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1831
Apr 7
| 1831 • September 8 – Battle of Warsaw: The Russians take the Polish capital and crush resistance. |
1860
Jan 16
Age: 28y
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birth of childJohn Franklin Thornton Polk County, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • The Pony Express begins its first run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California with riders carrying a small bible. |
1865
Aug 16
Age: 34y
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birth of childWilliam S Thornton Polk County, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • Secretary Seward declares Thirteenth Amendment ratified by three-quarters of the states (including those in secession); slavery legally outlawed in the last two slave states of Kentucky and Delaware and the remaining 45,000 slaves are freed. |
1902
Jul
Age: 71y