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1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • Treaty of Fontainebleau, a secret agreement in which Louis XV of France cedes Louisiana (New France) to Charles III of Spain. |
1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • Building of the Plymouth Synagogue in Plymouth, England, the oldest built by Ashkenazi Jews in the English-speaking world. |
1786
Jan 15
Age: 23y
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marriageJacobus Van Deusen 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1786 • Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day. |
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 • Caroline Herschel discovers a comet (the first discovered by a woman). |
1790
Jun 26
Age: 27y
birth of childElizabeth Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1790 • Mozart's opera Cosi Fan Tutte premiered in Vienna. |
1803
Age: 39y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • Act of Mediation issued by Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the Swiss Confederation to replace the Helvetic Republic. Under the terms of the act, Graubünden, St. Gallen, Thurgau, the Ticino and Vaud become Swiss cantons. |