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1857
Jan 20
| 1857 • Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City). |
1860
Age: 2y
| 1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
1879
Jun 26
Age: 22y
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marriageAlmira Beckley Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1879 • Wilhelm Wundt establishes the first psychology research laboratory at the University of Leipzig. |
1880
Age: 22y
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residenceScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Charles is a farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Dorchester Penitentiary opens in Canada. |
1880
Jul 4
Age: 23y
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birth of childDona Edith Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River. |
1900
Jun 20
Age: 43y
| 1900 • Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity. |
1910
Age: 52y
| 1910 • African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. |
1920
Age: 62y
| 1920 • Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty: The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic recognizes independent Lithuania. |
1929
Jan 1
Age: 71y
| 1929 • Former U.S. Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall is convicted of bribery for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal, becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office. |