10

Alexander Gordon 58
Jane Stewart (Gordon) 58 died

9

Mary Wright (Gifford) 97 died
Nathan Davis 90
Elizabeth Phinney [Finney] (Davis) 90
Peter Abbott 79
Thomas Bannister 65
Mercy Wheeler (Bannister) 62
Jonathan Snow 77
Andreas Killian 78
Joseph C Crandall 63
John Ladd 46
Sarah Van Duersen (Sickels) 59
Thomas Gordon 40
Sarah Wilson (Gordon) 33
John Martin 26
Johann Lorentz Kettering 32
Philip W. Gentzler 39

8

Johannes Clements 95 died
James Seeley 45
Elizabeth Brown (Seeley) 44
Peleg Gifford 61
Abigail Shepherd (Gifford) 55
Azor Nash 25
Rhoda (Nash) 25 died after this time
William Shaw 26
Hannah Gardner (Shaw) 22
James King 35
Elizabeth (King) 31
Isaac Davis 60 died
Nathan Abbott 38
Mary (Marcy, Mercy) Bannister (Abbott) 37
Samuel Snow 51
Richard Hayes 71
John Killian 55
Elizabeth Zimmerman (Killian) 50
Thomas Coons 43
Anna Crandall (Coons) 35
Joseph Crandall 30
Mary Ladd (Crandall) 28
James [Jacob] Williamson 37
Mary Barber (Williamson) 31
Zachariah Sickels 27
Margit Van Aasdorph (Sickels) 23
Ichabod Perry 58
Ruth Fisher (Perry) 50
Jonathan Wolcott 70
David Brewer 48
Sarah Searles (Howlett) 57
John McMinn 66
Isabella (McMinn) 63
Joseph Pierson [Pearson] 52
Mary (Pierson) 52
George Stern 35
Sarah West (Stern) 32
Isaiah Curry Guymon 27
Elizabeth Flynn (Guymon) 30
John Gordon 26
Barzilla Martin (Gordon) 6
John Dudley 12
Charity Davis (Dudley) 10
Achilles Durham 30
Henry Etters 38
Philip Tevebaugh or Devenpaugh 29
Margaret Cansler or Gensler (Tevebaugh) 21

7

Peter Clements 33
Anna Seeley (Clements) 25
Annanias Owen 26
Lucy (Owen) 22
John Savage 42
Joseph Smith 15
Noah Gifford 21
Mary Bowerman (Gifford) 22
Azor Nash born
Lucy Shaw (Nash) 6
William [James] Braffett 8
Reuben Davis 16
Mary or Polly Abbott (Davis) 13
Samuel Snow 30
Betty Perkins (Snow) 24
John Smith 17
Mary (Smith) 13
James Walsh 15
Mary (Walsh) 11
Philemon Hayes 31
Philip Killian 14
M Hocking[s] (Killian) 10
Thomas Hopper 14
Rebecca (Hopper) 13
Thomas Coons 14
Elizabeth Crandall (Coons) 2
Abiel Perry 26
Miriam Walcott (Perry) 25
Isaac Chadwick Sr. 22
Dinah Brewer (Chadwick) 18
Sylvanus Hulet 22
Mary Lewis (Hulet) 17
Johan Mathias Noah 20
Elizabeth Schmidt (Noah) 12
Aaron Mattson 35
Mary McMinn (Mattson) 42
Isaac Pierson 13
Rachel Stern (Pierson) 6
Palle Pallemon Fix 40
Christen Larsen 49
Poul Andersen 44
Anne Thomasdatter (Andersen) 33
Erick Jensen 42
William Peck 16
Sarah Holmes (Peck) ~about 12
George Peck ~about 12
Ann LaVes (Peck) 12
John Kinger 12
Mary (Kinger) 8
William Kinger ~about 9
Ann Carter (Kinger) ~about 9
John [Russon] Ruston 22
Elizabeth Whitford (Ruston) 8
Lott Davis 14
Hannah Shakespear (Davis) 14
William Round 8
Pheba Parsons (Round) 8
Richard Willson 16
John Wilkie 12
Nancy (Wilkie) 8
Peter Green 25
Charles Alexander Durham 7
Mary Patience Davis (Durham) 8
Henry Etters 12

