Parents
Spouse
Children
Siblings
1860
Jan 16
| 1860 • China agrees in an unequal treaty imposed on it to allow missionaries to proselytize throughout the country. |
1877
Jan 20
Age: 17y
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birth of childMinnie Belle Thornton Cassville, Barry, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • The British Mediterranean fleet is sent to Besika Bay. |
1878
Feb 14
Age: 18y
marriageFrances Jane Stroud Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Anti-Russian demonstrations occur in Hyde Park, London. |
1878
Oct 11
Age: 18y
birth of childLillian Mae Thornton Sequoia County, Oklahoma Territory, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico. |
1882
Oct 29
Age: 22y
marriageIda May Shepherd Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • Roderick Maclean fails in an attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor. |
1884
Feb
Age: 24y
birth of childWilliam Henry Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1884 • The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date. |
1885
Oct 17
Age: 25y
birth of childNora Belle Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1885 • The Prussian government, motivated by Otto von Bismarck, expels all ethnic Poles and Jews without German citizenship from Prussia in the Prussian deportations. |
1887
Jan 22
Age: 27y
birth of childSarah Jane Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1887 • The New Gate is built in Jerusalem. |
1890
Jul
Age: 30y
birth of childWalter Cyrus Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1890 • Commercial Bureau of the American Republics. |
1893
Apr 1
Age: 33y
birth of childCora Ann Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1893 • Benjamin Harrison is succeeded by Grover Cleveland, as President of the United States. |
1895
Nov 23
Age: 35y
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birth of childJohn Thomas Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1895 • Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry. |
1898
Aug 17
Age: 38y
birth of childArch Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1906
Aug 4
Age: 46y
| 1906 • Persian Constitutional Revolution: a nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah to grant a constitution and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. |