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Children
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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 • In the Compromise of 1877, the U.S. presidential election, 1876 is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote on November 7, 1876. |
1878
Feb 14
Age: 18y
marriageFrances Jane Stroud Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg. |
1878
Oct 11
Age: 18y
birth of childLillian Mae Thornton Sequoia County, Oklahoma Territory, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Mississippi State University is created by the Mississippi Legislature (under the name The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi). |
1882
Oct 29
Age: 22y
marriageIda May Shepherd Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • A transit of Venus, the last until 2004, occurs. |
1884
Feb
Age: 24y
birth of childWilliam Henry Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1884 • Sino–French War (for control of Tonkin) breaks out (continues to April 1885). |
1885
Oct 17
Age: 25y
birth of childNora Belle Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1885 • Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, completing the Unification of Bulgaria. |
1887
Jan 22
Age: 27y
birth of childSarah Jane Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1887 • International Bureau of Intellectual Property. |
1890
Jul
Age: 30y
birth of childWalter Cyrus Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1893
Apr 1
Age: 33y
birth of childCora Ann Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1895
Nov 23
Age: 35y
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birth of childJohn Thomas Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1895 • Auguste and Louis Lumière display their first moving picture film in Paris. |
1898
Aug 17
Age: 38y
birth of childArch Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1898 • Spanish-American War: The United States invasion of Puerto Rico begins with a landing at Guánica Bay. |
1906
Aug 4
Age: 46y
| 1906 • Imposter Wilhelm Voigt impersonates a Prussian officer and takes over the city hall in Köpenick for a short time. |