1747
Jan 16
| 1747 • Following the capture of Kandahar, Ahmad Shah Durrani is chosen by a Loya jirga as first leader of the Durrani Empire, predecessor of Afghanistan. |
1701
Dec 28
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birth of childMarten Pieterse Van Buren The picture is of a historical marker at his birthplace in a Kinderhook, which at the time was an isolated village of mostly Dutch descent. Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His father was a farmer and owned an inn there. He had four full siblings, and three older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1701 • Foundation of a French emporium named Fort Ponchartrain (later to become Detroit, Michigan). |
1782
Dec 5
Age: 35y
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birth of childMartin Van Buren Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ The picture is of a historical marker at his birthplace in a Kinderhook, which at the time was an isolated village of mostly Dutch descent. Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His father was a farmer and owned an inn there. He had four full siblings, and three older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1782 • Saint Petersburg has 300,000 inhabitants. |
1818
Feb 6
Age: 71y
| 1818 • Venus occults Jupiter. It is the last occultation of one planet by another before November 22, 2065. |