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Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plan

Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plantation in Kent County, Virginia, until his death in 1799 [1]

Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plantation in Kent County, Virginia, until his death in 1799 [1]

Key People

George Washington

Martha Washington

Events Before

  1. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature establishes the starting point for standardized species names ac

    The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature establishes the starting point for standardized species names across the animal kingdom, based on the binomial nomenclature in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus

  2. French astronomer Charles Messier mistakes the Crab Nebula for a comet while searching for Halley's Comet, leading him t

    French astronomer Charles Messier mistakes the Crab Nebula for a comet while searching for Halley's Comet, leading him to begin his Messier Catalogue

  3. Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia [NS=Jan 22]

    Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia [NS=Jan 22]

  4. Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East Prussia [OS=Jan 11]

    Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East Prussia [OS=Jan 11]

  5. Poems by Jamaican Black intellectual and writer Francis Williams are published

    Poems by Jamaican Black intellectual and writer Francis Williams are published

Events After

  1. Afghans defeat the Indian Maratha Empire in the Battle of Barari Ghat

    Afghans defeat the Indian Maratha Empire in the Battle of Barari Ghat

  2. Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg

    Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg

  3. The Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive in Nova Scotia, Canada, to claim land taken from the Acadians

    The Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive in Nova Scotia, Canada, to claim land taken from the Acadians

  4. Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth

    Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth

  5. Battle of Wandiwash, India: British troops defeat French forces

    Battle of Wandiwash, India: British troops defeat French forces

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Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plantation in Kent County, Virginia, until his death in 1799 [1]
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Key figures include George Washington, Martha Washington.

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