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| Birth Malthus, Thomas Robert |  |
| Feb Dorking Birth of Thomas Robert Malthus |
| Death Stanislaw I |  |
| Death of Stanislaw I |
| Death Stuart, James |  |
| 1st Jan Death of James Stewart, "the Old Pretender" |
| 1st Jan Rome Death of James Stewart, "the Old Pretender" |
| Discovery of Hydrogen Cavendish, Henry | |
| London Discovers hydrogen, "inflammable air" |
| Field Marshal Karl I |  |
| Appointed Field Marshal in the Austrian Army |
| First Lord of the Treasury Grafton | |
| London Appointed First Lord of the Treasury |
| Health Pitt the Elder, William | |
| Not appointed Prime Minister due to poor health |
| Invasion of India Tippu, Fateh Ali |  |
| Helps his father Haidar Ali against the British in the First Mysore War |
| Lord Chamberlain Seymour-Conway, Edward | |
| Appointed Lord Chamberlain |
| Lord Chancellor Pratt | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor |
| Paymaster General Dashwood, Francis | |
| London Appointed Paymaster General |
| Peerage Pitt the Elder, William | |
| Chatham Created Earl of Chatham |
| Prime Minister Trikoupis, Spiridon |  |
| 6th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Greece |
| Privy Seal Pitt the Elder, William | |
| Appointed Privy Seal |
| Reform Otis, John Fitzgerald |  |
| Washington Opposes Navigation Act writs on natural law to defend privacy & property |
| Solicitor General Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Appointed Solicitor General of Scotland |
