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1842
Sep
| 1842 • In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into a British military base in Grahamstown to warn that the Boers have besieged Durban (he had left 11 days earlier). The British army dispatches a relief force. |
1850
Age: 7y
| 1850 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
1850
Age: 7y
| 1850 • The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (the Waltham Watch Company). |
1860
Age: 17y
| 1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
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Oct 20
Age: 24y
1866
Oct 20
Age: 24y
| 1866 • Battle of Königgratz: the Prussian army under King Wilhelm and Helmuth von Moltke defeats the Austrian army of Ludwig von Benedek, leading to a decisive Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War. |
1867
Sep 20
Age: 25y
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birth of childWalter Arthur Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1867 • The first Canadian elections sees John A. Macdonald's Conservatives elected to government |
1869
Sep
Age: 27y
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birth of childMary J Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • Sherwood College is founded in Nainital, India. |
1873
Age: 30y
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birth of childJesse Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1873 • The New York stock market crash triggers the Panic of 1873, part of the Long Depression. |
1875
Jul 19
Age: 32y
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birth of childIva Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1875 • American Indian Wars: In Washington, D.C., Indian Inspector E.C. Watkins issues a report stating that hundreds of Sioux and Cheyenne associated with Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse are hostile to the United States (the Battle of the Little Bighorn is fought in Montana the next year). |
1877
Jul 15
Age: 34y
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birth of childAddie Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • The British Mediterranean fleet is sent to Besika Bay. |
1880
Age: 37y
| 1880 • Piezoelectricity is discovered by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie. |
1890
Age: 47y
| 1890 • The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) with music by Tchaikovsky is premiered at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. |
1900
Age: 57y
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residenceVisalia, Tulare County, California, USA ⇓ Israel is living with his daughter Mary (Johnson) Clark's family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. |
1900
Age: 57y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé. |