Difference between revisions of "Timeline"
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| − | 1693 | + | ==1693== |
| + | '''March''' | ||
| + | March: James Bradley born (p194) | ||
| − | 1697? Macclesfield born (p194) | + | ==1697?== |
| + | Macclesfield born (p194) | ||
| − | 1706 | + | ==1706== |
| + | Ben Franklin born | ||
| − | 1728 | + | ==1728== |
| + | '''May'''<br. | ||
| + | 01 May: Charles Mason baptised | ||
| − | 1729 | + | ==1729== |
| + | Bradley discovers aberration of starlight | ||
| − | 1732 | + | ==1732== |
| − | + | George Washington born<br> | |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | + | '''October'''<br> | |
| − | + | 06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born | |
| + | ==1733== | ||
| + | '''July'''<br> | ||
| + | 27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204) | no-date: Mason learns baking (p204) | ||
| − | 1742 | + | ==1742== |
| + | Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer | ||
| − | 1743 | + | ==1743== |
| + | Thomas Jefferson born | ||
| − | 1744 | + | ==1744== |
| + | Bradley marries Susannah Peach (pp143, 187) | ||
| − | 1745 | + | ==1745== |
| + | Bradley's daughter born<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | Wolfe expels Mason form paradise (p313)<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | 12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232) | ||
| − | + | ==1750== | |
| + | Ben Franklin proposes kite-flying experiment | ||
| − | + | ==1752-1764== | |
| + | Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192) | ||
| − | + | ==1752== | |
| − | + | '''September'''<br> | |
| − | 1752 | + | 02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190) |
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| − | + | ||
| + | ==1755== | ||
| + | (p330)<br. | ||
| + | <br> | ||
no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45) | no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45) | ||
| − | 1756 | + | ==1756== |
| − | + | Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)<br> | |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | + | "Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)<br> | |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | + | 20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192) | |
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| − | + | ||
| − | + | ==1757== | |
| + | Susannah Bradley dies (p187)<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| − | + | ==1758== | |
| + | Halley's Comet reappears (p192) | ||
| − | 1759: | + | ==1759== |
| + | '''February''' | ||
| + | 13 Feb: Rebekah Mason dies (p52)<br> | ||
| − | + | '''March'''<br> | |
| + | Halley's perihelion (p188)<br> | ||
| + | 15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)<br> | ||
| − | + | '''November''' | |
| + | 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192) | ||
| − | 1760 | + | ==1760== |
| + | 05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109) | ||
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188) | 1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188) | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 25 January 2007
Contents
1693
March March: James Bradley born (p194)
1697?
Macclesfield born (p194)
1706
Ben Franklin born
1728
May<br. 01 May: Charles Mason baptised
1729
Bradley discovers aberration of starlight
1732
George Washington born
October
06 Oct: Nevil Maskelyne born
1733
July
27 July: Jeremiah Dixon born (p221) to Mary Hunter (pp229, 238)
no-date: Mason learns baking (p204)
1742
Halley dies, Bradley named Royal Astronomer
1743
Thomas Jefferson born
1744
Bradley marries Susannah Peach (pp143, 187)
1745
Bradley's daughter born
Wolfe expels Mason form paradise (p313)
12yo Dixon meets Lud in tunnel (p232)
1750
Ben Franklin proposes kite-flying experiment
1752-1764
Macclesfield president of Royal Society (p192)
1752
September
02 Sept: Eleven days dropped from calendar (p190)
1755
(p330)<br.
no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45)
1756
Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)
"Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)
20 June: Black Hole of Calcutta (p192)
1757
Susannah Bradley dies (p187)
no-year: 01 May: Mason meets Rebekah (p167)
no-year: 21 June: Mason and Rebekah visit Stonehenge (p210)
1758
Halley's Comet reappears (p192)
1759
February
13 Feb: Rebekah Mason dies (p52)
March
Halley's perihelion (p188)
15 March: Johnson on sailors (p35)
November 20 Nov: Battle of Quiberon Bay (p192)
1760
05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)
1760: tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)
1760: 26 Sept? Dixon writes Mason from Durham (p13)
1760: late Oct: Quakers expel Dixon; Dixon to London (p43)
1760: 08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)
1761: 09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)
1761: Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)
1761: 27 April: M&D reach Cape Town
1761: 06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)
1761: 27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127)
1761: Bradley suffers emotional problems
1761: Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)
1761: 06 Oct: Maskelyne's 29th birthday (p118)
1761: Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)
1761: Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England
1762? invention of sandwich
1762: 13 July: Bradley dies (p184)
1763: summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)
1763: Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)
1763: 15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)
1763: 01 Dec: second meeting (p291)
1764: 08 Jan: observatory (p330)
1764: Maskelyne to Barbados (p213)
1764-1765: (pp333, 339, 341)
1766: M&D top Allegheny Ridge (p7)
1767? M&D diverge? (p315)
1767: Nov: line halted by Indians
1768: 21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian
1768: 11 Sept? M&D leave America
1768: 24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society
1769: 03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)
1769: 30 July: Dixon back in England
1771: JW LeSpark marries Elizabeth Cherrycoke (p410)
1779: 22 Jan: Dixon dies
1786: 25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)
