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1740
birthWatkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, USA ⇓ Her siblings names were Thomas, David, Peter, Jean, Ann, and Evan. She was second to youngest before Evan. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1740 • By an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, alien immigrants (including Huguenots and Jews) in the colonies receive British nationality. |
1760
Age: 20y
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birth of childHenry Frakes Jr. Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1760 • The British Royal Navy ship HMS Royal Katherine runs aground off Bolt Head in England with the loss of 699 lives. |
1764
Age: 24y
marriageHenry Nathan Frakes Sr. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1764 • Immanuel Kant - Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) |
1764
May 2
Age: 24y
| 1764 • English scholar Edward Gibbon conceives the idea of writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire "as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol". |