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1753
| 1753 • The founding charter of the British Museum is enacted. |
1778
Age: 25y
marriageCatherine Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ William and Catherine were first cousins 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1778 • South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. |
1779
Age: 26y
birth of childMoses Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1779 • Joint Spanish-Portuguese survey of Amazonia begins to determine the boundary between the colonial possessions in South America. Continues until 1795. |
1783
May 18
Age: 30y
birth of childMorton Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1783 • Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War are ratified. |
1785
Sep 25
Age: 32y
birth of childJane Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1785 • The fleet of French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse leaves Paris for the circumnavigation of the globe. |
1790
Jan 30
Age: 37y
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birth of childWilliam Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1790 • Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the last of the 13 original states to do so. |
1792
Apr 20
Age: 39y
birth of childRebecca Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1792 • King Gustav III of Sweden is shot in the back by Jacob Johan Anckarström at a midnight masquerade at the Royal Opera in Stockholm; he lives until March 29, and is then succeeded by his son Gustav IV Adolf. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1794 • Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
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birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1794 • British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti. |
1797
Age: 44y
birth of childHenry Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1797 • Spithead and Nore mutinies in the British Royal Navy. |
1801
Age: 48y
birth of childSusan Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1801 • The Treaty of Lunéville ends the War of the Second Coalition between France and Austria. Under the terms of the treaty, Aachen is officially annexed by France. |
1801
Age: 48y
birth of childAnn Nancy Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1801 • Supreme Council, Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction, USA) is founded. |
1804
Feb 4
Age: 51y
birth of childJames M Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1804 • The Napoleonic Code is adopted as French civil law. |
1820
Age: 67y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • A revolt begins in Santa María Chiquimula, Totonicapán department of Guatemala. |
1826
Aug 3
Age: 73y
| 1826 • University College London is founded, under the name University of London. |