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1709
Dec 16
| 1709 • The hot air balloon of Bartolomeu de Gusmão flies in Portugal. |
1738
Apr 30
Age: 28y
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marriageHannah Tolman Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ By Jus Bradford. James is described as being "of Providence." Hannah is described as being of "Barrington". 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1738 • Pierre Louis Maupertuis publishes Sur la figure de la terre, which confirms Newton's view that the earth is an oblate spheroid slightly flattened at the poles. |
1741
Oct 27
Age: 31y
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birth of childHenry J Franklin Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1741 • Royal Order of Scotland is founded. |
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Age: 89y
1800
Age: 89y
| 1800 • Middlebury College is granted its charter by the Vermont General Assembly. |