Originally Posted By alexbook What happened to 1739? That was an important year, you know. That was the year the War of Jenkins' Ear started (and no, I'm not making this up). 1741 was boring by comparison.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle 1742 - The centigrade (Celsius) scale of temperatures devised by Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius, 40, divides into 100 degrees the distance between freezing (O°) and boiling water at sea level.
Originally Posted By alexbook Somebody famous was born in 1753, but I'm not sure who. Maybe Thomas Jefferson?
Originally Posted By LacyBelle 1756 - John Canton makes the first observation of magnetic storms in Earth's magnetic field.
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom 1757 - French and Indian War: A French army under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm forces the English to surrender Fort William Henry. The French army's Indian allies slaughter the survivors, not understanding what the terms of the surrender were.