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1847
Nov 9
| 1847 • In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded. |
1850
Age: 2y
| 1850 • The hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo from Egypt, the first seen in Europe since Roman times. |
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Age: 7y
1855
Age: 7y
| 1855 • The Kansas territorial legislature convenes in Pawnee and begins passing proslavery laws. |
1860
Age: 12y
| 1860 • French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" to his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording (however, it is not rediscovered until 2008). |
1870
Age: 22y
| 1870 • Pastor Aeternus: Pope Pius IX declares papal infallibility in matters of faith and morals. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 26y
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marriageLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • The Kennel Club, the world's first kennel club, is founded in the United Kingdom. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 27y
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birth of childFred Marcus Johnson Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • May 15 – First exhibition of the group of young painters, Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, at the studio of the photographer Nadar in Paris. Louis Leroy's critical review of it published on 25 April gives rise to the term Impressionism for the movement, with reference to Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 32y
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birth of childChandler Allen Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War. |
1880
Jun 25
Age: 32y
| 1880 • The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. |
1900
Age: 52y
| 1900 • Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics. |
1910
Age: 62y
| 1910 • Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. |
1917
Aug 2
Age: 69y
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eventHitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Alva sells his farm to J. W. Conaway for $900. |
| 1917 • WWI: General Edmund Allenby leads units of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force through Jerusalem after the Yildirim Army Group forces surrender Jerusalem. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 72y
| 1920 • Hydrocodone, a narcotic analgesic closely related to codeine is first synthesized in Germany by Carl Mannich and Helene Löwenheim. |
1923
Oct 29
Age: 75y
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deathMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ He passed away from chronic myocarditis - heart failure. Funeral services conducted at Richland Church, Hitt, Missouri 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1923 • Poland annexes the Republic of Central Lithuania |