10

Alexander Gordon 66

9

Thomas Bannister 73
Mercy Wheeler (Bannister) 70
Andreas Killian 86 died
Joseph C Crandall 71
Sarah Van Duersen (Sickels) 67
Thomas Gordon 48
Sarah Wilson (Gordon) 41
Johann Lorentz Kettering 40
Philip W. Gentzler 47

8

James Seeley 53
Elizabeth Brown (Seeley) 52
Peleg Gifford 69
Abigail Shepherd (Gifford) 63
Azor Nash 33
Nathan Abbott 46
Mary (Marcy, Mercy) Bannister (Abbott) 45
Richard Hayes 79
John Killian 63
Elizabeth Zimmerman (Killian) 58
Thomas Coons 51
Anna Crandall (Coons) 43
Joseph Crandall 38
Mary Ladd (Crandall) 36
James [Jacob] Williamson 45
Mary Barber (Williamson) 39
Zachariah Sickels 35
Ichabod Perry 66
Ruth Fisher (Perry) 58 died
Jonathan Wolcott 78 died
David Brewer 56
Sarah Searles (Howlett) 65
John McMinn 74
Isabella (McMinn) 71
Joseph Pierson [Pearson] 60
Mary (Pierson) 60
George Stern 43
Sarah West (Stern) 40
Isaiah Curry Guymon 35
Elizabeth Flynn (Guymon) 38
John Gordon 34
Barzilla Martin (Gordon) 14
John Dudley 20
Achilles Durham 38
Henry Etters 46
Philip Tevebaugh or Devenpaugh 37
Margaret Cansler or Gensler (Tevebaugh) 29

7

Peter Clements 41
Anna Seeley (Clements) 33
John Savage 50
Joseph Smith 23
Noah Gifford 29
Mary Bowerman (Gifford) 30
Azor Nash 8
Lucy Shaw (Nash) 14
William [James] Braffett 16
Lucretia King (Braffett) 3
Reuben Davis 24
Mary or Polly Abbott (Davis) 21
Samuel Snow 38
Betty Perkins (Snow) 32
John Smith 25
Mary (Smith) 21
James Walsh 23
Mary (Walsh) 19
Philemon Hayes 39
Philip Killian 22
M Hocking[s] (Killian) 18
Thomas Hopper 22
Rebecca (Hopper) 21
Thomas Coons 22
Elizabeth Crandall (Coons) 10
John Williamson 6
Nancy Sickels (Williamson) 1
Abiel Perry 34
Isaac Chadwick Sr. 30
Dinah Brewer (Chadwick) 26
Sylvanus Hulet 30
Mary Lewis (Hulet) 25
Johan Mathias Noah 28
Elizabeth Schmidt (Noah) 20
Aaron Mattson 43
Mary McMinn (Mattson) 50
Isaac Pierson 21
Rachel Stern (Pierson) 14
Thomas Guymon 1
James Dudley 6
Celia [Polly] Ross (Dudley) 2
Palle Pallemon Fix 48
Poul Andersen 52
Anne Thomasdatter (Andersen) 41
Erick Jensen 50
William Peck 24 died after this time
Sarah Holmes (Peck) ~about 20 died after this time
George Peck ~about 20 died after this time
Ann LaVes (Peck) 20 died after this time
John Kinger 20
Mary (Kinger) 16
William Kinger ~about 17
Ann Carter (Kinger) ~about 17
John [Russon] Ruston 30
Elizabeth Whitford (Ruston) 16
Lott Davis 22
Hannah Shakespear (Davis) 22
William Round 16
Pheba Parsons (Round) 16
Richard Willson 24
John Wilkie 20
Nancy (Wilkie) 16
Peter Green 33
Charles Alexander Durham 15
Mary Patience Davis (Durham) 16
Henry Etters 20
Catherine Teavebaugh or Devenpaugh (Etters) 3
Jemima Harden (or Harding) (Earls) 4

