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Date |
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| 1 | 1733 | - 1733: John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
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| 2 | 1744 | - 1744: King George's War: French Colonies vs Great Britain 1744-1748.
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| 3 | 1745 | - 1745: E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
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| 4 | 1752 | - 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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| 5 | 1755 | - 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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| 6 | 1756 | - 1756: French and Indian War: also known as the Seven Years War. French Colonies vs Great Britain 1756-1763.
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| 7 | 1757 | - 1757: John Campbell invents the sextant.
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