1777


Sep 8
1777 Vermont declares its independence from New York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791.

1799


Jun 7
Age: 21y
1799 • The small town of Tignish, PE, Canada is founded.

1800


Sep 2
Age: 22y
1800 • U.S. President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).

1802


Jan 6
Age: 24y
1802 • The English Parliament forbids pauper apprentices.

1804


Jun 27
Age: 26y
1804 World population reaches 1 billion people.

1805


Aug 27
Age: 27y

1807


Nov 30
Age: 30y
1807 • With the death of Henry Benedict Stuart, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of the United Kingdom, the movement of Jacobitism comes to an effective end.

1809


Nov 2
Age: 32y
1809 • The Illinois Territory is created.

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