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1794
Jun 5
| 1794 • Battle of Fleurus: French forces defeat the Austrians and their allies, leading to permanent loss of the Austrian Netherlands and destruction of the Dutch Republic. French use of an observation balloon marks the first participation of an aircraft in battle. |
1820
Age: 25y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state. |
1820
Dec 30
Age: 26y
marriageNancy Higbee Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • Construction work is completed on the Citadelle Laferrière in Haiti, the largest fortification in the Americas. |
1821
Dec 19
Age: 27y
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birth of childWilliam Harrison Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1821 • Battle of Carabobo: Simón Bolívar wins Venezuela's independence from Spain. |
1821
Dec 19
Age: 27y
birth of childWilliam Harrison Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1821 • The George Washington University is chartered as The Columbian College of the District of Columbia by President Monroe. |
1823
Feb 27
Age: 28y
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birth of childJoseph Stultz Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1823 • Eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven. |
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Age: 30y
1825
Age: 30y
| 1825 • The first horse-drawn omnibuses established in London. |
1825
Jul 23
Age: 31y
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birth of childFrances Jane Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1825 • The Erie Canal opens, providing passage from Albany, New York to Buffalo and Lake Erie. |
1836
Sep 17
Age: 42y
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birth of childJohn J Bourne Howard County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • The Alamo begins with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army under Santa Anna. |
1841
Aug 20
Age: 47y
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occupationMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ One of the very first Justices of the Peace for Scotland County. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1841 • Thomas Cook arranges his first railway excursion, in England. |
1841
Sep 26
Age: 47y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Bourne Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1841 • Martin Van Buren is succeeded as President of the United States by William Henry Harrison. |
1841
Sep 26
Age: 47y
birth of childBenjamin Franklin Bourne Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1841 • U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Wigga members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. |
1850
Age: 55y
| 1850 • Harriet Tubman becomes an official conductor of the Underground Railroad. |
1860
Age: 65y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ They were living only a house away from their son William's family. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1860 • 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War. |
1877
Oct 5
Age: 83y
| 1877 • By a speech in the Parliament of Romania by Mihail Kogălniceanu, the country declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire (recognized in 1878 after the end of the Romanian independence war). |