Hans Ulrich Gerber

Male 1747 - 1750  (~ 2 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1747 
1748 
1749 
  • 1749: Great Britain - Deaths among women 1 in 41, children 1 in 15 during period to 1758
1750 
  • 1750: Great Britain - The grapefruit was first described by Griffith Hughes as the 'forbidden fruit' of Barbados
  • 1750: Scotland - Royal Infirmaries are founded in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen
  • 1750: Great Britain - Tea-drinking begins to rival alcohol-drinking
  • 1750: Great Britain - Population of England and Wales estimated at 6.5 million
  • 1750: Great Britain - During period to 1780 English countryside takes on today's familiar apearance as accelerated enclosure produces small fields surrounded by hedges, fences and walls