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1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • Catherine II becomes empress of Russia upon the deposition of her husband Peter III. The incipient Russo-Prussian alliance falls apart, but Russia does not rejoin the war. |
1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • The Treaty of Hamburg takes Sweden out of the war against Prussia. |
1786
Jan 15
Age: 23y
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marriageJacobus Van Deusen 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1786 • Shays' Rebellion begins in Massachusetts. |
1786
Nov 12
Age: 23y
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birth of childCornelius Van Deusen Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ He named his first two children James and Elizabeth, the names of his maternal grandparents, then his daughter Margaret, the Americanized name of his mother. His son John's name is likely an Americanization of Johannes, his paternal grandfather's name. Isaac and Matthew's names could have come from his wife's family, as they are both her brother's names. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1786 • James Rumsey tests his first steamboat in the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, Virginia. |
1790
Jun 26
Age: 27y
birth of childElizabeth Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1790 • Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. patent (for an improved method of making potash). |
1803
Age: 39y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • Act of Mediation issued by Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the Swiss Confederation to replace the Helvetic Republic. Under the terms of the act, Graubünden, St. Gallen, Thurgau, the Ticino and Vaud become Swiss cantons. |