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1771| 1730–1807 | UK [newspapers] | The Daily Advertiser is launched in London, England. With its dependence on advertisements, this may be regarded as the first modern newspaper. | | 1750–1777 | Portugal [law and government] | Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello, the Marquis of Pombal, virtual ruler of Portugal during the reign of José I, carries out a series of extensive reforms aimed at breaking the power of the nobility and revitalizing Portugal's finances, industry, agriculture, and education system. | | 1766–1777 | UK [canals] | English engineer James Brindley begins work on the Grand Trunk Canal linking the Trent and Mersey rivers. It crosses the Pennines by the Harecastle tunnel and will establish a water route between the North Sea and the Irish Sea. | | 1770–1780 | America [statistics and demography] | The estimated population of the American colonies is 2,780,369 including 575,420 black slaves. | | 1771 | England [thought and scholarship] | The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the oldest English-language encyclopedia, is published. Parts appeared in 1768. | | 1771 | America [painting] | The American artist Benjamin West paints William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. | | 19 January 1771 | France [law and government] | The French chancellor, René de Maupéou, abolishes the country's parlements, replacing them with an alternative system of courts under royal control. This coup d'état is fiercely controversial. | | 15 August 1771 | Scotland [births and deaths] | Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who developed the historical novel, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (–1832). |
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‘Jena’ Symphony
Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer
Arkwright, Richard
Asbury, Francis
Ascanio in Alba
Ballou, Hosea
Castle Cary
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of
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Hall, Chester Moor
Holland, Henry
Hüllmandel, Nicolas Joseph
Kugluktuk
Martini, Jean Paul Egide
Pennant, Thomas
Smollett, Tobias George
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| His 'Good Natured Man,' written with the express purpose of opposing them, and brought out in 1768, was reasonably successful, and in 1771 his far superior 'She Stoops to Conquer' virtually put an end to Sentimental Comedy. THE 15th of August 1771 was a lucky day for all the boys and girls and grown-up people too of the English-speaking race, for on that day Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh. Shortly after, we left this place, not thinking it safe to stay there longer, and proceeded to Cumberland river, reconnoitring that part of the country until March, 1771, and giving names to the different waters. |