Peter V. Daniel

Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist (died 1860)

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Born: April 24, 1784
Died: May 31, 1860
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1784

About Peter V. Daniel

Peter Vivian Daniel was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. In November 1808, Daniel became involved in a dispute with a Fredericksburg businessman, John Seddon, and both parties agreed to a duel. Daniel Jr. became a lawyer, his political heir may have been a boy for whom he had served as guardian and then mentored as a lawyer.

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The world when Peter V. Daniel was born

Peter V. Daniel was born in 1784. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineTreaty of Paris ratified by Congress
Technology milestoneBenjamin Franklin invents bifocal glasses
Defining fadBallooning craze sweeps Europe
World population~795M

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderContinental Congress
U.S. population3.4M

1784 versus 2026

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Measure	1784	2026
Population	3.4M	341 million

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