January 24 Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire February 15 St. Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue February 21 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women" April 3 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king May 5 Smolny-institution forms in St. Petersburg for noble girls July 23 James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation October 25 John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years November 16 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac November 26 France bans Jesuit enorde
