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08/24/1734 |
Church (Benjamin) is born in Newport, Rhode Island. |
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06/11/1741 |
Warren (Joseph) is born in Roxbury. |
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04/06/1745 |
Dawes (William) is born in the North End. |
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07/25/1750 |
Knox (Henry) is born in Boston. |
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09/06/1757 |
Lafayette (Marquis de) is born in Auvergne, France. |
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1761 |
Joseph Warren lives in a house on today’s City Hall Plaza (then Cornhill). |
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1765 |
Charlestown Tea Party occurs. |
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10/01/1768 |
British troops occupy Boston. |
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10/31/1768 |
British soldier Richard Ames is executed on Boston Common for desertion. |
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11/12/1770 |
Bostonians in 1770 are described by Gen. Thomas Gage. |
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