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He was a Mastor Mason and a justice of the peace.
1850
Aug 5
| 1850 • The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
1860
Age: 9y
| 1860 • The U.S. Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. |
1882
Oct 11
Age: 32y
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marriageMartha Jane Hall 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1882 • Nikola Tesla claims this was when he conceived the rotating magnetic field principle he later used to invent his induction motor. |
1900
Age: 49y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1912
Apr 11
Age: 61y
| 1912 • The Scoville Unit (used to measure the heat of peppers) is devised and tested by Wilbur Scoville. |