♂ James D Davidson

1789 - 1854

James D Davidson
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Mary Polly Johnson
Mary Polly Johnson
1796 - 1854
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1813


Oct 4
Age: 24y
1813 • Missionaries Adoniram Judson and his wife Ann Hasseltine Judson arrive in Burma.

1818


Nov 4
Age: 29y
1818 • The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States as having thirteen red and white stripes and one star for each state (twenty) with additional stars to be added whenever a new state is added to the Union.

1820


Age: 30y
James Davidson - 1820 United States Federal Census

residence


Charlotte, Virginia, USA ⇓
One house away is William W Davidson. On the previous page is an Allen Davidson. They are both aged 26-45. William is one of five men living in the house aged 26-45.
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1820 • King William I of Württemberg marries his cousin, Pauline Therese, in Stuttgart.

1823


Mar 27
Age: 34y
1823 First Burmese War: Burmese attack the British on Shapura, an island close to Chittagong.
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1825


Age: 35y
1825 • A new Combination Act in the United Kingdom makes Trades unions legal according to narrowly-defined principles.
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1829


Age: 39y
1829 Felix Mendelssohn performs St Matthew Passion. The success of this performance sparks a revival of interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

1830


Age: 40y
1830 • The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.

1830


Nov 10
Age: 41y
James Davidson - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

property


Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓
James Davidson purchased 152 acres - the document was signed by president Jackson.
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1830 Hector Berlioz's most famous work, Symphonie Fantastique, has its world premiere in Paris.

1831


Apr 1
Age: 42y
James Davidson - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

property


Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓
Davidson purchases another 80 acres, the document again signed by president Jackson.
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1831 Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
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1834


Age: 44y
1834 Zollverein: Customs charges are abolished at borders within Germany.
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1836


Age: 46y
1836 Theodor Fliedner, a Lutheran minister, and Friederike, his wife, open the Deaconess Home and Hospital at Kaiserswerth, Germany, as an institute to train women in nursing.

1840


Age: 50y
James Davidson - 1840 United States Federal Census

residence


St. John, Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓
They lived three houses away from Jacob Marmon Johnson and their daughter Mary Ann. There is also a Jordan Davidson living two or three pages away.
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1840 William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand, suffers a stroke.

1854


Jul 4
Age: 65y
1854 Said Pasha succeeds his nephew Abbas as the Pasha of Egypt.

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