6

Joseph Lowe 43
Hannah Worth (Lowe) 46
John Stirland 38
Mary (Stirland) 26
James H Clements born
Justus Winchel 21
Eva Savage (Winchel) 10
Edward Parker born
George Matson 13
Jens Thomasen 25
Maren Nielsen (Thomasen) 33
Jorgen Christensen 44
Zise Marie Mikkelsdatter (Christensen) 32
Peter Engelbret Palleson Fix 10
Mette Jensdatter Munk (Fix) 13
Anders Christensen 17
Else Christensdatter (Christensen) 17
Christen Larsen 15
Karen Poulsdatter (Larsen) 12
Niels Eriksen 6
Anne Jensdatter (Eriksen) 1
John Wilson 6

5

Joseph Lowe 12
Peder Simonsen 19
Thomas Jensen 4

General

Population: 949 Million*

• Entertainment: Writers include Matthias Claudius, Frederick the Great, Gatano Filangieri (legislation)
  Art includes JS Copley "Death of Chatham", Sir Joshua Reynolds "Mary Robinson as Perdita"
  Music includes Haydn, Giovanni Paisello, Karl Ditters "Job"
  The "Bolero" dance invented by Sebastiano Carezo
  Sebastien Erard makes first modern pianoforte in Paris
• Technology: Circular saw invented by Gervinus
  Felice Fontana produces water gas
  Nicolas Appert discovers that heat applied to sealed jars prevents food from spoiling
  Scheller constructs first fountain pen
• Deaths: Architect Jacques Germain Soufflot, Philosopher Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, Empress Maria Theresa, Artist Bernardo Canaletto,

Americas

• General: Hurricane hits Martinique and Barbados killing nearly 20,000 - levels Orange Town on St. Eustatius
• Bahamas: Spanish recapture from Britain
• Peru: Revolt of Tupac Amaru begins against Spanish

Asia

• India: First newspaper published
• Japan: Eruption
• Mysore: Outbreak of Second Mysore War for four years

Europe

• General: Armed Neutrality of North by Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands to protect shipping from British
• Great Britain: House of Commons affirms principle of periodic scrutiny of Civil List
  Gordon riots in London (No Popery)
  Pitt the Younger enters Parliament
  "British Gazette" and "Sunday Monitor" first Sunday newspapers appear in London
• Holy Roman Empire: Joseph II co-ruler of Austria with his mother Maria Theresa becomes sole ruler on her death
  Serfdom abolished in Bohemia and Hungary
• Ireland: Henry Grattan demands Home Rule for Ireland
• Netherlands: War declared on Britain in Anglo-Dutch war - control of European trade

Middle East

• Iran: Quake kills 200,000

President:

Pres: (Continental Congress) Samuel Huntington

General

• Crime: Benedict Arnold's plot to surrender West Point is revealed
• Politics: Franklin named Ambassador to France
• Revolution: War continues

East

• General: "The Hard Winter" of 1780 freezes over New England as far south as NY and NJ
• Connecticut: Lemuel Haynes preaches, the first black preacher of a mostly white congregation
• Massachusetts: Constitution written
  American Academy of Sciences founded at Boston
• New Jersey: Americans defeated at Camden
• New York: General Washington and troops stalled in major snowstorm at Morristown
  British block Washington's attempt to retake New York
• Pennsylvania: Gradual emancipation law enacted
• Rhode Island: 5000 French troops arrive at Newport

Midwest

• General: Smallpox outbreak on the US plains

South

• Florida: Spanish forces recapture west FL from Britain
• North Carolina: British army defeated at King's mountain
• South Carolina: Charleston surrenders to British