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1774
Jul 31
| 1774 • English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to sight (and name) Palmerston Island in the Pacific Ocean. |
1796
Age: 21y
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marriageJames Summerville Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 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. |
1808
Apr 28
Age: 33y
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birth of childJoseph Summerville Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1808 • Anthracite coal is first burned as residential heating fuel by Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. |
1826
Dec 26
Age: 52y
| 1826 • Greek War of Independence: Attempted Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani begins. |