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1691 Salem, Massachusetts exorcises its "witches." Ergot poisoning implicated in the bizarre behavior.

1725 to 1735 John Peter Zenger acquitted in famous freedom-of-the-press trial.

• Stephen Gray discovers that electricity can be transmitted.
• Charles Dufay splits electricity into two kinds: vitreous and resinous.

1745 British and American colonials fight the French in King George's War.

1750 to 1754 America and Great Britain adopt the Gregorian calendar. French and Indian War begins. Benjamin Franklin files a kite in a thunderstorm to prove the equivalency of electricity and lighting.