1783 in History

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1783 the mechanical turk pictured a fraudulent chess playing 04 17

1783

The Mechanical Turk (pictured), a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controll

The Mechanical Turk (pictured), a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controll

1783

Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean

Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean

1783 laki a volcano in iceland begins an eight month eruption w 06 08

1783

Laki, a volcanic fissure in Iceland (pictured), began an eight-month eruption, triggering a major famine and causing wid

Laki, a volcanic fissure in Iceland (pictured), began an eight-month eruption, triggering a major famine and causing wid