♀ Nancy Higbee

1797 - 1868

Nancy Higbee
Parents
Joseph Higbee
Joseph Higbee
1765 - 1849
Spouse
John Davis Bourn
John Davis Bourn
1792 - 1877
Children
William Bourn
William Bourn
1820 - 1886
 

Timeline

1797

1797 • The first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, is commissioned.

1850


Age: 53y

1860


Age: 63y
1860 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation).

1868


Jul 21
Age: 71y
1868 Penal transportation from Britain to Australia ends with arrival of the convict ship Hougoumont in Western Australia after an 89-day voyage from England. There are 62 Fenians among the transportees.

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