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Events

Marie -Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, French general and politician
Louis XVI. , King of France
Archduke Joseph II in Austria, Emperor of the Holy Roman
Leopold II, Archduke of Austria, Emperor of the Holy Roman
Charles III. , King of Spain
Charles IV, King of Spain
Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia
Pius VI. , Pope
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
George III. , King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Washington, President of the United States
John Adams, President of the United States
Benjamin Franklin, statesman in the United States
Aga Mohammed Khan, Shah of Persia
Kōkaku, Emperor of Japan
Qianlong, Emperor of China

The Mutiny on the Bounty took place in April 1789. It was filmed several times ( more here )

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