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1840
Feb 18
1840 • J. M. W. Turner first displays his painting The Slave Ship. |
1856
Sep 7
Age: 16y
marriageJoseph W Lawrence Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1856 • American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. |
1857
Oct
Age: 17y
birth of childWilliam H Lawrence Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1857 • Kuala Lumpur, the future capital of Malaysia, is founded as a tin mining settlement. |
1867
Jan 8
Age: 26y
marriageJacob Marmon Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1867 • The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine is named in Montana. |
1869
Feb 23
Age: 29y
birth of childH. Frank Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1869 • First Vatican Council opens. |
1870
Age: 29y
1870 • Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory. |
1870
Oct 29
Age: 30y
birth of childClarence Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1870 • The YWCA is founded in New York City. |
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Age: 32y
1873
Age: 32y
birth of childMinerva Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1873 • Emancipation Day for Puerto Rico: Slaves are freed (with a few exceptions). |
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Age: 34y
1875
Age: 34y
birth of childClyde Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1875 • Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain. |
1880
Jun 24
Age: 40y
1880 • Tinius Olsen awarded a United States Patent for the Little Giant Testing Machine |
1890
Apr 11
Age: 50y
1890 • The British steamship Quetia founders in the Lorres Straits: 124 lives are lost. |