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Dec 31st 1744 - English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)

1745 The siege of Leipzig


Apr 1st 1748 - Ruins of Pompeii found

1750 London

July 29th 1751 - First international world title prize fight: Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 minutes in England.

Mar 17th 1753 - 1st official St Patrick's Day

1754

Apr 15th 1755 - Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" published in London.

Dec 25 1758: Return of Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch

Mar 20th 1760 - Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings

"No one knows when the final grain of sand will plummet through their own personal Hourglass." ~ CKAcres
"If you really want to make a difference, don't over think it, just do it..."
"Scars of life are deeply etched within the minds of curious old souls."
Jun 15th 1762 - Austria uses first paper currency

Oct 15th 1764 - Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
Aug 25th 1768 - Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England on his first voyage, on board the Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean

Apr 19th 1770 - British explorer Captain James Cook 1st sights Australia