♂ James Wilson

1774 - 1838

James Wilson
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Spouse
Deborah Patterson
Deborah Patterson
1784 - 1866
Children
Janetta Wilson
Janetta Wilson
1810 - 1878
 

Timeline

1774

1774 • The word "Liberty" is first displayed on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.

1787


Age: 13y
1787 Prussian troops enter the Dutch Republic. Within a few weeks 40,000 Patriots (out of a population of 2,000,000) go into exile in France (and learn from observation the ideals of the French Revolution).

1806


May
Age: 32y
1806 • After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery begin their journey home.

1810


Oct 5
Age: 36y
1810 • Russia acquires Sukhumi through a treaty with the Abkhazian dukes, and declares a protectorate over the whole of Abkhazia.

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