1858
Dec 26
| 1858 • Donati's Comet, the first comet to be photographed, is discovered by Giovanni Battista Donati and remains visible for several months afterwards. |
1879
Jun 26
Age: 20y
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marriageCharles Albert Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1879 • At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes the global adoption of standard time. |
1880
Age: 20y
| 1880 • Dorchester Penitentiary opens in Canada. |
1880
Jul 4
Age: 21y
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birth of childDona Edith Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River. |
1900
Jun 20
Age: 41y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Battle of Dagu Forts: Naval forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture the Taku Forts on the Hai River estuary in China. |
1910
Age: 50y
| 1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination. |
1920
Age: 60y
| 1920 • Ganja Revolt: Anti-Soviet opposition in the Azerbaijan SSR launches an abortive revolt in Ganja. |
1935
Jun 8
Age: 76y
| 1935 • In the United Kingdom general election, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin returns to office at the head of a National Government led by the Conservative Party with a large but reduced majority. |