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1796

birth


to 1810.
1796 Groton, New Hampshire is incorporated as a town.

1826


Sep 26
Age: 30y
1826 • The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.

1828


Mar 30
Age: 32y
1828 Friedrich Wöhler synthesizes Urea, possibly discrediting a cornerstone of vitalism.

1846


Mar 31
Age: 50y
1846 Discovery of Neptune: The planet is observed for the first time by German astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest as predicted by the British astronomer John Couch Adams and the French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.

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