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

Latest revision as of 09:54, 7 February 2013

1693

March March: James Bradley born (p194)

1697?

Macclesfield born (p194)

1706

Ben Franklin born

1728

May
01 May(OS): Charles Mason baptised

1729

Bradley discovers aberration of starlight

1732

George Washington born

October
06 Oct(OS): Nevil Maskelyne born

1733

July
27 July(OS): 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(OS) Followed by 14 Sept(NS): Eleven days dropped from calendar to make the switch to Gregorian(p190)

1755

(p330)

no-date: Mason Bradley's protege (p45)

1756

Mason becomes Bradley's assistant/adjunct (p45)

"Defenestration of the Clothiers" (p198)

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

tensions between Mason and Bradley (p188)

May
05 May: Lord Ferrers hung (p109)

September
26 Sept? Dixon writes Mason from Durham (p13)

October
late Oct: Quakers expel Dixon; Dixon to London (p43)

December
08 Dec: Seahorse voyage cancelled (p33)

1761

Maskelyne to St Helena (p118)

Bradley suffers emotional problems
January
09 Jan: Seahorse starts for Sumatra (p29)

April
27 April: M&D reach Cape Town

June
06 June: Transit of Venus (p97)

27 June? Waddington leaves St Helena (p127) October Oct: M&D to St Helena (pp99, 102)

06 Oct: Maskelyne's 29th birthday (p118)<br.

Oct? Dixon back to Cape Town (p125)

December Dec? Dixon to St Helena (p180) M&D to England

1762

1762? invention of sandwich

July
13 July: Bradley dies (p184)


1763

summer: Mason and Maskelyne in London (p213)

August
Aug: M&D sign contract (p246)

November
15 Nov: M&D reach Philadelphia (p258)

December
01 Dec: second meeting (p291)


1764

1764: Maskelyne to Barbados (p213)

1764-1765: (pp333, 339, 341)
January
08 Jan: observatory (p330)


1766

M&D top Allegheny Ridge (p7)


1767

M&D diverge? (p315)

November
Nov: line halted by Indians

1768

June
21 Jun: M&D complete measurement of degree of meridian

September
11 Sept? M&D leave America

November
24 Nov: M&D address Royal Society

1769

June
03 June: Transit of Venus viewed by Mason at Cavan (Ireland), by Dixon at Hammerfest, Norway (p246)
July
30 July: Dixon back in England

1771

JW LeSpark marries Elizabeth Cherrycoke (p410)

1779

Junuary
22 Jan: Dixon dies

1786

October
25 Oct: Mason dies; Wicks attends funeral (p6)

December
1786: Christmas: "M&D" opens (p6)

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