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1783
May 18
| 1783 • In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum height: 900 m). |
1809
Dec 27
Age: 26y
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birth of childEmily Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1809 • Peninsular War: French Marshal Jean Lannes begins the Siege of Zaragoza. |
1812
Age: 28y
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birth of childDouglas Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1812 • War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army. |
1850
Sep 17
Age: 67y
| 1850 • United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. |
1856
Age: 72y
| 1856 • Kate Warne, the first female private detective, begins to work for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. |