|  | Year | Event(s) | 
| 1 | 1755 | Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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| 2 | 1757 | John Campbell invents the sextant.
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| 3 | 1758 | Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
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| 4 | 1760 | George III.  Ruler of England 1760-1820.  House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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| 5 | 1761 | Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
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| 6 | 1764 | James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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| 7 | 1767 | Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
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| 8 | 1768 | Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
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| 9 | 1769 | James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
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| 10 | 1774 | Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
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| 11 | 1775 | Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
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| 12 | 1776 | David Bushnell invents a submarine.July 4, 1776 -- Declaration of Independence
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