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Centuries:	17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades:	1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s
Years:	1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779

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United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress (July 4, 1776). The document was drafted by a committee consisting of representatives John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York and Roger Sherman of Connecticut.
Abol Fath Khan accends to the throne of Persia as the second Shah of the Zand dynasty in 1779.

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Emperor Ch'ien Lung (China)
King Christian VII (Denmark and Norway)
King Louis XV (France)
King Louis XVI (France)

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