♀ Priscilla B Hoskins

1785 - 1853

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1810


Age: 25y
1810 • The city of Santa Cruz de Mompox, in modern-day Colombia, declares independence from the Spanish Empire.

1840


Age: 55y
1840 Fortsas hoax: A number of book collectors gather in Binche, Belgium, to attend a non-existent book auction of the late "Count of Fortsas".

1850


Age: 65y
1850 • British foreign secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, sends ships to blockade the port of Piraeus, ostensibly as a result of the Don Pacifico affair.

1853


Nov 6
Age: 68y
1853 Charles Pravaz and Alexander Wood independently invent a practical hypodermic syringe.

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