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05/09/1761 |
Harvard Professor John Winthrop sails for Newfoundland on a scientific expedition. |
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01/08/1764 |
Smallpox epidemic breaks out in Boston. |
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1766 |
John Hales publishes interesting calculations. |
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1767 |
David Wheeler creates a lightning rod. |
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09/05/1769 |
Comet with a long tail is visible in the early morning sky above Boston. |
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07/31/1775 |
Dr. Benjamin Church is named Director-General of the Continental Army’s Hospital Department. |
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12/31/1775 |
Various diseases strike occupied Boston. |
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05/01/1776 |
Guards are posted at Boston Neck. |
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08/01/1778 |
Warren (John Collins) is born in Boston. |
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1778 |
Smallpox epidemic strikes Boston. |
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