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1847
Nov 9
| 1847 • Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege. |
1850
Age: 2y
| 1850 • Lehman Brothers is established in Montgomery, Alabama. |
about
Age: 7y
1855
Age: 7y
| 1855 • The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a predecessor of the modern-day Father Louis Hennepin Bridge). |
1860
Age: 12y
| 1860 • Garibaldi again defeats the Neapolitan forces, advancing on Gaeta, the last remaining Neapolitan strong-point. |
1870
Age: 22y
| 1870 • The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African-Americans the right to vote, is passed. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 26y
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marriageLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composes The Tempest. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 27y
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birth of childFred Marcus Johnson Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Harper's Weekly publishes a cartoon by Thomas Nast which is the first use of an elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. [http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/CartoonOfTheDay.asp?Year=2003?Month=November?Date=7]. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 32y
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birth of childChandler Allen Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey. |
1880
Jun 25
Age: 32y
| 1880 • The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London aboard the SS Strathleven. |
1900
Age: 52y
| 1900 • N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. |
1910
Age: 62y
| 1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination. |
1917
Aug 2
Age: 69y
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eventHitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Alva sells his farm to J. W. Conaway for $900. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 72y
| 1920 • A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia . |
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 • In Bavaria, Gustav Ritter von Kahr declares independence from Berlin. |