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1848
Feb 13
| 1848 • A Chartist 'Monster Rally' is held in Kennington Park London, headed by Feargus O'Connor. A petition demanding the franchise is presented to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. |
1850
Age: 1y
| 1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. |
1855
Jun 12
Age: 7y
| 1855 • Walt Whitman's poetry collection Leaves of Grass is published in Brooklyn. |
1860
Age: 11y
| 1860 • Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Massachusetts, strike successfully for higher wages. The strike spreads throughout New England and eventually involves 20,000 workers. |
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Oct
Age: 13y
1861
Oct
Age: 13y
militaryWest Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Henry enrolled as a private in the 97th Regiment, Pennsylvania Voluntary Infantry. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional president of the Confederate States of America. |
1865
Age: 16y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ He was a clerk in Brooklyn. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agrees to the use of African American troops. |
1870
Age: 21y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Working as a Real Estate Agent 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The German Commerzbank is founded in Hamburg. |
1872
Jan 19
Age: 23y
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marriageMargaret Jane Miller Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Married by Reverend Geer 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1872 • The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College begins its first academic session (the university is later renamed Virginia Tech). |
1875
Age: 26y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Living and working in Brooklyn as a Real Estate Agent. Was a boarder with his wife Margaret - living with the Blair's 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1875 • The Ottoman state declares partial bankruptcy and places its finances in the hands of European creditors. |
1877
Jun 8
Age: 29y
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birth of childAnna Lott Franklin Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • American Indian Wars – Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. |
1880
Age: 31y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Working as a Real Estate Agent, living on 290 Warren Street. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is established. |
1881
Jan 19
Age: 32y
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marriageGrace Lavinia Clarke 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1881 • General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army's organization, comes into effect. |
1881
Aug 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childSadie Thompson Franklin Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1881 • New York City's oldest independent school for girls, the Convent of the Sacred Heart New York (91st Street), is founded. |
1885
Oct
Age: 37y
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birth of childCharles Lucian Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1885 • The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. |
1888
Dec 26
Age: 40y
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birth of childGrace Dewolfe Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1888 • Frederick III becomes German Emperor. |
1900
Age: 51y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: Battle of Paardeberg: British troops defeat the Boers. |
1910
Age: 61y
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residenceCalcasieu, Louisiana, USA ⇓ Working for the railroad with his son, Charles 1 Source ⇓ |
1915
Aug 16
Age: 67y
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deathGalveston, Texas, USA ⇓ Henry died in the devastating 1915 Galveston Hurricane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Galveston_hurricane 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1915 • Einstein's theory of general relativity is formulated. |