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Was the very first ferryman on the Potomac.
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1709
| 1709 • Emperor Nakamikado accedes to the throne of Japan. |
1728
Age: 19y
marriageMary Catherine Finnicum 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1728 • August 14 – Vitus Bering sails northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula, through the Bering Strait, and round Cape Dezhnev. |
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Age: 31y
1740
Age: 31y
birth of childEleanor Watkins Watkins 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 • The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston. |
1741
Age: 32y
| 1741 • An Austrian army is defeated by Prussian troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz. |
1764
Age: 55y
| 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". |
1765
Jul 1
Age: 56y
deathFredericksburg County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Evan Watkins signed his will by his mark X on May 2, 1764 . It was probated August 6, 1765. It names seven children . All seven of these children were born in Old Frederick County, Virginia. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1765 • Josef II becomes Holy Roman Emperor. |