Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1775
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Literature
- January: Samuel Johnson, Journey to the Western Islands of
Scotland
- Samuel Johnson and Henry and Hester Thrale travel to France
Theatre
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, opens at Covent Garden
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, opens at Covent Garden
Art
- Joseph Wright of Derby works as a portrait painter in Bath (through
1776)
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Johann Kaspar Lavater, first part of Physiognomische
Fragmente, inaugurates the pseudo-science of physiognomy
- Karl Scheele discovers chlorine
- William Withering of England is the first to use digitalis as
a diuretic
- Pierre-Simon Girard invents the water turbine
Politics & Law
- March: Burke speaks on conciliation with America in Parliament ???
- April 19: American Revolution begins with the battles of Lexington and
Concord
- June: The Battle of Bunker Hill
- Samuel Johnson, Taxation No Tyranny
Philosophy & Theology
- Joseph Priestley, Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind
Milestones
- Death of John Baskerville, painter and typefounder
Miscellaneous
- Daniel Boone begins clearing the Wilderness Road into
Kentucky
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