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1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • The Great Holocaust of the Sikhs is carried out by the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali in Punjab. In all, around 30,000 men, women and children perish in this campaign of slaughter. |
1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's architectural treatise Antiquities of Athens. |
1786
Jan 15
Age: 23y
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marriageJacobus Van Deusen 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1786 • Mission Santa Barbara is founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén as the tenth of the Spanish missions in California. |
1786
Nov 12
Age: 23y
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birth of childCornelius Van Deusen Kinderhook, 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 • James Rumsey tests his first steamboat in the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, Virginia. |
1790
Jun 26
Age: 27y
birth of childElizabeth Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1790 • The first United States Census is authorized; it is held later in the year. |
1803
Age: 39y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state, retroactive from August 7, 1953. |