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1753
| May 1, 1753 • Species Plantarum is published by Linnaeus (adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature as the formal start date of the scientific classification of plants). |
1778
Age: 25y
marriageCatherine Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ William and Catherine were first cousins 1 Source ⇓ |
| September 19, 1778 • The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States. |
1779
Age: 26y
| January 11, 1779 • Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur. |
1783
May 18
Age: 30y
| August 18, 1783 • The 1783 Great Meteor passes on a thousand-mile track across the North Sea, Great Britain and France, prompting scientific discussion. |
1785
Sep 25
Age: 32y
| August 15, 1785 • Cardinal de Rohan is arrested in Paris; the Necklace Affair comes into the open. |
1790
Jan 30
Age: 37y
| July 31, 1790 • Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. patent (for an improved method of making potash). |
1792
Apr 20
Age: 39y
| May 18, 1792 • War in defence of the constitution: Russia invades Poland. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
| October 10, 1794 • Battle of Maciejowice: Forces of the Russian Empire defeat Polish supporters of the Kościuszko Uprising; Tadeusz Kościuszko is wounded and captured. |
about
Age: 44y
1797
Age: 44y
| July 24, 1797 • Horatio Nelson is wounded at the Battle of Santa Cruz, losing an arm. |
about
Age: 48y
1801
Age: 48y
1801
Age: 48y
| 1801 • Ultraviolet radiation is discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritter. |
1804
Feb 4
Age: 51y
| April 5, 1804 • The first recorded meteorite falls in Possil, Scotland (High Possil meteorite). |
1805
Sep 24
Age: 52y
| March 4, 1805 • Thomas Jefferson is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. |
1820
Age: 67y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| February 20, 1820 • A revolt begins in Santa María Chiquimula, Totonicapán department of Guatemala. |
1826
Aug 3
Age: 73y
| February 24, 1826 • Treaty of Yandabo ends First Anglo-Burmese War, Britain gains Assam, Manipur, Rakhine and Tanintharyi. |