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1720 ca 1760s 1769
an Ottawa war chief who became noted for his role in Pontiac's War (1763–1766), an American Indian struggle against British military occupation of the Great Lakes region and named for him. It followed the British victory in the French and Indian War, the North American front of the Seven Years' War. Pontiac's importance in the war that bears his name has been debated. Nineteenth-century accounts portrayed him as the mastermind and leader of the revolt, but some subsequent scholars argued that his role had been exaggerated. Historians today generally view him as an important local leader who influenced a wider movement that he did not command.
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Neolin unknown 1760 1769 unknown a prophet of the Lenni Lenape, who was known as the "Delaware Prophet" but derided by the British... Adolf Frederick 1710, May 14 1751 1771 1771, Feb 12 King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. The first king from the House of Holstein-Gottorp, Adol... Empress Go-Sakuramachi 1740, Sep 23 1762 1771 1813, Dec 24 the 117th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Sakuramachi's re... James Hasell unknown 1763 1771 unknown a British colonial official who served as the acting governor of North Carolina in 1771. After Go... Louis XV 1710, Feb 15 1715 1774 1774, May 10 a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1 September 1715 u... Mustafa III 1717, Jan 18/28 1757 1774 1774, Jan 21 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III ... Peyton Randolph 1721, Sep 10 1743 1775 1775, Oct 22 a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia H... Joseph Warren 1741, Jun 11 1759 1775 1775, Jun 17 an American physician who played a leading role in American Patriot organizations in Boston in th... John Morton [2] 1725 1756 1777 1777, Apr 1 a farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania and a Founding Father of the Uni... Button Gwinnett 1735 1765 1777 1777, May 19 a British-born American founding father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Co... Philip Livingston 1716, Jan 15 1737 1778 1778, Jun 12 an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Cont... John Hart [2] 1710 ca 1750 1778 1779, May 11 a public official and politician in colonial New Jersey who served as a delegate to the Continent... Stephen Hopkins 1707, Mar 7 1730 1779 1785, Jul 13 a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode... Robert Rogers 1731, Nov 7 1746 1779 1795, May 18 an American colonial frontiersman. Rogers served in the British army during both the French and I... George Ross Jr. 1730, May 10 1756 1779 1779, Jul 14 a signer of the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence as a re... Joseph Hewes 1730, Jan 23 1763 1779 1779, Nov 10 Hewes attended Princeton but there is no evidence that he actually graduated. What is known is th... Reynier de Klerck 1710, Nov 1730 1780 1780, Sep 1 Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1778 until 1780. De Klerk's date of birth is not ... Francis Lewis 1713, Mar 21 1734 1780 1802, Dec 31 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York. He was... Maria Theresa 1717, May 13 1740 1780 1780, Nov 29 the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was th... George Taylor 1716 ca 1736 1781 1781, Feb 23 a Colonial ironmaster and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a represen... Cornelius Harnett 1723, Apr 10 1740 1781 1781, Apr 28 an American merchant, farmer, and statesman from Wilmington, North Carolina. He was a leading Ame... John Witherspoon 1723, Feb 5 1745 1781 1794, Nov 15 a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence a... Richard Stockton 1730, Oct 1 1754 1781 1781, Feb 28 an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Stockton... Thomas Gage [2] 1718/19, Mar 10 1741 1782 1787, Apr 2 a British general best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role a... Charles Edward Stuart 1720, Dec 31 1743 1783 1788, Jan 31 the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland from the de... John Hanson 1715, Apr 3 1750 1783 1783, Nov 15 a merchant and public official from Maryland during the era of the American Revolution. In 1779, ... Jonathan Trumbull 1710, Oct 12 1731 1784 1785, Aug 17 one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Rev... Caesar Rodney 1728, Oct 7 1755 1784 1784, Jun 25 an American lawyer and politician from St. Jones Neck in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, ea... Silas Deane 1737, Dec 24 1759 1784 1789, Sep 