When Janet Pursel was born about 1776, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Pursell, was 37 and her mother, Agnes Balantyne, was 31. She married George Aitken on 4 January 1805, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 27 February 1833, at the age of 58, and was buried in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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