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1859
Oct 27
| 1859 • A French amateur astronomer, Edmond Modeste Lescarbault, claims to have noticed a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury – later named Vulcan. |
1860
Age: 1m
| 1860 • French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" to his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording (however, it is not rediscovered until 2008). |
1870
Age: 10y
1881
Aug 3
Age: 21y
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birth of childSadie Thompson Franklin Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1881 • The Pacific island of Rotuma cedes to Great Britain, becoming a dependency of the Colony of Fiji. |
1885
Oct
Age: 25y
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birth of childCharles Lucian Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1885 • Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his single-cylinder water-cooled engine design. |
1888
Dec 26
Age: 29y
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birth of childGrace Dewolfe Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1888 • The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and adjoining territories, is granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson who are acting on behalf of South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, providing a basis for white settlement of Rhodesia. |
1900
Age: 40y
| 1900 • The Paris World Exhibition opens. |
1910
Age: 50y
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residenceBoerne, Kendall, Texas, USA ⇓ Now married to Madison Pyron and living in Texas 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination. |
1920
Age: 60y
| 1920 • Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón announces in Chilpancingo that he intends to fight against the rule of Venustiano Carranza. |
1930
Age: 70y
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King in federal elections and becomes the Prime Minister of Canada. |
1940
Oct 19
Age: 80y
| 1940 • WWII: The Soviet Union annexes the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in what becomes regarded as an early example of Soviet imperialism. |