♂ John Davis Bourne

1794 - 1877

 

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John Davis Bourne
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Parents
William Bourne
William Bourne
1753 - 1826
Catherine Bourne
Catherine Bourne
1765 - 1834
Spouse
Nancy Higbee
Nancy Higbee
1797 - 1868
Children
Joseph Stultz Bourne
Joseph Stultz Bourne
1823 - 1896
Frances Jane Bourne
Frances Jane Bourne
1825 - 1859
John J Bourne
John J Bourne
1836 - 1917
Siblings
Morton Bourne
Morton Bourne
1783 - 1856
Ann Nancy Bourne
Ann Nancy Bourne
1801 - 1870

1820


Age: 25y
1820 George IV of the United Kingdom ascends the throne on the death at Windsor Castle of his father George III (after 59 years on the throne), ending the period known as the British Regency. There will be a gap of 21 years before the title Prince of Wales is next used.

1820


Dec 30
Age: 26y
1820 John Stuart Mill sets out on his formative boyhood trip to France.

1821


Dec 19
Age: 27y
1821 Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state (see History of Missouri).

1823


Feb 27
Age: 28y
1823 James Monroe first introduces the Monroe Doctrine in the State of the Union Address, declaring that any European attempts to recolonize the Americas would be considered a hostile act towards the United States.

1825


Jul 23
Age: 31y
1825 Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula that formed westernmost Denmark, becomes an island after a flood drowns its 1 km wide isthmus.

1841


Aug 20
Age: 47y
1841 • President John Tyler is sworn in.

1841


Sep 26
Age: 47y
1841 • Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror.

1860


Age: 65y
1860 Battle of Castelfidardo: The Piedmontese decisively defeat the Papal forces, allowing them to continue their march into Neapolitan territory, and effectively reducing the Papal States to the territory around Rome.

1877


Oct 5
Age: 83y
1877 • The Battle of Lovcha, third battle in the Siege of Plevna, is fought. Russian forces successfully reduce the Ottoman fortress at Lovcha.

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