1777


Sep 8

1799


Jun 7
Age: 21y
1799 • The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu, Tukuʻaho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.

1802


Jan 6
Age: 24y
1802 • By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.

1804


Jun 27
Age: 26y
1804 • First performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell, at Weimar under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

1805


Aug 27
Age: 27y
1805 King Anouvong becomes ruler of Vientiane.

1809


Nov 2
Age: 32y
1809 • The Swiss canton of Aargau denies Jews citizenship.

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