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1794
Jun 5
| 1794 • June 1 – The Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant): British and French ships battle to a draw. |
1820
Age: 25y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • The statue of the Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos, c.150 BC-125 BC) is discovered on the Greek island of Milos by a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas. |
1820
Dec 30
Age: 26y
marriageNancy Higbee Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • King Ferdinand VII of Spain accepts the new constitution, beginning the Trienio Liberal. |
1821
Dec 19
Age: 27y
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birth of childWilliam Harrison Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1821 • Amherst College is founded in Massachusetts. |
1821
Dec 19
Age: 27y
birth of childWilliam Harrison Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1821 • Establishment of the Peloponnesian Senate by the Greek rebels. |
1823
Feb 27
Age: 28y
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birth of childJoseph Stultz Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
about
Age: 30y
1825
Age: 30y
| 1825 • Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company for the fictitious Central American republic of Poyais. His actions lead to the Panic of 1825, the first modern stock market crash, in England. |
1825
Jul 23
Age: 31y
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birth of childFrances Jane Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1825 • After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States. |
1836
Sep 17
Age: 42y
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birth of childJohn J Bourne Howard County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • Battle of San Jacinto: Mexican forces under General Santa Anna are defeated at San Jacinto, Texas. |
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 • Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, by Rev. Thomas Liddell, who carries a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria and becomes the school's first principal. |
1841
Sep 26
Age: 47y
birth of childBenjamin Franklin Bourne Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1841 • The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered and named by James Clark Ross.Ross, Voyage to the Southern Seas, '1', pp. 216–8. |
1841
Sep 26
Age: 47y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Bourne Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1841 • Amistad: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the case that the Africans who seized control of the ship had been taken into slavery illegally. |
1850
Age: 55y
| 1850 • Opening of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait. |
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 • South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |
1877
Oct 5
Age: 83y
| 1877 • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuts. |