1777


Sep 8
1777 American Revolution: After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation in the temporary American capital at York, Pennsylvania.

1799


Jun 7
Age: 21y
1799 William Cockerill begins building cotton-spinning equipment in Belgium.

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 March 27Napoleonic Wars: The Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.

1804


Jun 27
Age: 26y
1804 First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia at Tripoli to deny her further use by the captors.

1805


Aug 27
Age: 27y
1805 Beethoven's only opera Fidelio in its original form (known retrospectively as Leonore) is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, which at this time is under French military occupation.

1807


Nov 30
Age: 30y
1807 • Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason. He had been accused of plotting to annex parts of Louisiana and Mexico to become part of an independent republic.

1809


Nov 2
Age: 32y
1809 Ecuador declares independence from Spain.

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