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Dorothy was the third eldest in a family of twenty children.
1743
May 6
| 1743 • Natalia Lopukhina is flogged in front of the Twelve Collegia building in Saint Petersburg. |
1743
May 22
Age: 16d
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baptismWoodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Baptized in the First Congregational Church 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1743 • In New France, Governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ends his final term (multiple times over 43 years) as Governor of colonial French Louisiana, which he helped colonize; he is succeeded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil (for the next 10 years) and returns to France. |
1766
Jul 29
Age: 23y
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marriageHenry Franklin Woodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Married by the Reverend Abiel Leonard 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1766 • An observer in Wilmington, North Carolina reports to the Edinburgh newspaper Caledonian Mercury that three ships were seized by British men-of-war on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. The strict enforcement causes seven other ships to leave Wilmington for other ports. |
1778
Feb 6
Age: 34y
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birth of childHenry Tolman Franklin Woodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Henry Tolman had five older sisters, Mary, Lotheta, Dolly, Electa, and Dorothy, and a younger brother John. His oldest sister Mary was born in Pomfret, Connecticut. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1778 • Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the Sandwich Islands. |
1823
Oct 27
Age: 80y
| 1823 • Explorer James Weddell's expedition to Antarctica reaches latitude 74°15' S and longitude 34°16'45" W: the southernmost position any ship had reached before, a record that will hold for more than 80 years. |