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William Colgate (January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) was an English-American industrialist who in 1806 founded what became the Colgate-Palmolive company. Early life
William Colgate, an English immigrant to America and devout Baptist, established a starch, soap, and candle factory on Dutch Street in New York City under the name William Colgate & Company in 1806. In 1833, he suffered a severe heart attack, stopping his business's sales; after a convalescence he continued with his business.
In the same year, land was purchased for a building. The African Meeting House, as it came to be commonly called, was completed the next year. At the public dedication on December 6, 1806, the first-floor pews were reserved for all those "benevolently disposed to the Africans," while the black members sat in the balcony of their new meeting house.
The institution was founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy and incorporated as Vincennes University on November 29, 1806. Founded by William Henry Harrison, VU, along with the University at Buffalo and the University of Virginia, are the only colleges founded by United States presidents.
Fort William is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta (Kolkata). It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal . It sits on the eastern banks of the River Hooghly , the major distributary of the River Ganga .
23 January – William Pitt the Younger dies aged 46 at Bowling Green House on Putney Heath of a gastrointestinal tract complaint and is succeeded as wartime Prime Minister by his cousin Lord Grenville. 6 February – Battle of San Domingo: The British Royal Navy gains a victory over the French off Santo Domingo.
He retained his ministry at Parliament Court till 1815, and was succeeded after a short interval by William Johnson Fox. In 1795 he founded a Unitarian Chapel in the Sussex village of Northiam. [1] Vidler's stipend was small, and from 1796 to 1806 he tried to increase his income as a bookseller.
William Cooper (c. 1761–1840) was an English teacher, businessman and entrepreneur, and political officeholder in Upper Canada; he developed mills and other industries along the Humber River in present-day Ontario and a wharf in York.