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1764
Apr
birthTyrone County, Ireland ⇓ Near Belfast. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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". |
1796
Age: 31y
| 1796 • John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson in the U.S. presidential election. |
1808
Apr 28
Age: 44y
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birth of childJoseph Summerville Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1808 • Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up against the French troops. |
1854
Aug 11
Age: 90y
| 1854 • The General Assembly charters the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad to run from Goldsboro through New Bern to the newly created seaport of Morehead City near Beaufort.[http://www.historync.org/railroad-ANCRR.htm CommunicationSolutions/ISI, "Railroad — Atlantic & North Carolina"], North Carolina Business History, 2006, accessed 1 Feb 2010 |