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3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War

3rd September 2019
Tagged as: America, American Revolution, American War of Independence, Britain, France, George III, George Washington, Lord Shelburne, USA

The Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War, was signed by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America.

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19th December 1783: William Pitt the Younger becomes Britain’s youngest ever Prime Minister

19th December 2018
Tagged as: Britain, George III, Parliament, Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister

William Pitt the Younger became the youngest ever Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

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3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War

19th December 1783: William Pitt the Younger becomes Britain’s youngest ever Prime Minister

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4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York

11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor

19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama

20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance

7th December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor

6th December 1969: Meredith Hunter killed at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival

5th December 1934: Wal-Wal Incident between Italy and Abyssinia

4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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