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1778
Nov 14
| 1778 • The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware). |
1778
Nov 22
Age: 8d
| 1778 • Phillips Academy, the most prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, is founded by Samuel Phillips Jr. |
1800
Age: 21y
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marriageChristina Mary Miller 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1800 • First smallpox vaccination is made in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland. |
1812
Age: 33y
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militaryRecord for the War of 1812. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1812 • Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Niemen River and invades Russia. |
1814
Jan 4
Age: 35y
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birth of childMary Ann Winger Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1814 • The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 is signed in London, returning most possessions of the Dutch Empire acquired by the United Kingdom since 1803 to the Netherlands, although Britain retains the Cape of Good Hope and the South American settlements of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice (later consolidated as British Guiana). In addition, the British cede the island of Banca off the island of Sumatra in exchange for the settlement of Cochin in India. |
1861
Jun 4
Age: 82y
| 1861 • Karl Marx, in London, writes to Ferdinand Lassalle in Berlin: "Darwin's book is very important and serves me as a basis in natural science for the class struggle in history."[http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1861/letters/61_01_16-abs.htm Letters:Marx to Lasalle]. Accessed 11 March 2013 |