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1764
Apr
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birthTyrone County, Ireland ⇓ Near Belfast. 1 Source ⇓ |
1796
Age: 31y
| 1796 • Jane Austen writes her first draft of Pride and Prejudice, under the title First Impressions. The book will not be published until 1813. |
1808
Apr 28
Age: 44y
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birth of childJoseph Summerville Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1808 • Mahmud II (1808–1839) succeeds Mustafa IV (1807–1808) as sultan of the Ottoman Empire. |
1854
Aug 11
Age: 90y
| 1854 • Battle of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands (which later became part of Finland - in 1920:) The Royal Navy seaman's mate Charles D. Lucas throws a live Russian artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes, for which he was awarded the first Victoria Cross in 1857. |