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1764
Jul 12
| 1764 • The American city of St Louis is established. |
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 • 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: 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 • James Rumsey tests his first steamboat in the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, Virginia. |
1790
Jun 26
Age: 25y
birth of childElizabeth Van Deusen Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1790 • Alexander Hamilton's Assumption Bill, giving effect to his First Report on the Public Credit, is passed in the United States Congress, allowing the federal government to assume the consolidated debts of the U.S. states. |
1803
Age: 38y
birth of childJohn V Van Deusen |
| 1803 • The British begin the Second Anglo-Maratha War against Sindhia of Gwalior. |
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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 • Charlotte Brontë publishes Jane Eyre under the pen name of Currer Bell. |