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1816
Apr 4
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birthNew York, USA ⇓ Her maiden name is known to be Simpson by her daughter Malinda's death record. Since Alexander Simpson is only living two houses away from them in 1840, he is very likely her father. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1816 • René Laennec invents the stethoscope. |
1820
Age: 3y
| 1820 • The town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, is incorporated. |
1830
Age: 13y
| 1830 • Hector Berlioz's most famous work, Symphonie Fantastique, has its world premiere in Paris. |
1834
Age: 17y
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marriageJesse King 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1834 • The British East India Company monopoly on China trade ends. |
1836
Jun 28
Age: 20y
birth of childMarcellus M King Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ |
| 1836 • The first English language newspaper is published in Hawaii. |
1840
Age: 23y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Alexander Simpson is living only two houses away from them at the time. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • August Borsig's steam locomotive, the first built in Germany, competes against a Stephenson-built locomotive on the Berlin-Jüterbog railroad; the Borsig locomotive wins by 10 minutes. |
1840
Age: 23y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ On the same page is also Alexander Simpson, his wife's father. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • British colonists reach New Zealand, officially founding Wellington. |
1842
Mar 29
Age: 25y
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birth of childMalinda C King Ohio, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1842 • The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is established. |
1850
Age: 33y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ An 82 year old Josha King is living in a house not far from them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • British foreign secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, sends ships to blockade the port of Piraeus, ostensibly as a result of the Don Pacifico affair. |
1850
Age: 33y
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birth of childJeremiah J King Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • St. Mary’s Institute (the future University of Dayton) is founded in Dayton, OH. |
1850
Age: 33y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ An 82 year old Josha King is living in a house not far from them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • California is admitted as the 31st U.S. state. |
1853
Aug
Age: 37y
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birth of childSarah L King Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1853 • The first plat for Seattle, Washington is laid out. |
1853
Aug
Age: 37y
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birth of childSarah L King Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1853 • The first true International Meteorological Organization is established in Brussels, Belgium. |
1860
Age: 43y
| 1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
1870
Age: 53y
| 1870 • Leon Michel Gambetta escapes the besieged Paris in a hot-air balloon. |
1880
Jun 18
Age: 64y
| 1880 • The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London aboard the SS Strathleven. |
1882
Mar 6
Age: 65y
| 1882 • Albion Rovers F.C. (through the amalgamation of two Coatbridge clubs, Albion and Rovers) |
1882
Mar
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burialJefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ West Salem Cemetery, Jefferson, Illinois - Plot: Row 8, 1st Monument; from church, N side of road 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1882 • Great Comet of 1882: Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun and described it as "The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4″ in diameter; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight." |