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Timeline of Events for Richard Speed 1723 - 1793 (Age of death is approximate) |
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Date |
Event |
| 1231-1808 | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after death |
| 1478-1834 | Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after death |
| 1710 | Richards wife Elizabeth comes to Governor's Island New York |
| 1714-1727 | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from before birth until age 4 |
| 1727 | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 4 |
| 1727-1760 | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 4 to 37 |
| 1729 | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 6 |
| 1733-1735 | War of Polish Succession from age 10 to 12 |
| 1736 | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 13 |
| 1740 | Elizabeth Moor is Born at age 17 |
| 1740-1748 | Austrian war of the succession from age 17 to 25 |
| 1741 | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 18 |
| 1742 | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 19 |
| 1743 | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 20 |
| 1745 | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 22 |
| 1749 | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 26 |
| 1752 | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 29 |
| 1752 | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 29 |
| 1754-1763 | French-Indian war from age 31 to 40 |
| 1755 | Lisbon earthquake-30,000 dead at age 32 |
| 1756-1763 | Seven years war from age 33 to 40 |
| 1758-1761 | Richard immigrates to America and enlists in the provincial militia. |
| 1758 | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 35 |
| 1760-1820 | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 37 until after timeline |
| 1760 | Bifocals at age 37 |
| 1762 | Richard Speed Marries Elizabeth Moor at age 39 |
| 1765 | Richard's son Henry Speed is Born at age 42 |
| 1765 | HMS Victory launched at age 42 |
| 1765 | Steam Engine at age 42 |
| 1766 | Richard is taxed at Manor Livingston at age 43. Tenants rebel against manor owners. |
| 1770 | Boston Massacre-5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 47 |
| 1772 | Kinderhook and Livingston Founded at age 49 |
| 1772-1775 | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 49 to 52 |
| 1772 | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 49 |
| 1773 | Boston Tea Party at age 50 |
| 1774 | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 51 |
| 1775-1782 | British war in India from age 52 to 59 |
| 1775-1783 | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 52 to 60 |
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence at age 53 |
| 1778 | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 55 |
| 1778 | France joins war against Britan at age 55 |
| 1780 | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 57 |
| 1781 | Uranus discovered at age 58 |
| 1782 | Hillsdale Founded from Claverack at age 59 |
| 1783 | 1st working hot air balloon at age 60 |
| 1784 | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 61 |
| 1786 | Columbia County Formed at age 63 |
| 1786 | The Dollar is adopted at age 63 |
| 1786 | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 63 |
| 1787 | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 64 |
| 1787 | New Jersey enters the union-3rd at age 64 |
| 1787 | Pennsylvania enters the union-2nd at age 64 |
| 1787 | Delaware enters the union-1st at age 64 |
| 1788 | New Hampshire enters the union-9th at age 65 |
| 1788 | Constitution goes into effect at age 65 |
| 1788 | Georgia enters the union-4th at age 65 |
| 1788 | Connecticut enters the union-5th at age 65 |
| 1788 | Massachusetts enters the union-6th at age 65 |
| 1788 | Maryland enters the union-7th at age 65 |
| 1788 | South Carolina enters the union-8th at age 65 |
| 1788 | New York enters the union-11th at age 65 |
| 1788 | Virginia enters the union-10th at age 65 |
| 1789-1796 | George Washington selected 1st President from age 66 until after timeline |
| 1789 | US Army Established at age 66 |
| 1789 | North Carolina enters the union-12th at age 66 |
| 1790 | 1st official US census at age 67 |
| 1790 | Rhode Island enters the union-13th at age 67 |
| 1790 | Coast Guard Established at age 67 |
| 1791 | Vermont enters the union-14th at age 68 |
| 1791 | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 68 |
| 1792 | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 69 |
| 1792-1815 | Napoleonic war from age 69 until after timeline |
| 1792 | Kentucky enters the union-15th at age 69 |
| 1793 | Land is Given to Settlers in Possession at age 70 |
| 1793 | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 70 |
| 1793 | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 70 |