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1840
Feb 18
| 1840 • The Washingtonian Temperance Society is founded. |
1856
Sep 7
Age: 16y
marriageJoseph W Lawrence Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1856 • The Great Train Wreck (the worst railroad calamity in the world to date) occurs near Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
1857
Oct
Age: 17y
| 1857 • In India, British forces recapture Delhi, compelling the surrender of Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal emperor. |
1867
Jan 8
Age: 26y
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marriageJacob Marmon Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1867 • Clarke School for the Deaf in Western Massachusetts opens its doors for the first time, becoming the first school for the deaf in the United States to teach its children how to communicate using the "oral method". |
1869
Feb 23
Age: 29y
| 1869 • John B. Shelden (of Millville, New Jersey) claims to have discovered the North Pole. |
1870
Age: 29y
| 1870 • Infanticide is banned in India. |
1870
Oct 29
Age: 30y
| 1870 • Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. |
1873
Feb 5
Age: 32y
| 1873 • Francis Garnier is attacked outside Hanoi by Black Flag mercenaries fighting for the Vietnamese. |
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Age: 34y
1875
Age: 34y
| 1875 • Third Carlist War: Two government armies (General Quesada and Martínez Campos) start encroaching on Carlist territory. Both they and their Carlist opponent (Mendiri) drive opposing sympathisers from their homes and burn crops in areas they can not hold. Several Carlist generals (Dorregaray, Savalls, and others) are unjustly put on trial for disloyalty. Mendiri is also removed from his command, and is replaced by the Count of Caserta. Despite having 48 infantry battalions, three cavalry regiments, two engineer battalions, and 100 pieces of artillery at his disposal, Caserta is heavily outnumbered by the government forces opposing him. |
1880
Jun 24
Age: 40y
| 1880 • First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British. |
1890
Apr 11
Age: 50y
| 1890 • The United Mine Workers of America is founded. |