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1770s |
 | | 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 |
 | | 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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