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Frederick the Great, a composer, flutist, and future emperor of Prussia (Germany) is born.
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Joseph Haydn is born in Rohrau, Austria.
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Johann Christian Bach, not to be confused with Johann Sebastian Bach, is born.
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Minuet dances become very popular in Europe. A minuet is a slow, stately ballroom-style dance.
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The French-Indian War starts.
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The Seven Years War starts.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born in Salzburg, Austria.
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The first edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, the largest encyclopedia in the world, is written.
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Ludvig van Beethoven is born in Bonn, Germany.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed, starting the American Revolutionary War.
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General Cornwallis surrenders the British Army after the successful American siege of Yorktown.
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John Wesley, a preacher, seperates from the Church of England, creating Methodism, a new form of Christianity.
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Mozart writes and premiers "Le Nozze di Figaro", or "The Marriage of Figaro."
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George Washington is elected to be the first president.
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French Revolutionaries storm the federal prison and castle named the Bastille.
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The Industrial Revolution begins
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"The Magic Flute" is written by Mozart and premiered at Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.
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The American Bill of Rights is ratified
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies at age 35.
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Edward Jenner creates and tests a hypothesis that infecting someone with a weak sickness known as cowpox, could prevent the infection of a deadly, feared disease known as smallpox.
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Alessandro Volta invents the electric battery
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Haydn debuts his most famous work, "The Seasons."
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Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory.
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Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France.
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Beethoven premieres his 5th Symphony.
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Joseph Hadyn dies
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Simon Bolivar, a Venezuelan military commander, leads a revolution for the independence of South America.
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The United States Senate declares war on Britain, starting the War of 1812.
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Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated in his most well known battle against the British, Prussians, Dutch, and Belgians. The battle took place south of modern-day Brussels, Belgium.
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Th first of many Revolutions against the Russian aristocracy, the tsars
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Beethoven dies from an illness
