♀ Priscilla B Hoskins

1785 - 1853

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1810


Age: 25y
1810 Patria Boba: A junta of seven patriots led by José Acevedo y Gómez assemble in Bogotá in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia) to declare its independence from the Spanish Empire.

1840


Age: 55y
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


Age: 65y
1850 • The ships of the McClure Arctic Expedition set sail from Plymouth.

1853


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

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