1801
1838
Mar 13
Age: 37y
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birth of childMargaret Ann Mohnkern Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1838 • The 5th century BC bronze Chatsworth Head is acquired by the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Smyrna from H. P. Borrell. |
1850
Age: 49y
| 1850 • The first settlers for the settlement of Christchurch arrive at the Port of Lyttelton (New Zealand). |
1856
Sep 11
Age: 55y
| 1856 • Legal protection of widow remarriage is extended in India. |
1860
Age: 59y
| 1860 • China agrees in an unequal treaty imposed on it to allow missionaries to proselytize throughout the country. |
1870
Age: 69y
| 1870 • Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |
1880
Age: 79y
| 1880 • Cologne Cathedral is completed, after construction began in 1248, 632 years earlier. |
1885
Aug
Age: 84y
| 1885 • The Reservation at Niagara Falls opens, enabling access to all for free. Thomas V. Welch is the first Superintendent of the Park. |