Mary Polly Johnson
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James D Davidson
James D Davidson
1789 - 1854
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1813


Oct 4
Age: 16y
1813 Russian troops reach and take Berlin without a fight after the French garrison evacuates the city.

1818


Nov 4
Age: 22y
1818 • Upon his death, King Charles XIII of Sweden (Charles II of Norway) is succeeded on both thrones by his adoptive son Charles XIV/III John, starting the Royal House of Bernadotte.

1820


Age: 23y
James Davidson - 1820 United States Federal Census

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Charlotte, Virginia, USA ⇓
One house away is William W Davidson. On the previous page is an Allen Davidson. They are both aged 26-45. William is one of five men living in the house aged 26-45.
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1820 Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law, allowing admission of Missouri and Maine, slave and free states respectively, as U.S. states.

1823


Mar 27
Age: 26y
1823 Agustin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico, abdicates thus ending the short-lived First Mexican Empire.
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1825


Age: 28y
1825 • Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company for the fictitious Central American republic of Poyais. His actions lead to the Panic of 1825, the first modern stock market crash, in England.
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1829


Age: 32y
1829 Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829: The Treaty of Adrianople gains for Russia some territory at the mouth of the Danube and along the eastern coast of the Black Sea.
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1836


Age: 39y
1836 Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.

1840


Age: 43y
James Davidson - 1840 United States Federal Census

residence


St. John, Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓
They lived three houses away from Jacob Marmon Johnson, and their daughter Mary Ann.
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1840 August Borsig's steam locomotive, the first built in Germany, competes against a Stephenson-built locomotive on the Berlin-Jüterbog railroad; the Borsig locomotive wins by 10 minutes.

1850


Sep 16
Age: 53y
1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition.

1854


Age: 57y
1854 The Age newspaper is founded in Melbourne, Australia.

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