Explore 312 historical events from 1770–1779.
David Ricardo was a British economist and politician. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and…
David Ricardo, British economist and politician (died 1823)
Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, better known by his pen name Novalis, was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is…
Novalis, German author and poet (died 1801)
Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus was a German encyclopedia publisher and editor, famed for publishing the Conversations-Lexikon, which is now published as the Brockhaus encyclopedia.
Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (died 1823)
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery, he was renowned for his d…
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets (died 1828)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian social reformer and writer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a socio-religious reform mov…
Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (died 1833)
William I was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840.
William I of the Netherlands (died 1840)
Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark-Norway an…
Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (born 1737)
Gottfried Achenwall was a German philosopher, historian, economist, jurist and statistician. He is counted among the inventors of statistics.
Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1719)
Durastante Tommaso Francesco Emiliano Natalucci was an Italian historian who specialized in history of Trevi, in Umbria.
Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (born 1687)
Louis-Claude Daquin was a French composer, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.
Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (born 1694)
Johann Ulrich von Cramer was an eminent German judge, legal scholar, and Enlightenment philosopher.
Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and scholar (born 1706)
Gerard van Swieten was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical un…
Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician and reformer (born 1700)
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne was a French privateer, East India captain, and explorer. The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geograp…
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (born 1724)
The Navigation Acts, or more broadly the Acts of Trade and Navigation, were a series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and com…
In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American colonists led by Abraham Whipple (pictured) attacked and bur
The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy. It spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic i…
Russia, Prussia and Habsburg Austria began the First Partition of Poland, with the primary motive to restore the…
Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. He strove…
Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (died 1858)
Thomas Wedgwood was an English photographer and inventor. He is most widely known as an early experimenter in the field of photography. He is the first person known to have thought…
Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer (died 1805)
The Battle of Alamance took place on May 16, 1771. It was the final confrontation of the Regulator Rebellion in colonial North Carolina. The rebellion was instigated because of var…
The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "
Mission San Antonio de Padua is a Spanish mission established by the Franciscan order in present-day Monterey County, California, near the present-day town of Jolon. Founded on Jul…
Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
The Bloody Falls massacre was an incident that took place during Hudson's Bay Company employee Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River for copper deposits near modern-d…
Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland…
Sydney Smith was an English writer and Anglican clergyman, mainly famous for his wit. Besides his energetic parochial work, he was known for his writing and philosophy, founding th…
Sydney Smith, English preacher and author (died 1845)
Patrick Gass served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). He was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter, and he published the first …
Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author (died 1870)
Joseph Diez Gergonne was a French mathematician and logician.
Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1859)
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk FRS FRSE was a Scottish landowner and philanthropist best known for sponsoring immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright (died 1820