Parents
Spouse
Children
Siblings
life path
open on the Time Map »
1854
Jan 6
| March 31, 1854 • Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy signs the Treaty/Convention of Kanagawa with the Japanese government (the Tokugawa Shogunate), opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade (see History of Japan). |
1860
Age: 5y
| September 3, 1860 • September 5 – The First International Chemistry Congress is held in Karlsruhe, Baden. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 19y
|
marriageAlva Washington Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| March 19, 1873 • German Modernist Composer Max Reger was born in Brand, Bavaria, Germany. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 20y
1879
Nov 11
Age: 25y
| May 14, 1879 • The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas. |
1880
Age: 25y
| October 28, 1880 • The first stone is laid for the Clarkson Memorial in Wisbech. |
1900
Age: 45y
| 1900 • In New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. |
1910
Age: 55y
| March 18, 1910 • The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster. |
1920
Age: 65y
| January 9, 1920 • Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" George Polley climbs the Woolworth Building in New York City. He reaches the 30th floor before being arrested. |
1930
Age: 75y
|
residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with her brother Joseph 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The Chittagong Rebellion begins in India with the Chittagong armoury raid. |
1950
Apr 4
Age: 96y
| September 8, 1950 • The Defense Production Act is enacted into law in the U.S., shaping American military contracting for the next 60 years. |
1937
Mar 29
Age: 83y
|
deathMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Her brother, Charles Albert Bourn, passed away 11 days prior 3 Sources ⇓ |
| October 18, 1937 • October 21 – Spanish Civil War: The whole Spanish northern seaboard falls into the Falangists' hands; Republican forces in Gijon, Spain, set fire to petrol reserves prior to retreating before the advancing Falangists. |
after
Mar 29
1937
Mar 29
|
burialHitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Richland Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1937 • Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear after taking off from New Guinea during Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world. |