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1796

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to 1810.
1796 Carl Gauss obtains conditions for the constructibility by ruler and compass of regular polygons, and is able to announce that the regular 17-gon is constructible by ruler and compasses.

1828


Mar 30
Age: 32y
1828 • Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed between Brazil and Denmark, establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.[http://books.google.dk/books?id=FZsAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA717&dq=&hl=da&ei=2DswTeTRJoXtOdTuuKwK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22denmark%20and%20brazil%22&f=false British and foreign state papers]

1832


Dec 28
Age: 37y
1832 • Battle of Antwerp: The last remaining Dutch enforcement, the citadel, is under French attack.

1837


Mar 8
Age: 41y
1837 • The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, Massachusetts, fueled by ethnic tensions between the Irish and the Yankees.

1841


Jun 19
Age: 45y
1841 • First known reference to Groundhog Day, in the diary of a James Morris.

1846


Mar 31
Age: 50y
1846 • Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California.

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