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In the description of the solar eclipse in 1806 observed from Kinderhook, New York José Joaquín de Ferrer coined the word corona for the bright ring observable during a total eclipse.
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A total solar eclipse occurred on June 16, 1806.
Totality was visible in a diagonal path across the United States, and ended in North Africa.
It has been called Tecumseh's Eclipse after the Shawnee chief Tecumseh realized that the only hope for the various tribes in east and central North America was to join together.
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