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1829
Oct 16
| 1829 • The original Welland Canal opens for a trial run with a ceremony at Port Dalhousie. |
1851
Jul 3
Age: 21y
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marriageCatherine E Taylor Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1851 • The first white men reportedly see Yosemite Valley. |
1860
Age: 30y
| 1860 • The historic debate about evolution is held at the Oxford University Museum. |
1863
Mar 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childCarlton Curtis Clinger Walnut Bend, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • 17-year-old Prince Wilhelm George of Denmark is elected by the Hellenic Parliament as George, King of the Hellenes; he will reign in Greece for fifty years. He arrives in Athens on October 30 to take the throne. |
1870
Age: 40y
| 1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human. |
1880
Age: 50y
| 1880 • France annexes Tahiti. |
1900
Age: 70y
| 1900 • The United Kingdom and the United States sign a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal across Central America in Nicaragua. |
1909
May 2
Age: 79y
| 1909 • The United States Army Signal Corp Division purchases the world's first military airplane, a Wright Military Flyer, from the Wright Brothers. |