1730
Oct 12
| 1730 • Mahmud I (1730–1754) succeeds Ahmed III (1703–1730) as Ottoman Emperor. |
1742
Sep 21
Age: 11y
1756
Nov 22
Age: 26y
marriageCharity Williams Wilmington, Delaware, USA ⇓ |
| 1756 • Frederick II of Prussia forces his country's peasants to grow the unpopular and obscure potato. |
1813
Aug 26
Age: 82y
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birth of childMichael Plaster Martin County, Indiana, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1813 • War of 1812 – Battle of Lake Erie: An American squadron under Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeats a British squadron, capturing 6 ships. |
1803
Nov
Age: 73y
| 1803 • At the Cabildo building in New Orleans, Spanish representatives Governor Manuel de Salcedo and the Marqués de Casa Calvo, officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to French representative Prefect Pierre Clément de Laussat (just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase). |