Spouse
After twelve years of marriage, Hannah Van Buren contracted tuberculosis and died on February 5, 1819, at the age of thirty-five.
1783
Mar 8
| 1783 • Louis-Sébastien Lenormand makes the first ever recorded public demonstration of a parachute descent by jumping from the tower of the Montpellier observatory in France using his rigid-framed model which he intends as a form of fire escape. |
1807
Feb 21
Age: 23y
marriageMartin Van Buren Catskill, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1807 • Battle of Eylau: Napoleon fights a hard, but inconclusive battle against the Russians under Bennigsen. |
1819
Feb 5
Age: 35y
| 1819 • A formal treaty between Hussein Shah of Johor and the British Sir Stamford Raffles establishes a trading settlement in Singapore. |