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1752 AD

Lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin.

Einstein writes the Theory of Relativity.

Britain and France go to war.

Construction begins on The Great Wall of China.

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Benedict XVI resigned as pope, the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.

St. Patrick begins his missionary work in Ireland.

The construction of Stonehenge in England starts.

The idea that the universe began in a Big Bang is developed by Abbe George Lemaitre.

Texas Revolution. Texas makes independence claim away from Mexico.

Death of Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire.

Miner’s safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy.

The Vietnam War ends.