1747
Jan 16
| 1747 • War of the Austrian Succession – Battle of Lauffeld: France defeats the combined armies of Hanover, Great Britain and the Netherlands. |
1701
Dec 28
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birth of childMarten Pieterse Van Buren The picture is of a historical marker at his birthplace in a Kinderhook, which at the time was an isolated village of mostly Dutch descent. Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His father was a farmer and owned an inn there. He had four full siblings, and three older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1701 • In Japan, the young daimyo Asano Naganori is ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). A group of 47 samurai of his service begin planning to avenge his death. |
1782
Dec 5
Age: 35y
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birth of childMartin Van Buren Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ The picture is of a historical marker at his birthplace in a Kinderhook, which at the time was an isolated village of mostly Dutch descent. Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His father was a farmer and owned an inn there. He had four full siblings, and three older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1782 • Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Siam (now Thailand) who is overthrown in an coup d'etat and moves the political capital from Thonburi across the Menam to Rattanakosin Island, the historic center of Bangkok. |
1818
Feb 6
Age: 71y
| 1818 • First Serbian dictionary, made by Vuk Karadžić. |