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1801
| 1801 • Joseph-Marie Jacquard develops a loom where the pattern being woven is controlled by punched cards. |
1828
Oct 29
Age: 27y
marriageAnn Nancy Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1828 • South America: Brazil and Argentina recognize the independence of Uruguay. Simón Bolívar declares himself dictator of Gran Colombia. |
1830
Age: 29y
| 1830 • France: Jacques Laffitte succeeds the Duc de Broglie as Prime Minister. |
1830
Mar
Age: 29y
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birth of childJohn Bourne Morton Madison County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1830 • Ecuador separates from Gran Colombia. |
1837
May 28
Age: 36y
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birth of childBenjamin Davis Morton Madison County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1837 • Galilee earthquake. |
1840
Age: 39y
| 1840 • Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom. |
1840
Mar 27
Age: 39y
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birth of childSusan Jane Morton Madison County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • The Washingtonian Temperance Society is founded. |
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Age: 64y
1865
Age: 64y
| 1865 • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending an evening performance of the farce Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. Doctors move the unconscious President to a bed in a house across the street. |