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1796
birthNew Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Birthplace an estimate based on brother William's birthplace. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1796 • The Treaty of Tripoli (between the United States and Tripoli) is signed at Tripoli (see also 1797). |
1835
Aug 11
Age: 39y
occupationNew York City, New York, USA ⇓ He was a book printer - the image is an advertisement from the evening post. He ran a printing company, "James Van Norden & co.", that ran during the first half of the 1800s. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1835 • Edward Strutt Abdy publishes his Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of North America: From April, 1833, to October 1834. |
1838
Age: 42y
eventNew York City, New York, USA ⇓ James Van Norden printed a book called the "Alphabetical and Analytical Catalogue of the New York Society Library." 1 Source ⇓ |
1838 • Dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America: Honduras and Costa Rica follow the example of Nicaragua and secede from the federation. |
1840
Age: 44y
eventNew York City, New York, USA ⇓ James Van Norden printed a book by John Dunmore Lang, who "was a Scottish-born Australian Presbyterian minister, writer, politician and activist. He was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism." (Wikipedia). The book was called "The Moral and Religious Aspect of the Future America of the Southern Hemisphere". 2 Sources ⇓ |
1840 • The Austrian Empire, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire sign the Convention of London with the Sublime Porte, ruler of the Ottoman Empire. |
1840
Age: 44y
residenceWard 14, New York City, New York, USA ⇓ He's living in the same ward as his brother William. 1 Source ⇓ |
1840 • Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France. |
1870
Age: 74y
residenceNew York City, New York, USA ⇓ Living in ward 19. 1 Source ⇓ |
1870 • Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. |
1872
Dec 3
Age: 77y
1872 • Execution of the Filipino priests Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez, and Jacinto Zamora, collectively known as Gomburza, in Bagumbayan Fields, Manila, Philippines by the authorities of New Spain on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. |