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1753
1753 • Sweden adopts the Gregorian calendar by skipping the 11 days difference between it and the Julian calendar and letting February 17 be followed directly by March 1. |
1778
Age: 25y
marriageCatherine Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ William and Catherine were first cousins 1 Source ⇓ |
1778 • Phillips Academy, the most prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, is founded by Samuel Phillips Jr. |
1783
May 18
Age: 30y
birth of childMorton Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1783 • Peace of Paris: A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War; and treaties are signed between Britain, France and Spain at Versailles ending hostilities with the Franco-Spanish Alliance. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
1794 • Colombian Antonio Nariño translates and publishes the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
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birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1794 • Battle of Fleurus: French forces defeat the Austrians and their allies, leading to permanent loss of the Austrian Netherlands and destruction of the Dutch Republic. French use of an observation balloon marks the first participation of an aircraft in battle. |
1801
Age: 48y
birth of childAnn Nancy Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
1801 • The Treaty of Lunéville ends the War of the Second Coalition between France and Austria. Under the terms of the treaty, Aachen is officially annexed by France. |
1820
Age: 67y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
1820 • John Stuart Mill sets out on his formative boyhood trip to France. |
1826
Aug 3
Age: 73y
1826 • The first railway tunnel is built en route between Liverpool and Manchester in England. |