What happend on 7th October

06.10
08.10
1816

The first double-decked steamboat, the "Washington," arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1806

Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood.

1780

Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.

1777

Americans beat the British in the Battle of Second Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights.

1776

Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.

1769

English explorer, Captain Cook, discovers New Zealand.

1765

Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY.

1763

George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.

1737

40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).

1714

People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Neth.