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1844
Oct
| 1844 • Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. |
1869
Sep 23
Age: 24y
marriageArabella Voris Franklin Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • Basutoland becomes a British protectorate (abolished in 1966). |
1870
Age: 25y
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birth of childBessie F Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. |
1873
Feb
Age: 28y
birth of childCharles F Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1873 • Battle of Bocairente (Third Carlist War): Campaigning in Valenica, Spanish Republican General Valeriano Weyler is attacked at Bocairente, northwest of Alcoy, by a greatly superior Carlist force under General José Santés. Weyler was initially driven back, losing some of his guns, but in a brilliant counter-attack he turns defeat into victory and Santés is heavily repulsed and forced to withdraw. |
1875
Age: 30y
birth of childMarshall A Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1875 • Battle of Agurdat: An Egyptian invasion of Ethiopia fails when Emperor Yohannes IV defeats an army led by Werner Munzinger. |
1878
Oct
Age: 34y
birth of childJohn L Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • July 12 – The Congress of Berlin convenes to discuss the Ottoman Empire. |
1880
Age: 35y
| 1880 • France annexes Tahiti. |
1900
Age: 55y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |
1920
Age: 75y
| 1920 • Canonization of Joan of Arc. Over 30,000 people attend the ceremony in Rome, including 140 descendants of Joan of Arc's family. Pope Benedict XV presides over the rite, for which the interior of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is richly decorated. |
1924
Aug 22
Age: 79y
| 1924 • A Soviet-backed communist coup attempt fails in Estonia. |