♀ Christina Reese

1783 - 1860

Christina Reese
Spouse
Lewis Switzer
Lewis Switzer
1785 - 1872
Children
Peter Switzer
Peter Switzer
1813 - 1862
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1783

1783 • In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum height: 900 m).

1813


Oct 17
Age: 30y
1813 Mathieu Orfila publishes his groundbreaking Traité des poisons, formalizing the field of toxicology.

1860


Age: 77y
1860 • Battle of Calatafimi: Troops under Giuseppe Garibaldi defeat the army of Naples in Sicily, during the Second Italian independence war.

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