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Christopher Seider (or Snider) (1758 – February 22, 1770) was a boy who is considered to be the first American killed in the American Revolution. [1] [2] [3] He was 11 years old when he was shot and killed by customs officer Ebenezer Richardson [4] in Boston on February 22, 1770.
February 25, 1899 – United Kingdom – Edwin Sewell and Major Richer are thrown from their vehicle on Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, and killed. Sewell's death is the first recorded fatality of a driver. [7] September 13, 1899 – United States – Henry H. Bliss is the first person killed by a car in the United States.
1738 (MDCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1738th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 738th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1730s decade. As of the start ...
Hureleyon McLean was gunned killed by a neighbor in the Lauderdale Lakes apartments on Nov. 28, 2024. 7 News Miami “He was playing his music, and the guy said he was playing it too loud ...
April 11 – Robert Blair marries Isabella Law.; July 10 – Richard Dawes is appointed Master of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. [1]August – Laurence Sterne is ordained a priest, and in the autumn becomes vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire.
A 12-year-old Wisconsin boy heroically shot and killed a 200-pound black bear that was mauling his dad while pinning him to the ground. Owen Beierman shot the bear in its vitals, saving his 43 ...
In January 1738, "Franklin appeared as a witness" in a manslaughter trial against two men who killed "a simple-minded apprentice" named Daniel Rees in a fake Masonic initiation gone wrong. One of the men "threw, or accidentally spilled, the burning spirits, and Daniel Rees died of his burns two days later."
Tsiyu Gansini was born about 1738. Dragging Canoe was the son of Attakullakulla (Tsalagi, or "Little Carpenter")—a Nipissing head-man—and Nionne Ollie ("Tame Doe"). [b] Many members of these two Native American groups then lived with the Cherokee [c] and had adapted to Cherokee society.