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| 1 | 1774 | - 1774: Great Britain - Franz Anton Mesmer began the psychotherapeutic practice of hypnotism, which he called 'animal magnetism' and conceived it to be an actual fluid. Apparently he had some success with psychosomatic illnesses. Part of his technique seems to have been used earlier by exorcists.
- 1774: Great Britain - Parliament passes the Coercive Acts in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party
- 1774: Great Britain - Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen
- 1774: Great Britain - Georges-Louis Le Sage patents the electric telegraph.
- 1774: US - Lord Dunmore's War fought in Virginia between settlers and Shawnees.
- 1774: CA - The Quebec Act ensures the loyalty of the seigneurs and the clergy to the new regime by guaranteeing the traditional language, civil law, and faith of the subjects.
- 1774: CA - Juan Perez ordered by Spain to explore west coast; discovers Prince of Wales Island, Dixon Sound.
- 4 Sep 1774: US - Delegates from twelve colonies discuss measures for common safety, at Philadelphia. Canada and Georgia are not represented, though invited. Vermont, not being organized, is not invited.
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| 2 | 1775 | - 1775: British North America - American War of Independence begins when colonists fight British troops at Lexington.
- 1775: Great Britain - Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
- 1775: Great Britain - Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
- 1775: US - Daniel Boone leads party of settlers into Kentucky.
- 1775: CA - American troops capture Montreal, but, failing to take Quebec City or elicit local support, soon withdraw.
- 19 Apr 1775: US - The Revolutionary War begins, at Lexington.
- 1 May 1775: CA - A bust of George III is found, in Montreal, adorned with beads, cross, and mitre, with the words "Pope of Canada: Sot of England." A reward of 500 guineas does not lead to apprehension of the culprit.
- 10 May 1775: US - Ethan Allen takes Fort Ticonderoga.
- 9 Jun 1775: CA - Martial law is proclaimed in Canada.
- 21 Aug 1775: CA - Generals Schuyler and Richard Montgomery, with 1,000 Americans come to Canada, and invite the inhabitants to rebel.
- 17 Sep 1775: CA - Montgomery besieges St. Johns.
- 25 Sep 1775: CA - Attempting to take Montreal, Ethan Allan and many of his 150 followers are captured, at Longue Pointe, and are sent to England.
- 18 Oct 1775: CA - The Americans capture Chambly.
- 3 Nov 1775: CA - Hindered by Colonel Warner, of Vermont, Governor Guy Carleton cannot relieve St. Johns, which surrenders to Montgomery.
- 3 Nov 1775: CA - Invaders, under Benedict Arnold, reach the Chaudiere, almost perishing, after 52 days in the woods, from the Kennebec.
- 12 Nov 1775: CA - General Montgomery tells Montrealers that, being defenceless, they cannot stipulate terms; but promises to respect personal rights. He demands the keys of public stores, and appoints 9 a.m. tomorrow for the army's entrance, by the Recollet gate. On Nov. 13 they appropraite royal stores.
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