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Emelian Pugachev, claiming he is Peter III, tries to overthrow Russian tsarina Catherine the Great; he fails and is executed in 1775.
16 December A group of colonists dumps tea from British ships into Boston Harbor. In response to the Boston Tea Party, the following year the British impose a series of acts that allow for the quartering of troops in private homes, close the port, and reduce the legal rights of Bostonians.
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