1799


Jun 7
Age: 21y
1799 • 12-year-old Conrad John Reed finds what he describes as a "heavy yellow rock" along Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina and makes it a doorstop in his home. Conrad's father John Reed learns that the rock is actually gold in 1802, initiating the first gold rush in the United States.

1802


Jan 6
Age: 24y
1802 Gia Long captures Hanoi, completing his unification of Vietnam.

1804


Jun 27
Age: 26y
1804 Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever.

1805


Aug 27
Age: 27y
1805 Battle of Ulm: Austrian General Mack von Leiberich is forced to surrender his entire army to Napoleon after being surrounded.

1807


Nov 30
Age: 30y
1807 Serfdom is abolished in Prussia by law.

1809


Nov 2
Age: 32y
1809 • A new theatre to hold the Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first, burnt down in a fire in 1808. The price increases lead to the Old Price Riots which last for 64 days.

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