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1735
Jul 16
| 1735 • Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true. |
1735
Jul 20
Age: 4d
| 1735 • Alcina, George Frideric Handel's Italian opera, premieres at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. |
1761
Dec 24
Age: 26y
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marriageElizabeth McCrary Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1761 • The tune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is published in France. |
1767
Jul 19
Age: 32y
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birth of childThomas Munselle Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1767 • Suppression of the Society of Jesus in the Spanish Empire and Kingdom of Naples. |
1781
Feb 1
Age: 45y
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militaryConnecticut, USA ⇓ He served eleven months in Captain John Riley's company on the Connecticut Line during the American Revolution. He was a private. The photo is a "Broadside Soliciting Recruits for the Continental Army, ca. 1775 - Connecticut Historical Society" 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1781 • American Revolution – Skirmish at the House in the Horseshoe: A Tory force under David Fanning attacks Phillip Alston's smaller force of Whigs at Alston's home in Cumberland County, North Carolina (in present day Moore County, North Carolina). Alston's troops surrender after Fanning's men attempt to ram the house with a cart of burning straw. |
1790
Age: 54y
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residenceNew London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ John Munsell and John Munsell's sons Thomas and John are all living next door to each other with their families. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor starts to rule. |
1790
Age: 54y
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residenceNew London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ John Munsell and John Munsell's sons Thomas and John are all living next door to each other with their families. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands which took part in the Brabant Revolution at the end of 1789 sign a Treaty of Union creating the United States of Belgium. Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt refuses to recognize the new confederation's independence. |
1800
Age: 64y
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residenceLyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ They are living next door to their son John Munsell Jr. On the same page, some Tillotsons are also living. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1800 • First smallpox vaccination is made in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland. |
1819
Jul 17
Age: 84y
| 1819 • Captain William Smith in British merchant brig Williams sights Williams Point, the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, the first land discovered south of latitude 60° S. |