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Historical Events

  • Nov 1 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendants
  • Nov 26 Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established

Events in 1784

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 15 Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (1807-13), born in Ajaccio, Corsica (d. 1860)
  • Nov 24 Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss traveller and orientalist, 1st European to discover Petra and Abu Simbel, born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1817)

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850)

Nov 24 12th US President (1849-50) and major general in the Mexican–American War, born in Barboursville, Virginia

Zachary Taylor
  • Nov 28 Ferdinand Ries, German pianist, composer, and Beethoven's secretary and copyist, baptized in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1838)
Born in 1784


What Happened in 1784

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