Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Occurrence

Occurrence , noun

[Compare French occurrence. See Occur.]

1.
A coming or happening; as, the occurrence of a railway collision.
Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. — I. Watts
2.
Any event or incident; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.
All the occurrence of my fortune. — Shakespeare