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1863
Jul 3
| 1863 • Jules Verne's first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, is published. |
1883
Nov 27
Age: 20y
marriageEdwin Hicks Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1883 • Antoni Gaudí begins to work on the Sagrada Família Cathedral in Barcelona (it was consecrated in 2010). |
1884
Sep 25
Age: 21y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1884 • The Yellow Crane Tower last burns in Wuhan. |
1891
Jul 10
Age: 28y
birth of childRobert Hicks Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Jesse W. Reno patents the first escalator at Coney Beach. |
1900
Jun 1
Age: 36y
| 1900 • The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. |
1900
Oct 23
Age: 37y
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birth of childFrederick Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published in Chicago, the first of Baum's Oz books chronicling the fictional Land of Oz for children. |
1906
Jul 31
Age: 43y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon United States, lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England. |
1908
Mar 19
Age: 44y
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residencePhiladelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Adelaide is living at 210 West Tioga Street |
| 1908 • Wilbur Wright flies in France for the first time demonstrating true controlled powered flight in Europe. |
1908
Mar 19
Age: 44y
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deathPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Adelaide died of Breast Cancer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1908 • The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler. |