1756 - Seven Years' War: The war begins when EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England declares war on FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents..
1795Events January 16 French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. January 20 French troops enter Amsterdam and later proclaim Batavian Republic. January 23 Dutch fleet freezes in Issel Meer. February 7 The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed. - First CoalitionThe name First Coalition ( 1793 1797) designates the first major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain revolutionary France. After the stated aim of the National Convention to export revolution, the guillotining of Louis XVI of France (J: Napoleon I of FranceFor other meanings, see Napoleon (disambiguation . Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 5 May 1821) was a general and ruler of France. General of the French Revolution, he was the effective ruler of France starting in 1799: First Consul Premier Consul of t enters MilanThis is about the Italian city of Milan. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). Milan Milano in the Italian language, and Milan in Milanese dialect, from Latin, Mediolanum with the meaning of 'in the middle of the plain') is the main city in northern in triumph.
1836Events January Book by Maria Monk claims that she was sexually exploited in a Canadian convent February 3 United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. February 23 The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. February 24 - Francis BailyFrancis Baily ( April 28 1774 August 30 1844), English astronomer, was born at Newbury, Berkshire. After a tour in the unsettled parts of North America in 1796 1797, his journal of which was edited by Augustus de Morgan in 1856, he entered the London Stoc observes " Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.