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1735
Jul 16
| 1735 • George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. |
1735
Jul 20
Age: 4d
| 1735 • The Qianlong Emperor succeeds Yongzheng and begins a 60-year-long reign of the Qing Dynasty. |
1761
Dec 24
Age: 26y
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marriageElizabeth McCrary Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1761 • The slave trade to and within Portugal is forbidden. |
1767
Jul 19
Age: 32y
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birth of childThomas Munselle Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1767 • Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean is sighted from HMS Swallow by 15-year-old Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on a British Royal Navy expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret, the first definite European sighting. |
1781
Feb 1
Age: 45y
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militaryConnecticut, USA ⇓ He served eleven months in Captain John Riley's company on the Connecticut Line during the American Revolution. He was a private. The photo is a "Broadside Soliciting Recruits for the Continental Army, ca. 1775 - Connecticut Historical Society" 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1781 • Reverend Samuel Peters publishes his General History of Connecticut, using the term blue law for the first time. |
1790
Age: 54y
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residenceNew London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ John Munsell and John Munsell's sons Thomas and John are all living next door to each other with their families. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • A newly passed U.S. tariff act creates the system of cutters for revenue enforcement (later named the United States Revenue Cutter Service), the forerunner of the Coast Guard. |
1790
Age: 54y
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residenceNew London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ John Munsell and John Munsell's sons Thomas and John are all living next door to each other with their families. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. patent (for an improved method of making potash). |
1800
Age: 64y
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residenceLyme, New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ They are living next door to their son John Munsell Jr. On the same page, some Tillotsons are also living. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1800 • Pierre Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie found the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Paris. |
1819
Jul 17
Age: 84y
| 1819 • Sir Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. |