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Date |
Event(s) |
1 | 1783 | |
2 | 1789 | - 30 Apr 1789—3 Mar 1797: George Washington, 1st President of the United States
George Washington
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3 | 1792 | - 1792: Repression in Britain (restrictions on freedom of the press)
- 1792: Boyle's Street Directory published
- 1792: Coal-gas lighting invented by William Murdock, an Ayrshire Scot
- 1 Oct 1792: Introduction of Money Orders in Britain
- 1 Dec 1792: King's Proclamation drawing out the British militia
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4 | 1793 | - 11 Feb 1793: Britain declares war on France (1793-1802)
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