6

Joseph Lowe 51
Hannah Worth (Lowe) 54
James H Clements 8
Lucy Owens (Clements) 7
Justus Winchel 29
Eva Savage (Winchel) 18
Charles M. Powell 3
Nancy Smith (Powell) 3
Edward Parker 8
Ebenezer Snow 4
Polly Hayes (Snow) born
Asahel Perry 4
George Matson 21
Jens Thomasen 33
Maren Nielsen (Thomasen) 41
Jorgen Christensen 52
Zise Marie Mikkelsdatter (Christensen) 40 died after this time
Peter Engelbret Palleson Fix 18
Mette Jensdatter Munk (Fix) 21
Anders Christensen 25
Else Christensdatter (Christensen) 25
Christen Larsen 23
Karen Poulsdatter (Larsen) 20
Niels Eriksen 14
Anne Jensdatter (Eriksen) 9
William Peck born
Thomas Turner 3
John Wilson 14

5

Joseph Lowe 20
Mary Stirland (Lowe) 2
Peder Simonsen 27
Thomas Jensen 12
Sidzel (Zidsel) Jorgensdatter (Jensen) born

General

Population: 972 Million*

• Entertainment: Writers include Goethe Iphigenia, Friendship between Goethe and Schiller, Kant Categorical Imperitave, John Lempriere Classical Dictionary, Hannah More (manners),
  Art includes David "Love of Paris and Helena"
  Music includes Mozart (three "great" symphonies)
• Science: James Hutton creates new theory of the earth
  Marquis Pierre Simon de Laplace writes laws of planetary system
  Bru mounts first fossil reconstruction of animal – giant sloth
• Sports: M.C.C. codifies laws of cricket
• Technology: Fitch's steamboat
• Deaths: Artist Maurice Quentin de Latour, Bach's son Karl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer Jophann Gottfried Muthel, Prince Charles Edward Stuart the "Young Pretender", Artist Thomas Gainsborough, Jurist Gaetano Finangieri, Religious philosopher Georg Johann Hamann,

Africa

• General: Usuman dan Fodio stirs holy war against Hausa king

Americas

• Jamaica: Famine due to hurricane
• Martinique: Hurricane sweeps natives to sea and destroys 50 ships

Asia

• India: Trial of Warren Hastings for maladministration
  Famine due to cyclone
• Japan: End of five-year famine

Europe

• General: Sweden attacks Russia
  Austria declares war on Turkey
  First hortensia and fuchsia imported to Europe from Peru
• France: Comte la Perouse, French navigator, lost at sea
  Bread riots
  Parlement of Paris presents lists of grievances – Louis XVI decides to call States-General for May 1789 and recalls Jacques Necker as Minister of Finance
• German States: Brandenburger Tor in Berlin built by C.G. Langhaus
  First German cigar factory opened in Hamburg
• Great Britain: African Association founded in England to explore interior of Africa
  George III's first attack of mental illness (porphyria likely) – regency crisis in England
  Parliamentary motion for abolition of slave trade
  London's "The Times" created (see 1785)
• Holy Roman Empire: Battle of Karansebes – Austrian forces accidentally begin firing at each other – 10,000 casualties
• Russia: Sweden declares war
• Sweden: Gustavus III declares war on Russia to 1790

Middle East

• Ottoman Empire: Austria declares war on Turkey

Pacific

• Australia: First British convicts shipped to Botany Bay and New South Wales
  Sydney founded

President:

Pres: (Articles of Confederation) Arthur St. Clair
Pres: (Articles of Confederation) Cyrus Griffin

General

• Americana: New York declared federal capital
  Federalist papers written
• Law: Constitution ratified when New Hampshire becomes 9th state

East

• Connecticut: Constitution ratified - 5th state
  End of Second Pennamite War with Pennsylvania
• Maryland: Constitution ratified - 7th state
• Massachusetts: Constitution ratified - 6th state
• New Hampshire: Constitution ratified - 9th state
• New York: Constitution ratified - 11th state
  Measles outbreak
  New York City becomes capital of US
• Pennsylvania: Measles outbreak
  Conflict with Connecticut as Second Pennamite War

Midwest

• Ohio: Cincinnati founded

South

• Georgia: Constitution ratified - 4th state
• North Carolina: State of Franklin re-incorporates
• South Carolina: Constitution ratified - 8th state
• Virginia: Constitution ratified - 10th state