8th president of the United States.
1782
Dec 5
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birthKinderhook, 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 • Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Siam (now Thailand) who is overthrown in an coup d'etat and moves the political capital from Thonburi across the Menam to Rattanakosin Island, the historic center of Bangkok. |
1782
Dec 15
Age: 10d
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baptismBaptismal record from the Kinderhook Dutch Reformed Church. Van Buren's name was spelled "Maarten" in Dutch. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1782 • Mission San Buenaventura is founded in Las Californias, part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. |
1807
Feb 21
Age: 24y
marriageHannah Hoes Catskill, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1807 • The U.S. Congress passes the Embargo Act. |
1837
Age: 53y
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occupationElected in 1836, US president until 1841. The picture is an 1858 portrait on display at the White House. He coined the term "OK" for his presidential campaign, short for "Old Kinderhook", partly responsible for the wide usage of the word today. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1837 • Henry David Thoreau makes his first journal entry at the suggestion of Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
1862
Jul 24
Age: 79y
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deathKinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ Van Buren's health began to fail later in 1861, and he was bedridden with pneumonia during the fall and winter of 1861-1862. He did not recover, and died of bronchial asthma and heart failure at his Lindenwald estate in Kinderhook at 2:00 a.m. on July 24. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1862 • American Civil War – Capture of New Orleans: Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut capture the Confederate city of New Orleans. |
