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1847
May 12
| 1847 • The United States issues its first postage stamps (pictured). |
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Oct 20
Age: 19y
1866
Oct 20
Age: 19y
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marriageIsrael Cicero Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1866 • The Treaty of Prague ends the Austro-Prussian War. The Duchy of Limburg leaves the German Confederation. |
1867
Sep 20
Age: 20y
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birth of childWalter Arthur Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1867 • Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly". |
1869
Sep
Age: 22y
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birth of childMary J Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • The foundation stone is laid for Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria (southern Germany). |
1873
Age: 25y
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birth of childJesse Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1873 • The Rio Tinto Company is formed in Spain, following the February 17 purchase of the Rio Tinto mine from the Spanish government by a British investment group. |
1875
Jul 19
Age: 28y
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birth of childIva Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1875 • ICRM renamed International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). |
1877
Jul 15
Age: 30y
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birth of childAddie Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy. |
1880
Age: 32y
| 1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1893
Apr 15
Age: 45y
| 1893 • Alpha Xi Delta founded |