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1777
| 1777 • American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army defeats the British under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis in a second battle at Trenton, New Jersey. |
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Age: 41y
1818
Age: 41y
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birth of childMary Downs Ireland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1818 • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published anonymously in London. |
1850
Age: 73y
| 1850 • Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is published. |
1870
Jun 22
Age: 93y
| 1870 • Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |