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The Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich is damaged in a fire
Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, rents Hill Lodge (formerly the mole catcher’s cottage) from Thomas Hill, the gamekeeper of Richmond Park.
An Indian uprising in Spanish Peru is led by a descendant of the Incas, Tupac Amaru II
In developing the Haskalah, the German philosopher Moses Mendelssohn reconciles Judaism and the Enlightenment
Six days of riot in London are triggered by Lord George Gordon leading a march to oppose any degree of Catholic emancipation
The Taylor family inherit the manor of East Sheen and West Hall, and move into Brick Farm
The capture of British go-between John André yields proof that US general Benedict Arnold is in the pay of the British
British army officer John André is executed in New York as a spy
Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro is a master of colour woodcuts, often depicting the courtesan district of Edo
Maryland, ratifies the Articles of Confederation (the last state to do so), completing 'the Confederation of the United States'
William Herschel discovers Uranus, the first planet to be found by means of a telescope, and names it the Georgian star
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, now 25, leaves Salzburg to settle in Vienna
Joseph II passes an Edict of Toleration, for the first time allowing Protestant worship in Habsburg territories
The Bank of North America is established by the Continental Congress to lend money to the fledgling Revolutionary government
George III makes the 'Dutch house' in Kew Gardens the private home for his family.
US poet Philip Freneau describes in The British Prison Ship the horrors of his experiences as a prisoner
German philosopher Immanuel Kant publishes the first of his three 'critiques', The Critique of Pure Reason
Ann Lee leads her Shaker colleagues in a missionary tour of New England lasting two years
The reforming emperor Joseph II emancipates the serfs in the Habsburg territories
The British general Charles Cornwallis, isolated at Yorktown, is forced to surrender in the final engagement of the Revolutionary War
The Duke of Dorset organizes a cricket match
Italian sculptor Antonio Canova sets up his studio in Rome and begins producing finely modelled nudes in the Greek style
Friedrich von Schiller's youthful and anarchic play The Robbers causes a sensation when performed in Mannheim
The English actress Sarah Siddons, already well known in the province, causes a sensation when she appears in London at Drury Lane
12-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven publishes his first composition, Piano Variations on a March by Dressler
