Children
1760
| 1760 • Western countries pay 3,000,000 ounces of silver for Chinese goods. |
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marriageMary Woolum 1 Source ⇓ |
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Age: 16y
1776
Age: 16y
| 1776 • Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. |
1780
Jul 20
Age: 20y
birth of childAnna Murphy Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1780 • General La Fayette embarks on French frigate Hermione (1779) at Rochefort, arriving in Boston on April 28 carrying the news that he has secured French men and ships to reinforce the American side in the American Revolutionary War. |
1781
May 1
Age: 21y
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birth of childSusannah Cassanah Murphy Virginia, USA ⇓ Even though the initials for the birthplace of her 1850 census look like they are for Maryland, it very clearly is spelled out that she was born in Virginia in her 1860 census. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1781 • Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Originally he calls it Georgium Sidus (George's Star) in honour of King George III of Great Britain. |