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1845
Feb 22
| 1845 • Manifest destiny: U.S. President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. |
1850
Age: 4y
| 1850 • The first settlers for the settlement of Christchurch arrive at the Port of Lyttelton (New Zealand). |
1860
Age: 14y
| 1860 • After a fiercely contested campaign, Monier Williams is elected as the new Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University. |
1862
Feb 7
Age: 16y
| 1862 • Anna Leonowens accepts an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, the King of Siam. |