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David Walker

Male 1717 - Abt 1781  (63 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1717 
  • 1717: Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.
1722 
  • 1722: French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher.
1723 
  • 1723: Drummer's War 1723-1726.
1724 
  • 1724: Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer.
1727 
  • 1727: George II. Ruler of England 1727-1760. House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg.
1733 
  • 1733: John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
1744 
  • 1744: King George's War: French Colonies vs Great Britain 1744-1748.
1745 
  • 1745: E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
1752 
  • 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
10 1755 
  • 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
11 1756 
  • 1756: French and Indian War: also known as the Seven Years War. French Colonies vs Great Britain 1756-1763.
12 1757 
  • 1757: John Campbell invents the sextant.
13 1758 
  • 1758: Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
14 1759 
  • 1759: Cherokee War: English Colonists vs Cherokee Indians 1759-1761.
15 1760 
  • 1760: George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
16 1761 
  • 1761: Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
17 1764 
  • 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
18 1767 
  • 1767: Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
19 1768 
  • 1768: Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
20 1769 
  • 1769: James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
21 1774 
  • 1774: Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
22 1775 
  • 1775: American Revolution: English Colonists vs Great Britain 1775-1783.
  • 1775: Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
  • 1775: Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
23 1776 
  • 1776: USA: signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  • 1776: David Bushnell invents a submarine.
24 1779 
  • 1779: Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
25 1780 
  • 1780: Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
  • 1780: Gervinus invents the circular saw.