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1790
Sep 29
1790 • The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia, the capital district of the United States. |
1812
Jul 10
Age: 21y
militaryServed sixty days. 1 Source ⇓ |
1812 • The Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire. |
1815
Age: 24y
immigrationLicking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Thomas Munsell Sr. was one of the first settlers there along with Josiah Eastman. "...In 1815 came Jonathan Atwood, Knowles Linnel, William Hastings, Isaac Longwell, Aaron Park, J Josiah Eastman, David Wright, J: R. Curtis, Stephen Emerson, John McCreary, Thomas Munsell, Daniel Vail, Japhet Sherman, and Abram Mayfield." 1 Source ⇓ |
1815 • Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. |
1820
Age: 29y
residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Living six houses away is Josiah Eastman and his wife Rachel and their children. 1 Source ⇓ |
1820 • U.S. presidential election: James Monroe is re-elected, virtually unopposed. |
1820
Age: 29y
residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Living six houses away is Josiah Eastman and his wife Rachel and their children. Next door is a John McCrary. 1 Source ⇓ |
1820 • History of Antarctica: Irish Royal Navy captain Edward Bransfield lands on the mainland of Antarctica. |
1820
Age: 29y
residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Living six houses away is Josiah Eastman and his wife Rachel and their children. Next door is a John McCrary aged 45 and up. 1 Source ⇓ |
1820 • Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law, allowing admission of Missouri and Maine, slave and free states respectively, as U.S. states. |
1823
Sep 7
Age: 32y
marriageMary Eastman 2 Sources ⇓ |
1823 • Explorer James Weddell's expedition to Antarctica reaches latitude 74°15' S and longitude 34°16'45" W: the southernmost position any ship had reached before, a record that will hold for more than 80 years. |
1828
Jan 1
Age: 37y
birth of childLorenzo Dow Munselle Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1828 • Friedrich Wöhler synthesizes Urea, possibly discrediting a cornerstone of vitalism. |
1830
Age: 39y
residenceHarrison, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Living a couple houses away are Samuel Alward and (Asa?) Alward. Nancy Eastman's sister Nancy married an Alward. There is also a James Balknap living a few houses away, and Nancy's sister Rosina married a Balknap. 1 Source ⇓ |
1830 • Ecuador separates from Gran Colombia. |
1840
Age: 49y
1840 • The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp, becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage. |
1850
Oct 1
Age: 60y
residenceHarrison, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ He is living next door to his son, Lorenzo. 1 Source ⇓ |
1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition. |
1860
Jun 12
Age: 69y
1860 • U.S. presidential election: Abraham Lincoln beats John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell and is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office. |
1870
Aug 1
Age: 79y
1870 • The Port Adelaide Football Club plays their first match of Australian rules football at Buck's Flat, Glanville, South Australia. |
1873
Age: 82y
deathJefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ Of cancer and injury. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1873 • Battle of Bocairente (Third Carlist War): Campaigning in Valenica, Spanish Republican General Valeriano Weyler is attacked at Bocairente, northwest of Alcoy, by a greatly superior Carlist force under General José Santés. Weyler was initially driven back, losing some of his guns, but in a brilliant counter-attack he turns defeat into victory and Santés is heavily repulsed and forced to withdraw. |
burialJefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ Buried at E. Hickory Hill Cemetery, Webber Township. 1 Source ⇓ |