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1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • Battle of Signal Hill: British troops defeat the French. |
1762
Dec 25
| 1762 • French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his famous books, The Social Contract and Émile, or On Education |
1786
Jan 15
Age: 23y
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marriageJacobus Van Deusen 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1786 • Convention of London between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Spain: British settlements on the Mosquito Coast of Central America are to be evacuated; Spain expands the territory available to the British in Belize on the Yucatán Peninsula for cutting mahogany. |
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 • Mission Santa Barbara is founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén as the tenth of the Spanish missions in California. |
1790
Jun 26
Age: 27y
birth of childElizabeth Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1790 • Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac. |
1803
Age: 39y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans; they end up completing the Louisiana Purchase. |