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1 | 1760 | - 1760—1820: ROYAL: .George III. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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2 | 1794 | - 1794—1794: HISTORY: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin..
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3 | 1795 | - 1795—1795: HISTORY: .Francois Appert invents the preserving jar for food.
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4 | 1796 | - 1796—1796: EPEDEMIC: Edward Jenner creates a smallpox vaccination..
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5 | 1797 | - 1797—1797: HISTORY: .A British inventor, Henry Maudslay invents the first metal or precision lathe.
- 1797—1797: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches destroy entire Osage village near the Kansas Missouri border..
- 1797—1797: POLITICAL: George Washington, President.
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6 | 1798 | - 1798—1798: HISTORY: .Aloys Senefelder invents lithography.
- 1798—1798: POLITICAL: Napoleon Bonaparte (French general).Napolion defeats Austrians. In the U.S., Washington's Farewell Address (Sept. 17); John Adams elected president; Thomas Jefferson, vice president. Edward Jenner introduces smallpox vaccination. Napoleon extends French conquests to Rome and Egypt. U.S. Navy Department established.
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7 | 1799 | - 1799—1799: HISTORY: .Alessandro Volta invents the battery.
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