Whisky Distilled From Maize Was First Produced, by a Clergyman, the Rev Elijah Craig. He Called the New Liquor Bourbon Because He Lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

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June 14, 1789

Whisky distilled from maize was first produced, by a clergyman, the Rev Elijah Craig. He called the new liquor bourbon because he lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

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The second session of the second Irish parliament of William III is dissolved on this date

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Government reinforcements begin to march from Cork and the midlands

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Whisky distilled from maize was first produced, by a clergyman, the Rev Elijah Craig. He called the new liquor bourbon because he lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

The second session of the second Irish parliament of William III is dissolved on this date

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