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1730–1807UK [newspapers]The Daily Advertiser is launched in London, England. With its dependence on advertisements, this may be regarded as the first modern newspaper.
1786Scotland [poetry]The Scottish poet Robert Burns publishes Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, his first collection.
1786USA [tools]US inventor Ezekiel Reed invents a nail-making machine.
1786England [astronomy]German-born English astronomer William Herschel's Catalogue of Nebulae is published. It is a catalogue of nearly 2,500 nebulae.
1786UK [newspapers]William Tayler sets up the first advertising agency, in Britain. His business is mainly booking advertisements in provincial newspapers.
17 August 1786Prussia [births and deaths]Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia 1740–86, dies in Potsdam, near Berlin, Prussia (74).


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Burke and other men saw the corruption and misery without realizing the excuses for it and on the return of Hastings to England in 1786 they secured his impeachment.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
As all of these, however, had reference, either to the recommendation from the meeting at Annapolis, in September, 1786, or to that from Congress, in February, 1787, it will be sufficient to recur to these particular acts.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
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