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1849
Oct 1
| 1849 • A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group, the Petrashevsky Circle. Facing a firing squad on December 23 the group members are reprieved at the last moment and exiled to the katorga prison camps in Siberia. |
1850
Sep 24
Age: 11m
| 1850 • The Fugitive Slave Law is passed by the United States Congress. |
1860
Age: 10y
| 1860 • South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |
1870
Age: 20y
| 1870 • Franco-Prussian War: Marshal François Achille Bazaine, commanding the French left wing, is forced by starvation to surrender the fortifications of Metz, ending the Siege of Metz. |
1874
Age: 24y
marriageGeorge W Farlow |
| 1874 • Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. The price is $13.50 per dozen. |
1875
Age: 25y
birth of childMargaretta Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1875 • The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) is signed between Japan and Russia. |
1878
May
Age: 28y
birth of childAlfred Homer Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • The Treaty of Berlin makes Serbia, Montenegro and Romania completely independent. |
1900
Age: 50y
| 1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |
1930
Age: 80y
| 1930 • Bureau of Narcotics established under the United States Department of the Treasury, replacing the Narcotics Division of the Prohibition Unit. |
1938
Jan 29
Age: 88y
| 1938 • Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world. |