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1747
Jan 16
| October 25, 1747 • War of the Austrian Succession – Second battle of Cape Finisterre: The British Navy again defeats a French fleet. |
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 ⇓ |
| March 31, 1782 • Mission San Buenaventura is founded in Las Californias, part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. |
1818
Feb 6
Age: 71y
| 1818 • Besses o' th' Barn brass band is formed in Whitefield, near Manchester, by this date. |