| 1765/11/14 |
Robert Fulton is born in a little stone house in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. |
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Robert Fulton Birthplace |
Quarryville |
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| 1797/05/00 |
Thomas Paine is never idle in the house, if not writing he busies himself by reading up on current politics, working with a mechanical devise or else entertaining such visitors as Mr Barlow, Mr Fulton and Sir Robert Smith. |
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10 rue de l'Odeon |
Rue de l'Odeon, Paris |
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| 1800/00/00 |
Robert Fulton completes his submarine, NAUTILUS, for the French Navy. |
Naval Architect |
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Invention of the Submarine |
| 1803/08/09 |
Robert Fulton's steamboat sinks, he had been testing his steamboat on the Seine Rive near the Quai des Bonshommes |
Naval Architect |
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Seine in Paris |
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Invention of the Steamboat |
| 1808/00/00 |
New York State legislature awards Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston a 20 year monopoly of navigation rights for steam driven vessels on the waters within the State. |
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Gibbons v Ogden |
| 1808/01/07 |
Harriet Livingston marries Robert Fulton in the parlor of Teviotdale |
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Teviotdale |
Linlithgo |
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Marriage of Harriet Livingston and Robert Fulton |
| 1812/07/00 |
Fulton's Powles Hook Ferry line begins operation |
Naval Engineer |
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