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1829
Oct 16
| 1829 • Robert Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police Service in London, the first modern police force. The first officers, known by the nickname "bobbies", go on patrol on September 29. |
1851
Jul 3
Age: 21y
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marriageCatherine E Taylor Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1851 • Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick; or The Whale is published in the U.S. by Harper & Brothers, New York, after being first published on October 18 in London by Richard Bentley, in 3 volumes as The Whale. |
1860
Age: 30y
| 1860 • A new Māori revolt begins in New Zealand. |
1863
Mar 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childCarlton Curtis Clinger Walnut Bend, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
1870
Age: 40y
| 1870 • Thomas Mundy Peterson is the first African-American to vote in an election. |
1880
Age: 50y
| 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
Age: 70y
| 1900 • Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity. |
1909
May 2
Age: 79y
| 1909 • Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's Cricket Ground and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. |