John Adams was born on 19 October 1735 in Braintree. An American lawyer and Founding Father from Massachusetts, John Adams was a leader of the colonial opposition to Britain and had defended the British soldiers tried after the Boston Massacre. He helped to argue for independence in the Continental Congress, served as a diplomat in Europe and was Washington's vice president before being elected the second president in 1797. His presidency was dominated by tension with France and by the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts. Defeated by Thomas Jefferson in 1800, he retired to his home in Quincy. He and Jefferson died on the same day, 4 July 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Before and after
- 1734Founding of University of Göttingen
- 1735Discovery of cobalt
- 1735Euler solves the Konigsberg bridge problem and founds graph theory
- 1735Linnaeus publishes Systema Naturae
- 19 October 1735Birth of John Adams
- from 1736 to 1796Afsharid dynasty
- from 1736 to 1739Fifth Russo-Turkish War
- 19 January 1736Birth of James Watt
- 25 January 1736Birth of Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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- from September 1688 to September 1697Nine Years' War
- 26 January 1699Treaty of Karlowitz
- 1713Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
- 22 February 1732Birth of George Washington
The era
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