Spouse
Children
1829
May 8
| 1829 • South African College inaugurated in Cape Town. |
1852
Oct 30
Age: 23y
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birth of childMary Frances Bourne Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • The Second Burmese War began. |
1855
Apr 28
Age: 25y
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birth of childVirginia A Bourne Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1855 • The Panama Railway becomes the first railroad to connect the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. |
1861
Oct 17
Age: 32y
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birth of childNancy Leah Bourne Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1864
Apr 12
Age: 34y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Bourne Rosalia, Whitman County, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1864 • First Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field is signed in Geneva by 12 European states under the auspices of the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded (predecessor of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement). |
1888
Sep 25
Age: 59y
| 1888 • The 91-centimeter telescope is first used at Lick Observatory in California. |