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1741
Oct 27
1766
Jul 29
Age: 24y
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marriageWoodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Married by the Reverend Abiel Leonard 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1766 • The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University). |
1769
Nov 26
Age: 28y
| 1769 • (O.S.) A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in the historical past. The transit is viewed by King George III of Great Britain at the Kew Observatory. |
1778
Feb 6
Age: 36y
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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 • The first settlement is made in the area of what is now Louisville, Kentucky, by 13 families under Colonel George Rogers Clark. |
1779
Age: 37y
militaryServed in the 4th Connecticut Regiment in the Revolutionary War, under the US Continental Army. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1779 • War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives a part of the Bavarian territory (the Innviertel) and relinquishes the rest. |
1783
Nov 21
Age: 42y
| 1783 • Grants of land in Canada to American loyalists are announced. |