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Apr 84
birthLoren Earnest Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
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Feb 1
birthHoward Franklin Farlow California, USA ⇓ |
1849
Oct 1
Age: 176y
| 1849 • The May Uprising in Dresden, last of the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, begins. |
1850
Sep 24
Age: 175y
| June 1, 1850 • The postage stamp issues of Austria begin with a series of imperforate typographed stamps featuring the coat of arms. |
1860
Age: 166y
| May 8, 1860 • In New Granada (modern-day Colombia) the southern state of Cauca secedes from the central government in protest at the suggestion of increase of presidential powers; Magdalena and Bolívar join it. |
1870
Age: 156y
| December 31, 1870 • The 12.8-km Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed. |
1874
Age: 152y
marriageGeorge W Farlow |
| July 24, 1874 • Sack of Cuenca (Third Carlist War): After Carlist forces successfully defended Estella, Don Alfonso de Bourbon, brother of the Don Carlos VII, led 14,000 Catalan Carlists south to attack Cuenca 136 km from Madrid, held by Republicans under Don Hilario Lozano. After two days the outnumbered garrison capitulated but Don Alfonso permitted a terrible slaughter. The city is sacked. Subsequently another republican force defeats the disorderly Catalans who flee back to the Ebro. |
1875
Age: 151y
| May 20, 1875 • The Metre Convention is signed in Paris. |
1878
May
Age: 147y
| 1878 • Grimsby Town FC, formed as Grimsby Pelham. |
1880
Dec 30
Age: 145y
| November 2, 1880 • U.S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock. |
1884
Apr 20
Age: 141y
| 1884 • The first ascent is made of Castle Mountain in the Canadian Rockies by geologist Arthur Philemon Coleman. |
1888
Feb 19
Age: 138y
| 1888 • The dolphin Pelorus Jack is first sighted in Cook Strait, New Zealand. |
1900
Age: 126y
| March 15, 1900 • The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. |
1930
Age: 96y
| October 24, 1930 • Revolution of 1930 in Brazil: Getúlio Dornelles Vargas establishes a dictatorship. |
1938
Jan 29
Age: 88y
| October 10, 1938 • The Blue Water Bridge opens, connecting Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. |