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Born	October 21st, 1747
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Father	[38]	Reuben Blish 4
Mother	[38_sa]	Ruth (Childs) Blish 4

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Immediate Family Tree

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Reuben Blish	Reuben Blish	Reuben Blish	Joseph Blish, (***)	Abraham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Pratt) Blish
			Hannah (Hull) Blish	Tristham Hull
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Personalized History Timeline, 1747 to 1847

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 61 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 87 1727-1760: Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 13 1740-1748: Austrian war of the succession from before birth until age 1 1749: Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 2 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 5 1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 5 1754-1763: French-Indian war from age 7 to age 16 1755: Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 8 1756-1763: Seven years war from age 9 to age 16 1758: Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 11 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 13 to age 73 1760: Bifocals at age 13 1765: HMS Victory launched at age 18 1765: Steam Engine at age 18 1769: San Francisco bay discovered at age 22 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 23 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 25 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 25 to age 28 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 26 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 27 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 28 to age 36 1775-1782: British war in India from age 28 to age 35 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 29 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 31 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 31 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 33 1781: Uranus discovered at age 34 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 36 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 37 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 39 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 39 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 40 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 40 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 40 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 40 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 41 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 41 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 41 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 41 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 41 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 41 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 41 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 41 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 41 1789: US Army Established at age 42 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 42 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 42 to age 49 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 43 1790: 1st official US census at age 43 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 43 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 44 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 44 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 45 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 45 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 45 to age 68 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 46 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 46 1794: US Navy Established at age 47 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 47 1794: US Post Office Established at age 47 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 49 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 49 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 49 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 49 to age 53 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 51 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 51 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 51 to age 53 1798: Lithography at age 51 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 52 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 53 to age 62 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 53 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 53 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 53 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 55 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 56 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 56 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 56 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 57 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 57 to age 59 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 58 1805: Morphine isolated at age 58 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 60 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 61 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 61 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 62 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 62 to age 69 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 63 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 63 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 65 to age 67 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 65 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 65 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 68 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 68 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 68 1816: Photographic Negative at age 69 1816: Stethoscope at age 69 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 69 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 70 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 70 to age 77 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 70 to age 76 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 70 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 70 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 70 to age 78 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 71 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 71 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 72 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 72 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 72 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 73 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 73 to age 83 1821: 1st US women's college at age 74 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 74 to age 82 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 74 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 74 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 75 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 77 to age 81 1824: Erie canal finished at age 77 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 77 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 79 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 80 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 80 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 80 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 81 to age 89 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 81 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 81 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 82 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 82 until after line end 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 83 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 83 to age 90 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 83 until after line end 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 85 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 86 1833: Telegraph at age 86 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 87 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 88 1835: Halley's Comet at age 88 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 88 to age 95 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 89 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 89 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 89 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 90 to age 93 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 90 until after line end 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 90 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 90 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 91 to age 92 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 92 to age 95 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 94 to age 97 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 95 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 97 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 98 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 98 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 98 until after line end 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 98 until after line end 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 99 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 99 until after line end

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