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 • In China, the Siku Quanshu is completed, the largest literary compilation in China's history (surpassing the Yongle Encyclopedia of the 15th century). The books are bound in 36,381 volumes (册) with more than 79,000 chapters (卷), comprising about 2.3 million pages, and approximately 800 million Chinese characters. |
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 ⇓ |
1807
Feb 21
Age: 24y
marriageHannah Hoes Catskill, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1807 • H. W. Olbers discovers the asteroid Vesta. |
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 • Samuel Morse files a caveat for a patent for the telegraph.[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/timeline01.html Morse Timeline] on memory.loc.gov (accessed on 27 May 2014) |
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: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run. |
