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1764
Jul 12
| 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". |
1764
Jul 29
Age: 17d
| 1764 • The English-language Quebec Gazette is established in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. As of 2014, it is the oldest surviving newspaper in North America. |
1786
Jan 15
Age: 21y
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marriageGrietje Margrieta Van Deusen 1 Source ⇓ |
1786
Nov 12
Age: 22y
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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 wife. 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 • Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. |
1790
Jun 26
Age: 25y
birth of childElizabeth Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1790 • A newly passed U.S. tariff act creates the system of cutters for revenue enforcement (later named the United States Revenue Cutter Service), the forerunner of the Coast Guard. |
1803
Age: 38y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • The Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, doubling the size of the United States. |
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Mar 22
Age: 82y
1847
Mar 22
Age: 82y
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deathNo death date given, only that his will was recorded Mar 22 1847. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1847 • Liberia gains independence. |