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1836
| 1836 • The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens between St. John and La Prairie, Quebec, the first steam-worked passenger railroad in British North America. |
1850
Aug 24
Age: 14y
| 1850 • The traditional date of Kansas City, Missouri's founding. This is the date on which it is incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "Town of Kansas". |
1860
Age: 24y
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residenceToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was living a house away from his parents, next door neighbor to a David Summerville who is ten years older. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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). |
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Age: 28y
1864
Age: 28y
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militaryToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was drafted for the Civil War. Pennsylvania was a Union State that played a critical role in the Civil War, supplying over 360,000 soldiers. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – The Second Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep the Yankees out of the Shenandoah Valley. |
1865
Age: 29y
birth of childJoseph U Summerville Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ |
| 1865 • The U.S. Congress authorizes formation of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. |
1867
Mar 9
Age: 31y
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birth of childLucinda C Summerville Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1867 • The Strait Settlement of Singapore, formerly ruled from Calcutta, becomes a Crown Colony under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Office in London. |
1870
Nov
Age: 34y
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deathToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Of typhoid fever. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally since 1807. |