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Seven Years War
The Seven Years' War lasted for seven years, from 1756 to 1763. -
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World History
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Shooting stars...
A comet returns exactly at the time predicted by English astronomer Edmond Halley, and is subsequently known by his name -
Royal Bliss
Francisco de Goya is appointed painter to the king of Spain, Charles III -
Do it for the kids!
The British parliament passes the first Factory Act, limiting a child's working day in a factory to twelve hours -
First Ladies
Oberlin College in Ohio becomes the first in the USA to enroll women as degree students. -
Social Reform
US social reformer Catherine Beecher publishes an influential book to empower women, "Treatise on Domestic Economy" -
Gender Roles
US author Margaret Fuller publishes Woman in the Nineteenth Century, an early and thoughtful feminist study of women's place in society
