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| Battle of Buxar Alam II |  |
| Buxar The British East India Company wins the power of Diwani in Nizamat after Buxar
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| Birth Destaing, Jacques Zacharie |  |
| 6th Nov Aurillac Birth of Jacques Zacharie Destaing
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| Birth Grey, Charles |  |
| 13th Mar Birth of Charles Grey, from Northumberland gentry
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| Discovery of Falklands, The Bougainville, Louis Antoine de | |
| Falklands, The The Spanish name for the islands, "Islas Malvinas", is derived from the French name "les Malouines", bestowed by Louis Antoine de Bougainville, after the mariners from Saint-Malo became the island's first settlers
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| Election Clive, Robert | |
| Shrewsbury Elected Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
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| Invention Spinning Jenny Hargreaves, James | |
| London Invents the spinning jenny
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| Knighthood Clive, Robert | |
| London Awarded a Knighthood
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| Marriage Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Marries Henrietta, daughter of John Clies of Lisbon
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| Marshal Kutuzov |  |
| Appointed Marshal in Poland
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| Peerage Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Rodney is created a Baronet
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| Rebellion Louis X | |
| Paris The rebellion of the Jesuits is suppressed
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| Reform Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London An attempt by Grenville to levy taxes in the American colonies to pay for their upkeep
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| London A tax imposed on the British colonies to pay for their upkeep
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| Rule of Falklands, The Bougainville, Louis Antoine de | |
| Falklands, The The Spanish name for the islands, "Islas Malvinas", is derived from the French name "les Malouines", bestowed by Louis Antoine de Bougainville, after the mariners from Saint-Malo became the island's first settlers
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| Port Louis The first settlement, called Port St. Louis, is founded by the French military commander Louis Antoine de Bougainville on Berkeley Sound, in present-day Port Louis, East Falkland
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| Rule of India Alam II | |
| Buxar The British East India Company wins the power of Diwani in Nizamat after Buxar
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| Rule of Nizamat Alam II | |
| Nizamat The British East India Company wins the power of Diwani in Nizamat after Buxar
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| Rule of Poland Catherine II the Great | |
| Warsaw Secures the election of her nominee King Stanislas Poniatowski to the throne of Poland
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| Succession Stanislaw II |  |
| Succeds as the King of Poland, last independent King of Poland
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| Supported by Catherine II in becoming King of the Kingdom of Poland
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