23 an American merchant, politician, and diplomat, and a supporter of American independence. Deane s... John Penn 1741, May 17 1762 1784 1788, Sep 14 a signer of both the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation ... James Smith [2] 1719, Sep 17 1740 1785 1806, Jul 11 an American lawyer and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representat... William Whipple Jr. 1730, Jan 14 1751 1785 1785, Nov 28 a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire... Thomas Stone 1743 1764 1785 1787, Oct 5 an American planter and lawyer who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a dele... Matthew Thornton 1713, Mar 17 1740 1786 1803, Jun 24 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire. I... Jean Sylvain Bailly 1736, Sep 15 1759 1787 1793, Nov 12 a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the Fren... Arthur Middleton 1742, Jun 26 1764 1787 1787, Jan 1 a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was educated in Britain, at Harr... Robert Nugent 1709 1739 1788 1788, Oct 13 an Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuo... Juan Bautista de Anza 1736, Jul 6/7 1752 1788 1788, Dec 19 a New-Spanish explorer of Basque descent, and Governor of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire. In 1... Henry Laurens 1723, Feb 24 1757 1788 1792, Dec 8 an American merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political l... Lewis Morris 1726, Apr 8 1760 1788 1798, Jan 22 an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of ... William Hooper 1742, Jun 28 1764 1788 1790, Oct 14 an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carol... Benjamin Franklin 1705, Jan 6 1718 1789 1790, Apr 17 one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading aut... Richard Caswell 1729, Aug 3 1750 1789 1789, Nov 10 the first and fifth governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina, serving from 1776 to 1780 and f... Ethan Allen 1737, Jan 10 1757 1789 1789, Feb 12 a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, and American Revolut... Thomas Nelson Jr. 1738, Dec 26 1761 1789 1789, Jan 4 an American planter, soldier, and statesman from Yorktown, Virginia. He represented Virginia in t... Michael Hillegas 1729, Apr 22 1765 1789 1804, Sep 29 a merchant, sugar refiner, and iron magnate who used his wealth to assist the American revolution... Mohammed III 1710 ca 1748 1790 1790, Apr 9 Sultan of Morocco from 1757 to 1790 under the Alaouite dynasty. He was the governor of Marrakech ... Lyman Hall 1724, Apr 12 1749 1790 1790, Oct 19 physician, clergyman, and statesman, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independen... Josiah Bartlett 1729, Nov 21 1750 1790 1795, May 19 an American physician and statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire, and ... HRE Joseph II 1741, Mar 13 1765 1790 1790, Feb 20 Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was t... Benjamin Harrison V 1726, Apr 5 1745 1791 1791, Apr 24 an American politician, planter, and merchant, a revolutionary leader and a Founding Father of th... James De Lancey [2] 1732 1758 1791 1800 a colonial politician, turfman, and the son of Lieutenant Governor James De Lancey and Anne Heath... Francis Hopkinson 1737, Sep 21 1761 1791 1791, May 9 designed the first official American flag. He was an author, a composer, and one of the signers o... William Paca 1740, Oct 31 1761 1791 1799, Oct 13 a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and... John Burgoyne 1722, Feb 24 1743 1792 1792, Aug 4 a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War... George Mason 1725, Nov 30 1747 1792 1792, Oct 7 a Virginia planter and politician, and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, ... Hamengkubuwono I unknown 1755 1792 1792 the first sultan of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.He ruled from February 13, 1755 to March 24, 1792. As a... Richard Henry Lee 1732, Jan 20 1757 1792 1794, Jun 19 an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress ... James Wilson [2] 1742, Sep 14 1766 1792 1798, Aug 21 one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the United States Declaration... Henry Clinton 1730, Apr 16 1751 1793 1795, Dec 23 a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the America... John Hancock 1736, Jan 12 1754 1793 1793, Oct 8 an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as p... Roger Sherman 1721, Apr 19 1754 1793 1793, Jul 23 an early American lawyer and statesman, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He ser... Carter Braxton 1736, Sep 10 1760 1794 1797, Oct 10 