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1844
Oct
| 1844 • George Williams founds the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in London. |
1869
Sep 23
Age: 24y
marriageArabella Voris Franklin Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • North German Confederation issues 10gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeater's skin. |
1870
Age: 25y
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birth of childBessie F Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |
1873
Feb
Age: 28y
birth of childCharles F Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1873 • Classes begin at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, USA. |
1875
Age: 30y
birth of childMarshall A Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1875 • Two American colleges play each other in arguably the first game of College Football:Smith, R.A. "Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics", New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Tufts University and Harvard University at Jarvis Field in Cambridge, Mass.. |
1878
Oct
Age: 34y
birth of childJohn L Butler Connecticut, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • The Second Afghan War commences when the British attack Ali Masjid in the Khyber Pass. |
1880
Age: 35y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia, which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works of John Roach and Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. |
1900
Age: 55y
| 1900 • N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. |
1920
Age: 75y
| 1920 • The forces of Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. The Great Siberian Ice March ensues. |
1924
Aug 22
Age: 79y
| 1924 • British Empire Exhibition opens. It was the largest colonial exhibition with 58 countries of the empire dramatically represented. |