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1763 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). 1763 - Events. February 10 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends th ...

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1835 - Month/day unknown. The Toledo War was fought between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory over the city of Toledo and the Toledo Strip. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Copernicus' book on the motion of the Earth, is removed from the Index of Prohibited Books. Samuel Colt patents the first revolver Civil war erupts in Uruguay between supporters of Blanco and Colorado parties Cachar Levy, forerunner of Assam Rifles, is founded in India ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1836 - Events. January - Book by Maria Monk claims that she was sexually exploited in a Canadian convent February 3 - United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. February 23 - The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. February 24 - Samuel Colt receives a pat ...

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In Pre-Columbian times Key West was inhabited by the Calusa people. The first European to visit was Juan Ponce de León in 1521. As Florida became a Spanish colony, a fishing and salvage village with a small garrison was established here. The name "Key West" is derived from a "false friend" anglicization of the Spanish language name of the island, Cayo Hueso, meaning "Bone Island". In 1763 when Great Britain took control of Florida, the community of Spaniard ...

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The Flynn Theater hosts musical and theatrical events. Burlington also has a thriving cultural and music scene, with acts ranging from rock, to jazz, to electronic, and hip-hop all of which contribute to a vibrant nightlife that is well known throughout the region. The most famous local band was Phish, an eclectic "jam band" which originated at the University of Vermont circa 1983, and which gave its final performance in 2004. Profits from the sale of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food ice cream ...

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Douglas was born in Demerara, British Guiana, the illegitimate son of a Scottish sugar planter and a "free coloured woman". In 1812 he was sent to Lanark, Scotland to be schooled. It is also believed that he went to school in Chester, England, where he learned to speak and write in fluent French. At the age of 16 Douglas left Britain to enter the fur trade in the North West Company. He left Liverpool for Lachine, Lower Canada (now part of Montreal) in the spring of 1819. From 1819 until 1820 Douglas was stationed at the Fort William, ...

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