Timeline: Boudewijn ZUURDEEG: The ZUURDEEG Family

1770 - 1773 (2 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1770	1770: Great Britain - Lord North begins service as Prime Minister. The Falkland Island Crisis occurs. Edmund Burke publishes his Thoughts on the Present Discontents 1770: Australia - James Cook documents the location of Australia 1770: Great Britain - Gum pencil eraser invented 1770: Great Britain - Early skeleton suits begin to appear - the first specialized children's clothing. The earliest were still worn with knee breeches, but by the 1780s they were warn with long trousers. 1770: CA - The city of Saint-Eustache, Quebec is established
2	1771	1771: Great Britain - The Encyclopedia Britannica is first published 1771: Great Britain - Richard Arkwright builds the first spinning mill 1771: Captain James Cook completes his first voyage around the world. 1771: CA/UK - Lieutenant Governor Michael Francklin of Nova Scotia travels to northern England to seek immigrants to replace those displaced by the Acadian expulsion. 17 Jul 1771: CA - Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
3	1772	1772: Great Britain - Lord Mansfield makes slavery illegal 1772: Great Britain - James Burgh publishes Political Disquisitions, advocates universal male suffrage 1772: CA - Samuel Hearne explores Coppermine River to Arctic Ocean. 1772: CA/US - James Cook and George Vancouver explore the northwest coast of America. 1772: CA - The Yorkshire emigration begins with the arrival of 62 passengers aboard The Duke of York.
4	1773	1773: British North America - Colonists protest at the East India Company's monopoly over tea exports to the colonies, at the so-called Boston Tea Party 1773: Coalbrookedale, England - The world's first Cast Iron bridge is constructed over the River Severn 1773: Great Britain - Benjamin Delessert was born. French industrialist who developed the first successful process to extract sugar from sugar beets. 1773: CA - Lord Dartmouth promises Canadians just and considerate treatment respecting their religion. Dec 1773: CA - Prominent French Canadians petition the King to restore their ancient laws and accord them the rights of British subjects, reminding him that five-sixths of the seigniories belong to Frenchmen. They represent that the Labrador Coast and fisheries, now alienated to Newfoundland, should revert to Canada. They prefer a Legislative Council, nominated by the King, because less expensive than an Elective Assembly. 16 Dec 1773: US - The Boston Tea Party protests the Tea Act