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1753
| 1753 • Robert Wood publishes The ruins of Palmyra; otherwise Tedmor in the desart in English and French, making the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra known to the West. |
1778
Age: 25y
marriageCatherine Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ William and Catherine were first cousins 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1778 • The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States. |
1779
Age: 26y
birth of childMoses Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1779 • The North Carolina General Assembly carves a new county from Dobbs County, North Carolina and names it Wayne County in honor of United States General Anthony Wayne. |
1783
May 18
Age: 30y
birth of childMorton Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 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). |
1785
Sep 25
Age: 32y
birth of childJane Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1785 • The University of Georgia is founded. |
1790
Jan 30
Age: 37y
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birth of childWilliam Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1790 • The Treaty of Värälä ends the Russo-Swedish War. |
1792
Apr 20
Age: 39y
birth of childRebecca Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1792 • The Baptist Missionary Society is founded in Kettering, England. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1794 • General Antoni Madaliński, a commander of the National Cavalry in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, disobeys an order from the ruling Russian Empire and Kingdom of Prussia imposing demobilization, advancing his troops from Ostrołęka to Kraków. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
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birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1794 • Horatio Nelson loses the sight in his right eye in a British military operation at Calvi in Corsica. |
1797
Age: 44y
birth of childHenry Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1797 • London haberdasher John Hetherington wears a silk top hat in public and attracts a large crowd of onlookers. He is later fined £500 for causing a public nuisance. |
1801
Age: 48y
birth of childSusan Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
1801
Age: 48y
birth of childAnn Nancy Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1801 • William Pitt the Younger resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
1804
Feb 4
Age: 51y
birth of childJames M Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1804 • Ohio University is chartered by the Ohio General Assembly. |
1820
Age: 67y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state. |
1826
Aug 3
Age: 73y
| 1826 • Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as King of Portugal. |