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1761
Mar 1
| 1761 • The tune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is published in France. |
1789
Age: 27y
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birth of childCornelius McCagg Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1789 • At Federal Hall, the United States Senate attains its first quorum and elects John Langdon of Pennsylvania as its first President pro tempore. Later that day, the Senate and the House of Representatives meet in joint session for the first time, and the electoral votes of the first U.S. Presidential election are counted. General George Washington is certified as President-elect and John Adams is certified as Vice-President elect. |
1790
Age: 28y
| 1790 • Two Quaker delegates petition the United States Congress for the abolition of slavery. |
1791
Sep 16
Age: 30y
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birth of childMaria McCagg Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ She had brothers Isaac McCagg of Chicago, Illinois, and Matthew McCagg, of Warsaw N.Y. Her mother's name was Rosanna. This information comes from the Ancestry and Descendents of Cornelius and John J Van Deusen. Isaac Van Deusen, her brother, was born abt. 1793, and there is a birth record in New York at a Dutch Reformed Church for an Isaac McCagg born in 1794, the son of Matthew McCagg and Rosanna Goodrich. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1791 • The first of forty boundary stones delineating the borders of the new District of Columbia is laid at Jones Point Light, in Alexandria, Virginia. |
1794
Mar 24
Age: 33y
| 1794 • Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. |
1800
Age: 38y
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birth of childMatthew McCagg New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1800 • Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery, in a letter to the Royal Society of London. |