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1828
Jan 1
| 1828 • Greek War of Independence: the London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades. |
1848
Age: 19y
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marriagePhydelia D Smith Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1848 • A greatly revised Dutch constitution is proclaimed. |
1850
Age: 21y
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residenceHarrison, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Thomas Munsell (Lorenzo's father) is living next door. Lydia's mother was living in Union, Licking, Ohio at the time. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. |
1850
Age: 21y
| 1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. |
1852
Jan 14
Age: 24y
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birth of childMary Ann Munselle Illinois ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1852 • Henry Clay steamboat disaster in Riverdale, Bronx, with several deaths including Stephen Allen. |
1860
Jun 12
Age: 32y
| 1860 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation). |
1864
Feb 27
Age: 36y
militaryMount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA ⇓ He was a private in the Civil War. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Second Battle of Franklin: The Army of Tennessee led by General Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions around Franklin, Tennessee (Hood loses 6 generals and almost a third of his troops). |
1864
Feb 27
Age: 36y
militaryCamp Butler, Illinois ⇓ Fought in the Civil War for roughly sixteen months. He was listed in Company H, Illinois 6th Cavalry Regiment and promoted to Full Saddler. Mustered in by Capt. O'Kean, and mustered out on 12 Jun 1865 by Lt. Curtis at Mound City, Illinois. His occupation was described as 'farmer'. Illinois was a Union State. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • President Lincoln issues a true proclamation of conscription of 500,000 men for the U.S. Civil War. |
1869
Jul 20
Age: 41y
divorcePhydelia D Smith 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri. |
1870
Apr 5
Age: 42y
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marriageMargaret Emily Derrickson Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The Red River Rebellion ends with the arrival of the Wolseley Expedition and the fleeing of Louis Riel. |
1870
Jul 22
Age: 42y
| 1870 • Syracuse University is established and officially opens. |
1880
Jun 15
Age: 52y
| 1880 • First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British. |
1900
Jun 19
Age: 72y
| 1900 • The First Pan-African Conference is held in London. |
1907
Apr 13
Age: 79y
| 1907 • The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London. |
1907
Sep
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burialSan Saba, Texas, USA ⇓ Buried at Richland Springs Cemetery, San Saba, Texas |
| 1907 • Peking to Paris motor race, won by Prince Scipione Borghese driving a 7 litre 35/45 hp Itala. |