January 6 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis January 11 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia January 15 British Museum opens in Montague House, London January 16 British Museum opens in London February 28 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages March 13 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet April 8 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India April 13 French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen May 1 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France July 25 British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) July 26 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY August 1 Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France August 10 Carlos III becomes king of Spain August 12 Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians August 18 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France September 13 British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec) September 14 Austrian troops occupy Dresden September 18 Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British October 31 Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred November 20 Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French November 21 Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians November 24 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius December 13 1st music store in America opens in Philadelphia
