George Thomas Medley
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Ella Lilla Medley
Ella Lilla Medley
1868 - 1966
Sadie Carrie Medley
Sadie Carrie Medley
1870 - 1957
Mary Frances Medley
Mary Frances Medley
1878 - 1967
Francis A Medley
Francis A Medley
1882 - 1950

1837


Sep 7
1837 • In Philadelphia, The Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) is founded as the first institution for the higher education of black people in the United States.

1870


Age: 32y
1870 Franco-Prussian War: Marshal François Achille Bazaine, commanding the French left wing, is forced by starvation to surrender the fortifications of Metz, ending the Siege of Metz.

1878


Sep
Age: 40y
1878 Otto von Bismarck abandons his Kulturkampf and forces through legislation outlawing the Social Democrats.

1882


Aug
Age: 44y
1882 • British gunboats enter Monrovia, with Arthur Havelock demanding that Liberia cede disputed territory to the British colony of Sierra Leone of which he is Governor.

1910


Age: 72y

1918


Jan 20
Age: 80y
1918 • Start of 3-day Lwów pogrom: Polish troops, volunteers and freed criminals massacre at least 320 Ukrainian Christians and Jews in Lwów in Galicia.

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