfe was killed in thisbattle.
Tremendous earthquake at Tripoli in Syria, whichextended near 10,000 miles, when Damns lostWOO inhabitants, and several other c Kies, with the
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remains of Balbec, were destroyed, between Oc-tober and December.
Great sea-fight off Quiberon Bay, when admiralHawke defeated the French, Nov. 20.
5764 1760 George II. king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies,
Oct. 25, in the 34th year of his reign, and 77thyear of his age, and is succeeded in the empirebv his present Majesty George III. grandson totlie late king.
5765 1761 Pondicherry taken by the English from the French.
Ills present Britannic Majesty marries Charlotte So-phia, princess of Mecklenhurgh Strelitz, Sept. 8;and both were crowned 14 days alter.
5766 1762 American Philosophical Society instituted, Jan. 2.
A great snow for IS days together in February.
A great storm in South Carolina where the ships lostwere worth 20,000/. May 4.
5767 1763 A general peace proclaimed, March 22.
The religious order of Jesuits abolished in France.
5768 1764 Peace concluded between the English and Indian
nations.
5769 1765 Otaheite in the South Sea discovered, June 18.
A stamp duty laid upon the British colonies in Ame-rica, which is soon after repealed on account ofthe disturbances it occasioned.
Isle of Man annexed to the crown of England, havingbeen purchased from the duke of Athol for70,000/.
General Lalli beheaded at Paris for having deliveredup Pondicherry.
A great fire in Cornhill, London, which consumedabove a hundred houses, and destroyed effects tothe amount of 100,000/. Nov. 7.
, 5770 1766 A dreadful conflagration happened at Bridgetown,
the capital of Barbadoes, which consumed housesand effects to the value of 300,000 1 .
Gibraltar almost destroyed by a storm.
5771 1767 On the J9th of October happened a very terrible
eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Stones of an enor-mous size w ere thrown up from the mouth of thevolcano to the height, it is said, of an Englishmile, and fell at least half a mile from it. Thelava or river of melted ore extended in lengthi about seven miles ; its breadth in some places wastwo miles, and its depth in general about 40 feet.
In the beginning of this year there was a very severefrost all over Europe.
The Jesuits expelled Spain, Naples, and Sicilv.
5772 1768 The celebrated Captain Cook sets out on his first
voyage round the world.
5773 1769 The island of Corsica ceded to France by the repub-
lic of Genoa.
A peace concluded between the English and HyderAlly in the East Indies, after the latter had” ra-vaged go at part of the British dominions therewith tire and sword.
Pope Clement XI! I. dies, and is succeeded by Cle-ment XIV.
5774 1770 Blackfriars Bridge finished, cost 152,840/.
Marshal Romanzow, general of Catherine II. em-press of Russia, defeats the Turks, and takes fromthem the city of Bender.
j A lire breaks out in the king’s yard at Portsmouth,
July 27, and before it could be extinguished de-stroyed stores to the amount of 150,000/.
The calamities of war and the horrors of the plague| greatlv distressed the kingdom of Poland.
5775 1771 Ilcavv ia‘ius fell in several parts of England, particu-
! larly in the north, where they were followed by
an 'inundation ot the Tyne and the 'l ees, whichdid immense damage, sweeping away bridges,,overflowing the adjacent country, and hiving somevillages entirely under water.
I The French parliament dissolved for refusing to
sanction an edict of the king.
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