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1835
| 1835 • Future U.S. President James K. Polk becomes Speaker of the House |
1860
Jan 30
Age: 25y
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birth of childFrederic Gartner Abenheim, Hesse, Germany ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1860 • The first Japanese embassy to the United States arrive in San Francisco. |
1861
Sep 15
Age: 26y
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marriageMargaretha Müller Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • American Civil War: Major Robert Anderson sends dispatches to Washington. |
1863
Dec 26
Age: 29y
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birth of childMary Gartner Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1863 • 17-year-old Prince Wilhelm George of Denmark is elected by the Hellenic Parliament as George, King of the Hellenes; he will reign in Greece for fifty years. He arrives in Athens on October 30 to take the throne. |
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Age: 32y
1867
Age: 32y
birth of childPeter Gartner Germany ⇓ |
| 1867 • Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly". |
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Age: 34y
1869
Age: 34y
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birth of childElizabeth H Gartner Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • The American Museum of Natural History is founded in New York. |
1872
Feb 7
Age: 37y
birth of childJohn J Gartner Germany ⇓ |
| 1872 • The New Zealand Wars end after 17 years with the conclusion of Te Kooti's War; Maori spiritual leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuk crosses the Waikato River and enters the territory of the Māori King, Tawhiao, where he is granted asylum. |
1873
Jun 18
Age: 38y
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immigrationNew York, USA ⇓ On that day they departed on the Steamship the Holsatia under captain Barends, from Hamburg, Germany to New York. The record shows that before that they were residing in Bürstadt, Hessen, Germany. 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
Jan
Age: 39y
birth of childMargaret Gartner Hammond, Indiana, USA ⇓ |
| 1874 • Camille Saint-Saëns' composition Danse Macabre receives its première. |
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Age: 41y
1876
Age: 41y
birth of childCharles Gartner Hammond, Indiana, USA ⇓ |
| 1876 • The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is formed at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois; it replaced the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. Morgan Bulkeley of the Hartford Dark Blues is selected as the league's first President. |
1879
Age: 44y
birth of childNicholas Gartner Hammond, Indiana, USA ⇓ |
| 1879 • The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is formed. |
1880
Jun
Age: 45y
| 1880 • The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is established. |
1881
Age: 46y
birth of childEdward Gartner Hammond, Indiana, USA ⇓ |
1886
Jan 5
Age: 51y
| 1886 • The Great Vancouver Fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia. |
1886
Jan 7
burialHammond, Indiana, USA ⇓ Buried in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Hammond, Indiana along with his wife Margaretha. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1886 • U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House (Washington, D.C.), becoming the only president of the United States to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior. |