1700 - The magnitudeDeveloped in 1935 by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, both of the California Institute of Technology, the Richter scale assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. It is more correctly called the M Scale (for local 9 Cascadia EarthquakeThe Cascadia Earthquake was a magnitude 9 megathrust earthquake of the Juan de Fuca Plate in the Pacific ocean, from mid- Vancouver Island of southwest Canada off British Columbia to northern California, off what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United took place off the coast of the AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in Northwest, as evidenced by JapaneseJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh records.
1736Events January 26 Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. february 12 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor weds Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette May 8 Marriage of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. May 26 Battle of Ackia: British - Stanislaus I of PolandStanislaw I Leszczynski First Reign From 1704until 1709 Second Reign From 1733until 1736 Elected In 1704 in Poland. Coronation ? Coat of Arms Wieniawa Predecessor August II Mocny Successor August II Mocny, August III Sas Parents Rafal Leszczynski. Anna Ka abdicates his throne.
1785Events January 1st The first issue of the Daily Universal Register later known as The Times is published in London. January 7 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon - Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin ( January 17, 1706 — April 17, 1790) was an American journalist, publisher, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, public servant, scientist, librarian, diplomat, and inventor. One of the leaders of the American Revolution, he was well kn writes a letter to his daughter expressing disappointment over the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States; he wanted the turkey.
