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1847
Nov 9
| 1847 • Faustin Soulouque is elected the President of Haiti. |
1850
Age: 2y
| 1850 • The Fugitive Slave Law is passed by the United States Congress. |
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 • After a fiercely contested campaign, Monier Williams is elected as the new Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University. |
1870
Age: 22y
| 1870 • John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 26y
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marriageLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 27y
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birth of childFred Marcus Johnson Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • The New York Zoo hoax, a supposed breakout of animals from the Central Park Zoo. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 32y
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birth of childChandler Allen Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • Anglo–Zulu War – Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. |
1880
Jun 25
Age: 32y
| 1880 • Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. |
1900
Age: 52y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |
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 • Miracle of the Sun at Fátima, Portugal. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 72y
| 1920 • 22 – The Brussels Conference establishes a timetable for German war reparations intended to extend for over 42 years. |
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 Germany, General Hans von Seeckt orders the Reichswehr to dissolve the Social Democratic-Communist government of Saxony, which is refusing to accept the authority of the Reich government. |