♀ Abigail Spencer

1773 - 1810

Abigail Spencer
Spouse
Thomas J Thornton
Thomas J Thornton
1762 - 1834
Children
Thomas T Thornton
Thomas T Thornton
1804 - 1883

1773


Feb
1773 • In China, written work begins on the Siku Quanshu, the largest literary compilation of books in China's history (surpassing the Yongle Encyclopedia of the 15th Century). Upon completion in 1782, the books are bound in 36,381 volumes (册) with more than 79,000 chapters (卷), comprising about 2.3 million pages, and approximately 800 million Chinese characters.

1804


Jan 5
Age: 30y
1804 • First performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell, at Weimar under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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