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1753
| 1753 • Marriage Act 1753 (Parliament of Great Britain) |
1778
Age: 25y
marriageCatherine Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ William and Catherine were first cousins 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1778 • The term "thoroughbred" is first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick. |
1779
Age: 26y
1783
May 18
Age: 30y
| 1783 • The first United Empire Loyalists, fleeing the new United States, reach Parrtown in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. |
1785
Sep 25
Age: 32y
| 1785 • Napoleon Bonaparte becomes a lieutenant in the French artillery. |
1790
Jan 30
Age: 37y
| 1790 • In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. |
1792
Apr 20
Age: 39y
| 1792 • United States President George Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the United States. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
| 1794 • Stonyhurst College is finally established in Lancashire, having had several European locations. |
about
Age: 44y
1797
Age: 44y
| 1797 • The parliament of the Cisalpine Republic adopts the Italian green-white-red tricolour as the official flag (this is considered the birth of the flag of Italy. |
about
Age: 48y
1801
Age: 48y
| 1801 • The magnum opus Disquisitiones Arithmeticae of Carl Friedrich Gauss is published. |
1801
Age: 48y
| 1801 • Ultraviolet radiation is discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritter. |
1804
Feb 4
Age: 51y
| 1804 • The USS Philadelphia burns.]] |
1805
Sep 24
Age: 52y
| 1805 • Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted of impeachment charges by the United States Senate. |
1820
Age: 67y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
1826
Aug 3
Age: 73y
| 1826 • Construction of the Rideau Canal begins in Canada. |