1769
Watt's engine patent
1769 is a year in the eighteenth century, notable as the birth year of Napoleon Bonaparte and the year James Watt patented his steam engine.
When someone references 1769, they're typically discussing colonial American history, early industrial revolution developments, or Captain Cook's first Pacific voyage.
Famous British navigator
- EndeavourNamed vessel, two famous
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- TahitiFrench Polynesia's largest island
- New ZealandPacific island nation
Australia · botany · navigation · cartography · chronometer · scurvy · maritime · Royal Society
Horsepower term originator
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- textilesWoven or knit materials
- spinningRevolving around an axis
manufacturing · innovation · machinery · coal · ironworks · factory · mechanization · productivity
Vast colonial domain
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- DutchOf the Netherlands
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
expansion · plantation · mercantilism · territory · trade · governance · East India Company · frontier
French Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- EncyclopédieComprehensive Enlightenment-era French reference
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
Montesquieu · rationalism · empiricism · reason · liberty · progress · salons · intellectual
James Cook
Famous British navigator
- EndeavourNamed vessel, two famous
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- TahitiFrench Polynesia's largest island
New Zealand · Australia · botany · navigation · cartography · chronometer · scurvy · maritime · Royal Society · voyage
James Watt
Horsepower term originator
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- textilesWoven or knit materials
spinning · manufacturing · innovation · machinery · coal · ironworks · factory · mechanization · productivity · invention
British Empire
Vast colonial domain
settlement · expansion · plantation · mercantilism · territory · trade · governance · East India Company · frontier · indigenous peoples
Voltaire
French Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- EncyclopédieComprehensive Enlightenment-era French reference
Montesquieu · philosophy · rationalism · empiricism · reason · liberty · progress · salons · intellectual · reform