January 4 England declares war on Spain and Naples January 15 Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City February 2 Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London February 12 English fleet occupies Martinique March 17 1st St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City April 5 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French April 24 Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty May 5 Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty May 22 Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty June 15 Austria uses 1st paper currency June 28 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston June 28 Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power June 29 Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II July 10 Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey August 14 English fleet occupies Havana August 22 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury October 5 Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) October 6 English troops occupy Manila Philippines November 3 England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris November 3 Spain acquires Louisiana December 9 British parliament accept Treaty of Paris December 21 James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts December 31 Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg
