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chronology prepared by Stephen Van-Hagen (Edge Hill University)

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DateAuthor EventsHistorical Events
1770 Population of the British North American colonies reaches approximately 2.2m
1770 Captain Cook takes British possession of Australia
1770 Game Act 1770
1770
(to 1830)		 German Literary Salons 1770-1830
1770
(to 1886)		 Femmes Fatales in European Romanticism
1770, March 05 Boston Massacre
1770, April 12 Parliament repeals all the Townshend duties except the one on tea
1770, April 29 James Cook lands in Botany Bay
1770, May 16 Dauphin marries Marie Antoinette
1770, June 13 Letters of Junius creators tried for seditious libel
1770, July 05
(to 1770, July 06)		 Russia defeats Turkish navy at Tchesme
1770, August Duc de Choiseul prevents Spanish and British war
1770, September Austria and Prussia plan to halt Russia's expansion
1770, December 05 Struensee abolishes supremacy of Danish council
1770, December 24 Choiseul falls from power
1771, January Maupeou overthrows French Parlements
1771, January Prince of Prussia proposes partition of Poland
1771 Cromford Mill - the first modern factory
1771, January 22 Spain cedes Falkland Isles to Britain
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Citation:
Van-Hagen, Stephen. "Author Chronology for William Wordsworth". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 1 September 2007.
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/newlifeline.php?id_author_0=4804, accessed 20 June 2013.]