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Children
Siblings
1860
Jan 16
| 1860 • Britain produces 20% of the entire world's output of industrial goods. |
1877
Jan 20
Age: 17y
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birth of childMinnie Belle Thornton Cassville, Barry, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • The first college lacrosse game is played between New York University and Manhattan College. |
1878
Feb 14
Age: 18y
marriageFrances Jane Stroud Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Geiger (Corporation), formed as Geiger Brothers. |
1878
Oct 11
Age: 18y
birth of childLillian Mae Thornton Sequoia County, Oklahoma Territory, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Umberto I becomes King of Italy. |
1882
Oct 29
Age: 22y
marriageIda May Shepherd Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • The University of the Punjab is founded in modern-day Pakistan. |
1884
Feb
Age: 24y
birth of childWilliam Henry Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1884 • Letitia Alice Walkington becomes the first woman to receive a degree from the Royal University of Ireland. |
1885
Oct 17
Age: 25y
birth of childNora Belle Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1885 • Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The index stood at a level of 62.76, and represented the dollar average of 14 stocks: 12 railroads and two leading American industries.[http://articles.philly.com/1995-02-24/news/25702996_1_blue-chip-stocks-industrial-shares-index Dow Record Book Adds Another First]. Philly.com. Retrieved 2013-07-08. |
1887
Jan 22
Age: 27y
birth of childSarah Jane Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1887 • The United Retail Federation is established in Brisbane. |
1890
Jul
Age: 30y
birth of childWalter Cyrus Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1890 • Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. |
1893
Apr 1
Age: 33y
birth of childCora Ann Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1893 • The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. |
1895
Nov 23
Age: 35y
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birth of childJohn Thomas Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1895 • Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War begins. |
1898
Aug 17
Age: 38y
birth of childArch Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1898 • Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. |
1906
Aug 4
Age: 46y
| 1906 • The Simplo Filler Pen company is founded, later to become the Montblanc Company. |