Dorcas Elizabeth Murdock
Parents
Zerah Murdock
Zerah Murdock
1754 - 1822
Spouse
Children

1785


Jan 9
1785 • Invading Siamese forces, attempting to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong River by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.

1790


Age: 4y

residence


Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA ⇓
The household consisted of 3 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 2 females.
1 Source ⇓
1790 • The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia, the capital district of the United States.

1790


Age: 4y
Zerah Murdock - 1790 United States Federal Census

residence


Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA ⇓
The household consisted of 3 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 2 females. Seymour Murdock is living only a few households away, and according to the Murdock Genealogy book, is a brother of Zerah Murdock, and also served in the 6th regiment during the Revolution.
2 Sources ⇓
1790 Mozart's opera Cosi Fan Tutte premiered in Vienna.

1801


Dec 27
Age: 16y
1801 Toussaint Louverture promulgates a reforming constitution for Santo Domingo, declaring himself emperor for life of the entire island of Hispaniola and nominally abolishing slavery.

1809


Sep 1
Age: 24y
Charles Lucian Franklin - Brooklyn Vital Records

birth of child


Charles Lucien Franklin
Brooklyn, Windham, Connecticut, USA ⇓
Charles had older sisters Maria and Emeline, and younger sisters Olive, Nancy Elizabeth, and Emily Tryphenia who died at three years old. He also had an older brother William Robert, and younger brothers George Henry, Andrew Murdock, and Henry Chaffee. He was one of ten children.
7 Sources ⇓
1809 • A military coup ousts Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden; he is confined in Gripsholm Castle.

1809


Sep 1
Age: 24y
Charles Lucian Franklin - Brooklyn Vital Records

birth of child


Charles Lucian Franklin
Connecticut, USA ⇓
Charles had older sisters Maria and Emeline, and younger sisters Olive, Nancy Elizabeth, and Emily Tryphenia who died at three years old. He also had an older brother William Robert, and younger brothers George Henry, Andrew Murdock, and Henry Chaffee. He was one of ten children.
8 Sources ⇓
1809 • The city of La Paz (current Bolivia) declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.

1832


Aug 30
Age: 47y
1832 • Publication begins (posthumously) of Carl von Clausewitz's Vom Kriege ("On War").

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