Elizabeth Ellen Plaster
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Parents
Michael Plaster
Michael Plaster
1813 - 1892
Ruth Burress
Ruth Burress
1819 - 1878
Spouse
George W Farlow
George W Farlow
1849 - 1929
Children
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1860


Age: 10y
1860 Britain produces 20% of the entire world's output of industrial goods.

1874


Age: 24y

marriage


George W Farlow
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: 25y
1875 • The Theosophical Society is founded in New York by Helena Blavatsky, H. S. Olcott, W. Q. Judge, and others.

1878


May
Age: 28y
1878 • U.S. arbitration rejects Argentine claims to Paraguay's part of the Chaco region.

1880


Dec 30
Age: 31y

1888


Feb 19
Age: 38y
1888 • Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now.

1900


Age: 50y
1900 Boxer Rebellion: Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China where they join with Japanese forces.

1930


Age: 80y
1930 Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest at the British monopoly on salt; more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 5.

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