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| 1 | 1768 | - 1768: John Dickinson writes Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania.
- 1768: Milcah Martha Moore writes "The Female Patriots. Address'd to the Daughters of Liberty in America, 1768."
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| 2 | 1775-1783 | - 1775-1783: American Revolution
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| 3 | 1776 | - 1776: Thomas Paine writes Common Sense.
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| 4 | 1786 | - 1786: Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna, Austria.
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| 5 | 1787-1788 | - 1787-1788: James Madison & Alexander Hamilton & John Jay write The Federalist Papers.
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| 6 | 1789-1797 | - 1789-1797: George Washington serves as first president of the Untited States.
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| 7 | 1790 | - 1790: Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes."
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| 8 | 1796 | - 1796: Edward Jenner develops small pox vaccine.
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| 9 | 1797-1801 | - 1797-1801: John Adams serves as second president of the United States of America.
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| 10 | 1798-1800 | - 1798-1800: Franco-American Naval War
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| 11 | 1801-1809 | - 1801-1809: Thomas Jefferson serves as third president of the United States of America.
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| 12 | 1807 | - 1807: Beethoven completes his Symphony No. 5.
- 1807: Washington Irving, his brother William, and James Kirke Paulding start the anonymous satirical magazine, Salmagundi.
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| 13 | 1809 | - 1809: Washington Irving writes a History of New York.
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| 14 | 1809-1817 | - 1809-1817: James Madison serves as fourth president of the United States of America.
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| 15 | 1812-1815 | |
| 16 | 1813-1814 | |
| 17 | 1814 | - 1814: Francis Scott Key writes the "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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| 18 | 1816 | - 1816:
Rossini's The Barber of Seville debuts in Rome, Italy.
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| 19 | 1817 | - 1817: William Cullen Bryant writes "Thanatopsis."
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| 20 | 1817-1825 | - 1817-1825: James Monroe serves as fifth president of the United States of America.
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| 21 | 1819 | - 1819: Washington Irving writes "Rip Van Winkle."
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| 22 | 1820 | - 1820: Washington Irving writes The Sketch Book.
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