Swallow KIA and Spotswood MIA
On 6 Oct 1760 , The House of Burgesses has to consider again the estate of Alexander Spotswood, a colorful former Lt Gov of Virginia,...
War North, South, West Timetable Sept 1760-June 1761
Up north, France surrenders Canada 8 Sept 1760 . But the Illinois and Louisiana country has not been surrended by the French yet. Down...
Byrd Expedition seeks decisions from Council July to Sept 1760
Their last meeting of the House of Burgesses was 24 May 1760. They meet next on 6 Oct 1760. That's a long gap of no activity for June,...
After Fort Loudoun surrenders, days later a Massacre
Here are accounts of the massacre of the men who surrendered South Carolina's Fort Loudoun (in today's Tennessee). The real place is now...
Fall of Carolina's Fort Loudoun (now in Tennessee) 1760
South Carolina's Fort Loudoun officers vote to surrender August 6, 1760 . The next day, the fort's commander, Demere, and two...
Lomonosov and Venus 1761, Capt Cook and Venus 1769
Lomonosov and Venus 1761 In 1761 , one year before Catherine the Great toppled her husband Peter III from power, Russia's great...
The Zand Empire in Iran in 1760
Let us cast our eye elsewhere in the world in 1760 . While the Byrd Expedition was proceeding towards the Cherokee lands, and while...
Catherine the Great before she was Great in 1760
By Spring of 1760 Catherine had assembled 3 powerful influencers all not knowing of the other. They were the Orlov brothers , former...
Fort Robinson built by Adam Stephen Oct 1761
1 August 1761, Byrd resigns his command. Adam Stephen, who is already on this expedition, becomes commander and Colonel of the Virginia...
