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 • The bald eagle is chosen as the emblem of the United States of America. |
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 • American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. |
1807
Feb 21
Age: 24y
marriageHannah Hoes Catskill, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1807 • Napoleon purchases the Borghese art collection, including the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris. |
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 • Louis Daguerre develops the daguerreotype. |
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 • Treaty of Saigon: Emperor Tự Đức of the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam cedes Saigon, Côn Sơn Island and three southern provinces of what is to become known as Cochinchina (Biên Hòa, Gia Định, and Dinh Tuong) to become part of the French colonial empire. Guerilla leader Trương Định refuses to recognise the treaty. |
