1775
ID: 588
Boston smallpox epidemic begins, becomes severe after 1774 isolated incidents
ID: 588
1775
ID: 589
Revolutionary War begins - Washington orders smallpox quarantine; Thompson uses Euler's ballistics for cannon placement
ID: 589
1775
ID: 590
French Academy offers prize for producing soda ash from salt, spurring industrial chemistry research
ID: 590
1775
ID: 2278
American Revolution begins - fundamental challenge to legal authority, natural rights versus positive law
ID: 2278
1775
ID: 587
December 25, 1775
Pope Pius VI begins pontificate with 'Inscrutabile': 'Catholic Church alone is city of God'
ID: 587