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Washington Irving is born.
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Irving meets George Washington who he is named after.
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The first hotel in the U.S. opens in Saratoga Springs.
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On an expedition to Montreal, Irving spent more time talking to local socializers than either studying or writing.
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Jean Jaques Dessalines proclaims Haitis independence.
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Irving gets tuberculosis and his brothers encourage him to go to Rome. Irving goes for two years.
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Lewis and Clark take thier expedtion.
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Congress prohibits the african slave trade.
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Matilda Hoffman, his fiance, died of tuberculosis.
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Edited the Anelectic magazine until 1814
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Congress charters the second bank of the U.S.
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This is the day washington Irvings mother does.
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Stephen F. Austin establishes an American colony in Texas.
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Goes to Madris, Spain to write his book about Christopher Columbus and also becomes a diplomat at the U.S. embassy
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Joseph Smith found the morman church.
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American anti-slavery society is founded in Phillidelphia.
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The Panic of 1837 begins.
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Irving is appointed minister of Spain for the next four years.
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Elisha Otis installs the first passenger elevator in a New York department store.
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Washington Irving dies.
