in Washington, DC (USA). 1731-1809 - Benjamin Banneker - African-American surveyor & mathematician. 1733-1804 - Joseph Priestley - Minister & scientist. Discovered oxygen. c1735-1807 - Prince Hall - Abolitionist. Founder of "Black Freemasonry." 1737-1809 - Thomas Paine - Wrote "Common Sense" in 1776 & "Rights of Man" in 1791. 1741-1815 - John