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1722
Feb 5
| 1722 • Peter the Great of Russia creates the Table of Ranks. |
1647
Nov 6
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birth of childMary Davis Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ On Mary's birth record her parents are Josiah Davis and Dorothy Colby. This record matches up exactly with her age at her death date (84 years 4 months). In 1797, her and her siblings granted land to their brother Jesse from their father "Josiah Davis, late of Hampstead". Her and her husband are described as "Edward Eastman and Molly Eastman of Corinth Vt." 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1647 • The New Model Army marches to London. |
1743
Jan
Age: 20y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ Josiah Davis and Obediah Davis signed a petition for a parish together, along with Otho Stevens. The two brothers lived near the eastern shores of Wash Pond, which was home to several pioneer families. It's described that Josiah Davis "(it is supposed) followed the "twelve rod way" tract from the Davis land at East Haverhill to the land near the eastern shore of the Wash pond." 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1743 • George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson premieres in London . |
1746
Dec 2
Age: 24y
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marriageDorothy Colby Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ They had nine children: James Johnson in 1747, Hannah in 1749, Mary in 1752, Edmund in 1756, Josiah in 1758, Anna in 1760, Dolly in 1763, Louis in 1765, and lastly Jesse, in 1767, all in New Hampshire. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1746 • Publication of Charles Batteux's Les beaux-arts réduits à un même principe in Paris, putting forward for the first time the idea of "les beaux arts": "the fine arts". |
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Age: 47y
1770
Age: 47y
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militaryNew Hampshire, USA ⇓ A Josiah Davis was a private in the American Revolution - possibly him. His brother Samuel also possibly enrolled. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1770 • Joseph Priestley, British chemist, recommends the use of a rubber to remove pencil marks. |
1790
Age: 67y
| 1790 • The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia, the capital district of the United States. |
1790
Age: 67y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ On page 17, Joseph Kimball is living with wife Colby 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor starts to rule. |
1790
Age: 67y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ Two pages away, on page 17, Joseph Kimball is living with wife Martha Colby. She is likely the Martha that is the sister of Dorothy. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • Thomas Jefferson reports to President George Washington in New York as the new United States Secretary of State. |
1790
Age: 67y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ Two pages away, on page 17, Joseph Kimball is living with wife Martha Colby. She is likely the Martha that is the sister of Dorothy. There are also Eastmans living on the same page, and Heaths. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • The first United States Census is authorized; it is held later in the year. |
1796
Age: 73y
willHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ His estate was administered October 20 1796, by his widow Dolly (Dorothy) Davis, with a bond of $3,000.00. William Marshall and Thomas Cotton are sureties. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1796 • Spanish government lifts the restrictions against neutrals trading with the colonies, thus acknowledging Spain's inability to supply the colonies with needed goods and markets. |
1796
Apr 3
Age: 74y
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deathHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ He was buried at Hampstead Center Cemetery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1796 • Carl Gauss obtains conditions for the constructibility by ruler and compass of regular polygons, and is able to announce that the regular 17-gon is constructible by ruler and compasses. |