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1852
Jan 1
| 1852 • United States statesman Henry Clay was the first to receive the honor of lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda. |
1878
Oct 1
Age: 26y
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marriageSamuel Presley Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • American-born artist James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English critic John Ruskin over a review of the painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face")Ruskin, John (1877-07-02). Fors Clavigera. is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons. |
1918
Feb 25
Age: 66y
| 1918 • Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates and chooses to live in exile in the Netherlands. |