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Chronological Table: Americans

Pope Pius VI. 1775 Battle of Bunker's Hill in America, June 7. 1776 The Americans declare their independence, July 4. 1777 Mary Queen of Portugal. -- -- Philadelphia taken by the British troops, October 3. Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 7. 1778 League between the French and the Americans, October 30. 1779 Peace between the Imperialists and Prussians, May 13. -- Great eruption of Vesuvius, August 8.

Siege of Gibraltar by the Spaniards, July.

Captain Cook killed at Owhyhee. 1780 Sir G. Rodney defeats the Spanish fleet near Cape Vincent, January 16. Charleston surrenders to the British, May 12.

Riots in London on account of the Popish Bill, June 2. A. D. 1780 Lord Cornwallis defeats the Americans at Camden, August 16. - -- War declared between Great Britain and Holland, December 20. Armed Neutrality.

Death of Maria-Theresa, Empress-Queen of Hungary, etc. 1781 The Americans defeated at Guildford by Lord Cornwallis. -- Surrender of the British troops to the Americans and French at Yorktown, October 18. 1782 Sir G. Rodney defeats the French fleet off Dominica, April 12. -- Sir Edward Hughes defeats the French fleet under Suffrein in the East Indies, February 17. 1783 Peace between Great Britain, France, and Spain, and the independence of -- America declared, January 20.