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1739
| 1739 • 84,000 farmers revolt in the province of Iwaki in Japan. |
1761
Dec 24
Age: 23y
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marriageJohn Munselle Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1761 • Johann Heinrich Lambert found a proof that π is irrational. |
1767
Jul 19
Age: 28y
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birth of childThomas Munselle Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1767 • Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean is sighted from HMS Swallow by 15-year-old Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on a British Royal Navy expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret, the first definite European sighting. |
1790
Age: 51y
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residenceNew London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ John Munsell and John Munsell's sons Thomas and John are all living next door to each other with their families. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • The Convention of Reichenbach is signed between Prussia and Austria. |
1800
Age: 61y
| 1800 • Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery, in a letter to the Royal Society of London. |
1800
Age: 61y
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residenceLyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ They are living next door to their son John Munsell Jr. On the same page, some Tillotsons are also living. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1800 • World population approaches the 1 billion milestone which it will attain in 1802. The population distribution by region: |
1802
Jan 15
Age: 63y
| 1802 • A general amnesty signed by Napoleon Bonaparte allows all but about 1,000 of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, as part of a reconciliary gesture to make peace with the various factions of the Ancien Régime that ultimately consolidates his own rule. |
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burialConnecticut, USA ⇓ Buried at Coult Cemetery. 2 Sources ⇓ |