Timeline: 1751-1760

BEFORE

1751

• Births: Solis (March 11), James Madison Jr. (March 16)¹, Seg-El (October 17)

1752

• June 15. During a lightning storm, Benjamin Franklin (46) flies a kite with a key attached. On-hand are the time-traveling Mr. Peabody (9) and Sherman Peabody (7) (both 1959).

1753

• Rose Tyler (21/2007) briefly meets Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (), and warns her that she is in danger when she turns 37.²
• August 30. Liam Galway () is transformed into the vampire Angelus.
• Births: an immortal cricket (January 8)

1754

• May 28. With tensions rising in North America between the French and British colonial empires, a first shot is fired as British colonial forces attack the French Fort Duquesne. The British are led by Major George Washington (23). The British are successful, as they kill 10 French soldiers, including their leader.³

1755

• November 2. Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna is born to Queen Maria Theresa (38) of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I in Vienna, Austria.

1756

• Births: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27), Gordon Shumway (October 28)

1757

• August. A group of British soldiers, escorting the daughters of Scottish colonel George Monro (57), Cora and Alice, is ambushed by Huron and French forces. All the British die save for the women and Duncan Heyward, who are rescued by the Mohicans Chingachgook (42) and his son Uncas, and the European-raised-by-natives Natty Bumppo (also called Hawkeye) (37). They manage to get the survivors to Fort William Henry, where they are reunited with General Monro. Cora finds herself sexually stimulated by Hawkeye. The fort is subsequently besieged by the French and the Hurons after betrayal by the double agent and revenge-obsessed Magua. The British parley with the French and negotiate a surrender. They depart the fort, but are ambushed by the Hurons, and a second massacre occurs, with many of the fort's occupants captured. Monro himself is killed by Magua, who cuts out his heart. Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas manage to survive and attempt to rescue Cora, Alice, and Heyward by meeting with the Huron chief. Ultimately, Uncas dies trying to save one of the women, leaving Chingachgook Last of the Mohicans. Chingachgook takes revenge by killing Magua. Cora and Hawkeye do not continue their relationship in the aftermath.⁴
• Births: James Hawkins (February 17)

1758

• Births: James Monroe (April 28)⁵, Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (May 6), Horatio Nelson (September 29)

1759

• The Doctor ("tenth" incarnatio) rescues Madame de Pompadour from clockwork androids.

1760

• On Krypton, Val-El is executed for treason due to his sedition against the theocracy. The El family, a noble clan, is stripped of its name and rank. The execution is attended by Val-El's son Ter-El, daughter-in-law Charys, and grandson Seg-El (9).⁶

+ 1760 Births

1760 Births

• June 9: Gilbert Norrell
• November 7: Lestat de Lioncourt⁷
• December 5: Percy Blakeney⁸

AFTER

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+ Footnotes

Footnotes

1. In Port Conway, Virginia Province, British America, Great Britain

2. Events of Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006).

3. Historical events. This engagement was the first skirmish in what would become the Seven Years War of 1756-1763 (known as the French and Indian War in the United States). Fort Duquesne was located in what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

4. Events of film The Last of the Mohicans (1992), which is based on the novel of the same name (1826), which are fictionalized historical events. The real George Monro did not die at this point, but just three months later.

5. In Monroe Hall, Virginia Province, British America, Great Britain

6. Events of Krypton pilot episode (2018).

7. Date according to an official Anne Rice 1998 calendar.

8. The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1938).