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1824
Apr
| 1824 • With his crew and 29 convicts aboard the Amity, John Oxley arrives at and founds the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement at what is now Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia, after leaving Sydney. |
1856
Age: 31y
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residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ He was living next door to John and Mary Lowry. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • U.S. presidential election, 1856: Democrat James Buchanan defeats former President Millard Fillmore, representing a coalition of "Know-Nothings" and Whigs, and John C. Frémont of the fledgling Republican Party, to become the 15th President of the United States. |
1856
Mar 6
Age: 31y
marriageEsther Lucas Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • Taiping Rebellion: Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang assassinate Yang Xiuqing. |
1857
Jan
Age: 32y
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birth of childDudley R Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1857 • France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War. |
1860
Age: 35y
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residenceDouglas, Kansas, USA ⇓ In Wakarusa Township - Before Kansas was a state. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War. |
1863
Jul 1
Age: 39y
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militaryElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Not certain if this was him, considering he was in Kansas in 1860. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1863 • Samuel Butler's dystopian article "Darwin among the Machines" is published (as by "Cellarius") in The Press newspaper in Christchurch, New Zealand; it will be incorporated into his novel Erewhon (1872). |
1870
Oct
Age: 46y
birth of childFanny Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1870 • First ever international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the auspices of the Football Association at The Oval, London. |
1877
Jan
Age: 52y
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birth of childRose Lowry Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • 1877 Australia v. England series: The first Test cricket match is held between England and Australia. |
1880
Age: 55y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia completes her maiden voyage, arriving without incident in Portland, Oregon after a stopover in San Francisco, California. |
1885
Age: 60y
| 1885 • Bicycle Playing Cards are first produced. |
1900
Age: 75y
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residenceGreat Bend Township, Great Bend City, Ward, Barton, Kansas, USA ⇓ George T. Lowry is living with his daughters Fannie, Dot, and Rose. Rose is a school teacher, and Fannie is a seamstress. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |