Search results for "1782" - New World Encyclopedia
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- borders. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1782 he moved to London where (after meeting architects Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers) he was ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- was sent to Old Mill Prison, where he died in March 1782, several months after the surrender of the British commander in the field, General Charles Cornwallis ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- Wedgwood to invest in steam-powered engines, and in 1782, Etruria was the first factory to install such an engine. As a result of the close association ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 05:23, 7 May 2024
- of Baron Gottfried van Swieten in Vienna around 1782. Van Swieten, during diplomatic service in Berlin, had taken the opportunity to collect as many manuscripts ...30 KB (4,799 words) - 07:12, 15 April 2024
- and saw much active service between 1779 and 1782, including participating in the Battle of the Chesapeake. In the memorable engagement of the Battle ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- frigate of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1782, notorious for the mutiny which took place aboard her. * Mutiny on the Bounty happened aboard ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- treaty, which was signed on November 30, 1782. Before these negotiations began, Adams had spent some time in the Netherlands. In July 1780, he ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 07:33, 5 April 2024
- meaning "earth") was discovered in 1782 by the Hungarian Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (Müller Ferenc) in Transylvania. Another Hungarian ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- and lodging in place of charitable grants. In 1782, the passing of Gilbert’s Union Act simplified the procedure for parishes to establish workhouses ...14 KB (2,160 words) - 23:59, 17 May 2023
- |term_start5 =July 10, 1782 |term_end5 =March 31, 1783 ... After Lord North's ministry collapsed in 1782, the Whig Charles ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era. Webster first ...42 KB (6,358 words) - 22:07, 25 January 2024
- In 1782, Blake met John Flaxman, who was to become his patron. In the same year he met Catherine Boucher. At the time, Blake was recovering from ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- and fought in the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782, one of the last battles of ... Assembly, which was held in Richmond. In 1782, he was elected sheriff of ...44 KB (6,905 words) - 18:14, 24 January 2024
- did not believe in the antiquity of the poems. In 1782 a new edition of Rowley's poems appeared, with a "Commentary, in which the antiquity ...14 KB (2,111 words) - 18:41, 30 April 2023
- and genre most typifies the Classical era. In 1782, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, founded his Imperial Wind Ensemble in Vienna. Harmoniemusik had ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- his wife asked for a judicial separation in 1782. She was defended by Jean ... published after his liberation in 1782. It exhibits an accurate knowledge ...44 KB (6,937 words) - 18:06, 5 December 2022
- isolated the oxide of the metal from molybdenite. In 1782, Hjelm isolated an impure extract of the metal by reducing the oxide with carbon. Molybdenum ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- | established_date3 = 1768–1782 | established_event4 = Rattanakosin ... the Great, until a coup d'etat in 1782. The current Ratthanakosin ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- In 1782, poor law reformer Thomas Gilbert finally succeeded in passing an act that established poor houses solely for the aged and the infirmed ...17 KB (2,625 words) - 08:51, 24 November 2022
- of State for the Southern Department from 1779 to 1782, and Lord President of the Council in 1783. He supported Lord Camden's decision against ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
