1801
1838
Mar 13
Age: 37y
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birth of childMargaret Ann Mohnkern Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1838 • Five nuns from the Religious Sisters of Charity in Ireland become the first women of religion to set foot on Australian soil. |
1850
Age: 49y
| 1850 • The Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX and future Pope Pius X . |
1856
Sep 11
Age: 55y
| 1856 • Nelson College is founded in Nelson, New Zealand. |
1860
Age: 59y
| 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: 69y
| 1870 • Just one of the 916 members of the Indian Civil Service is Indian. |
1880
Age: 79y
| 1880 • A big earthquake struck Zagreb and demolished everything including the Zagreb Cathedral. |
1885
Aug
Age: 84y
| 1885 • King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal possession. |