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, as well as a merchant, planter, and Vi... Artemas Ward 1727, Nov 26 1751 1795 1800, Oct 28 an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts.... John Rutledge 1739, Sep 17 1760 1795 1800, Jul 23 the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. A lawyer and a judge, Rutledg... Samuel Huntington 1731, Jul 5 1754 1796 1796, Jan 5 a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to th... Nathaniel Gorham 1738, May 27 1759 1796 1796 Jun 11 Starting at 15, Gorham served an apprenticeship with a merchant in New London, Connecticut, after... Catherine the Great 1729, Apr 21 1762 1796 1796, Nov 6 a Russian monarch. She was the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 1762 until h... George Clymer 1739, Mar 16 1765 1796 1813, Jan 23 an American politician and Founding Father of the United States. He was one of the first Patriots... Horace Walpole 1717, Sep 24 1737 1797 1797, Mar 2 an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill... Oliver Wolcott 1726, Nov 20 1747 1797 1797, Dec 1 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and also the Articles of Confederation ... Samuel Adams 1734, Jan 20 1750 1798 1806, May 8 an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United State... Robert Morris Jr. 1734, Jan 20 1750 1798 1806, May 8 a Founding Father of the United States, was a Liverpool-born American merchant who financed the A... George Read 1733, Sep 18 1753 1798 1798, Sep 21 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer... Philip Schuyler 1733, Nov 10 1761 1798 1804, Nov 18 a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually kno... Patrick Henry 1736, May 29 1760 1799 1799, Jun 6 an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement fo... John Mare Jr. 1739 1765 1799 1802/03 an American painter, businessman, and public figure. Not much is known of Mare's training, althou... Tipu Sultan 1750, Nov 10 1766 1799 1799, May 4 a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore. Tipu intr... Abigail Adams 1744, Nov 11 1764 1800 1818, Oct 28 the closest advisor and wife of John Adams[2], as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She i... Jeremiah Wadsworth 1743, Jul 12 1761 1801 1804, Apr 30 an American sea captain, merchant, and statesman from Hartford, Connecticut who profited from his... Robert Treat Paine 1731, Mar 11 1757 1804 1814, May 11 a Massachusetts lawyer and politician, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence ... John Pickering 1737, Sep 22 1761 1804 1805, Apr 11 served as chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature, and as judge for the U... George Wythe 1726 1746 1806 1806, Jun 8 the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, and a Virginia judge. The first of th... Peter Muhlenberg 1746, Oct 1 1768 1807 1807, Oct 1 an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and politi... John Page 1743, Apr 28 1763 1808 1808, Oct 11 a figure in early United States history. He served in the U.S. Congress and as the 13th Governor ... Christian VII 1749, Jan 29 1766 1808 1808, Mar 13 a monarch of the House of Oldenburg who was King of Denmark-Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Hols... Joseph Brant 1743 ca 1750 1809 1807 a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated... Samuel Chase 1741, Apr 17 1761 1811 1811, Jun 19 an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United... George Clinton [2] 1739, Jul 26 1754 1812 1812, Apr 20 an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. H... Thomas McKean 1734, Mar 19 1755 1812 1817, Jun 24 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphi... William Bligh 1754, Sep 9 1761 1814 1817, Dec 7 an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the ... Elbridge Gerry 1744, Jul 6 1765 1814 1814, Nov 23 an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice ... Timothy Pickering 1745, Jul 17 1768 1816 1829, Jan 29 a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third Unite... William Ellery 1727, Dec 2 1748 1820 1820, Feb 15 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. In... King George III 1738, Jun 4 1760 1820 1820, Jan 29 King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 ... Elias Boudinot 1740, May 2 1760 1821 1821, Oct 24 a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress ... Thomas Jefferson 1743, Apr 2 1767 1824 1826, Jul 4 an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and ... Cornstalk 1720 ca 1760 186 1777 a prominent leader of the Shawnee nation just prior to the American Revolution. Cornstalk opposed...
