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| 1 | 1752 | - 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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| 2 | 1755 | - 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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| 3 | 1756 | - 1756: French and Indian War: also known as the Seven Years War. French Colonies vs Great Britain 1756-1763.
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| 4 | 1757 | - 1757: John Campbell invents the sextant.
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| 5 | 1758 | - 1758: Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
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| 6 | 1759 | - 1759: Cherokee War: English Colonists vs Cherokee Indians 1759-1761.
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| 7 | 1760 | - 1760: George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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| 8 | 1761 | - 1761: Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
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| 9 | 1764 | - 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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| 10 | 1767 | - 1767: Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
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| 11 | 1768 | - 1768: Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
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| 12 | 1769 | - 1769: James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
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| 13 | 1774 | - 1774: Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
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| 14 | 1775 | - 1775: Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
- 1775: Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
- 1775: American Revolution: English Colonists vs Great Britain 1775-1783.
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| 15 | 1776 | - 1776: USA: signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1776: David Bushnell invents a submarine.
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| 16 | 1779 | - 1779: Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
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| 17 | 1780 | - 1780: Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
- 1780: Gervinus invents the circular saw.
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1749 - 1781 (32 years)