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1786
Nov 12
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birthKinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ He named his first two children James and Elizabeth, the names of his maternal grandparents, then his daughter Margaret, the Americanized name of his mother. His son John's name is likely an Americanization of Johannes, his paternal grandfather's name. Isaac and Matthew's names could have come from his wife's family, as they are both her brother's names. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1786 • Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna. |
1786
Dec 17
Age: 1m
| 1786 • The town of Martinsborough, North Carolina, itself named for Royal Governor Josiah Martin in 1771, is renamed "Greenesville" in honor of United States General Nathanael Greene by the North Carolina General Assembly; the name "Greenesville" is later shortened to become Greenville. |
1803
Age: 16y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1803 • Master Malati, a Coptic Christian leader, is beheaded by a Muslim mob in Cairo, Egypt. |
1811
Mar 24
Age: 24y
marriageMaria McCagg Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1811 • Great Comet discovered by Honoré Flaugergues. |
1812
May 9
Age: 25y
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birth of childJames Van Deusen Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1812 • Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Niemen River and invades Russia. |
1812
Sep 8
Age: 25y
militaryHe served in the war of 1812 as orderly sergeant in Captain Henry Van Vleck's company. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1812 • Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Lord Wellington defeat French troops near Salamanca in Spain. |
1814
Apr 20
Age: 27y
birth of childElizabeth Van Deusen Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1814 • The Royal Norwegian Navy is re-established. |
1817
Oct 4
Age: 30y
birth of childMargaret Van Deusen Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1817 • At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. |
1821
Nov 3
Age: 34y
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birth of childMatthew Van Deusen Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1821 • Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. |
1829
Nov 7
Age: 42y
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birth of childIsaac Van Deusen Valatie, New York, USA ⇓ From page 11 - Issac was "born in the old home" in Valatie, NY. 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1829 • Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the seventh President of the United States of America. |
1832
Dec 4
Age: 46y
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birth of childFrank Van Deusen Stamford, Delaware County, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1832 • Andre-Michel Guerry presents his Essay on moral statistics of France, to the French Academy of Sciences, a significant step in the founding of empirical social science. |
1850
Jul 3
Age: 63y
| 1850 • US census shows that 11.2% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race. |
1860
Jun 1
Age: 73y
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residenceLe Roy, Genesee County, New York, USA ⇓ Cornelius is a gardener. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • Christians and Druzes clash in Damascus, Syria. |
1870
Jun 25
Age: 83y
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residenceTroy Ward 7, Rensselaer, New York, USA ⇓ Cornelius Van Deusen is living with his daughter Margaret. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |
1873
Aug 17
Age: 86y
| 1873 • Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. |