1801
| 1801 • Henry Addington becomes First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer effectively Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
1838
Mar 13
Age: 37y
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birth of childMargaret Ann Mohnkern Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1838 • Grace Darling and her father rescue thirteen survivors from the SS Forfarshire off the Farne Islands. |
1850
Age: 49y
| 1850 • Europeans make up 22% of the world population. |
1856
Sep 11
Age: 55y
| 1856 • Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate, for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). Sumner is unable to return to duty for 3 years while he recovers; Brooks becomes a hero across the South. |
1860
Age: 59y
| 1860 • The first Japanese embassy to the United States arrive in San Francisco. |
1870
Age: 69y
| 1870 • The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African-Americans the right to vote, is passed. |
1880
Age: 79y
| 1880 • The first stone is laid for the Clarkson Memorial in Wisbech. |
1885
Aug
Age: 84y
| 1885 • The first public train departs Swanage railway station on the newly built Swanage Railway in England. |