Spouse
After twelve years of marriage, Hannah Van Buren contracted tuberculosis and died on February 5, 1819, at the age of thirty-five.
1783
Mar 8
| 1783 • The 1783 Great Meteor passes on a thousand-mile track across the North Sea, Great Britain and France, prompting scientific discussion. |
1807
Feb 21
Age: 23y
marriageMartin Van Buren Catskill, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1807 • Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon Bonaparte for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powers a boat upstream on the river Saône in France. |
1819
Feb 5
Age: 35y
| 1819 • A British Arctic expedition under William Parry comprising HMS Hecla and HMS Griper reaches longitude 112°51' W in the Northwest Passage, the furthest west which will be attained by any single-season voyage for 150 years.Journal of a Voyage to Discover a North-west Passage. 1821. |