January 22 Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia March 27 Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine April 17 Francis Williams, 1st U.S. black college graduate, publishes poems July 8 English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York July 24 George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess July 26 British battle fleet under General James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg August 8 British troops occupy and plunder Cherbourg August 25 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed August 29 New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation September 12 Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog October 14 Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia November 25 Britain capture Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French December 25 Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return December 31 British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal
