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1753
| 1753 • Royal assent to the Jewish Naturalization Act: The British Parliament extends citizenship to Jews |
1778
Age: 25y
marriageCatherine Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ William and Catherine were first cousins 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1778 • American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France, signaling official French recognition of the new republic. |
1783
May 18
Age: 30y
birth of childMorton Bourne Culpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1783 • Loyalists from New York settle Great Abaco in the Bahamas. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1794 • The University of Tennessee is established at Knoxville. |
1794
Jun 5
Age: 41y
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birth of childJohn Davis Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1794 • Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. |
1801
Age: 48y
birth of childAnn Nancy Bourne Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ |
| 1801 • The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and abolition of the Parliament of Ireland. |
1820
Age: 67y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Bourn and William Bourn lived right next door. 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. |
1826
Aug 3
Age: 73y
| 1826 • Construction of the Rideau Canal begins in Canada. |