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1771
| 1771 • The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County (named for Margaret Wake, the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor William Tryon) from portions of Cumberland, Johnston and Orange counties. Bloomsbury (later known as Wake Courthouse) is made the informal county seat. |
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Age: 47y
1818
Age: 47y
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birth of childMary Downs Ireland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1818 • First Seminole War: General Andrew Jackson and his American army invade Florida. |
1850
Age: 79y
| 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. |