Elisha was a member of the Jersey Blues and took part in the Revolutionary War .
1735
| 1735 • Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true. |
1756
Age: 21y
| 1756 • Frederick II of Prussia forces his country's peasants to grow the unpopular and obscure potato. |
1765
Age: 30y
birth of childJoseph Higbee New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1765 • Josef II becomes Holy Roman Emperor. |
1800
Age: 65y
| 1800 • Battle of Marengo: Napoleon defeats the Austrian troops near Marengo, Italy. |