1752
Benjamin Franklin flies a kite in a thunderstorm and discovers electricity
1760
The Industrial Revolution
begins in England
1762
Catherine II (Catherine the Great) becomes the czarina of Russia
1773
The Boston Tea Party
1775
Cheng I Sao is born
1789
George Washington becomes the first American President
1793
Marie Antoinette is executed
1799
The Rosetta Stone is discovered
in Egypt
1801
Cheng marries
Cheng I Sao
1804
Haiti becomes independent of
France
1810
Cheng I Sao retires from
a life of piracy
1812
Napoleon invades Russia
1820
Harriet Tubman is born
1826
The world’s first photograph is taken by Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce
1830
The first passenger steam
train service begins
1834
Mount Vesuvius erupts
(again)
1836
The Battle of the Alamo
1844
Cheng I Sao dies as the age of 69