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1845
| 1845 • Delegates meet in Austin, Texas to create a state constitution. |
1850
Age: 5y
| 1850 • First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps. |
1860
Jun 14
Age: 15y
| 1860 • A new uprising erupts in Palermo. |
1869
Sep 23
Age: 24y
marriageLyman P Butler Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • John B. Shelden (of Millville, New Jersey) claims to have discovered the North Pole. |
1870
Age: 25y
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birth of childBessie F Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Syracuse University is established and officially opens. |
1873
Feb
Age: 28y
birth of childCharles F Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
1875
Age: 30y
birth of childMarshall A Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1875 • The opening of Flushing High School. |
1878
Oct
Age: 33y
birth of childJohn L Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • American-born artist James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English critic John Ruskin over a review of the painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face")Ruskin, John (1877-07-02). Fors Clavigera. is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons. |
1880
Age: 35y
| 1880 • The Capuchin catacombs of Palermo are officially closed (there will be some burials afterwards). |
1900
Age: 54y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1920
Age: 74y
| 1920 • Polish–Soviet War: Poland sues for peace with Bolshevist Russia (refused). |