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1839
Oct 20
| 1839 • British forces seize Hong Kong as a base, as it prepares to wage war against Qing China. The ensuing 3-year conflict becomes known as the First Opium War. |
1850
Age: 10y
| 1850 • United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. |
1860
Age: 20y
| 1860 • Abraham Lincoln is selected as the U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party. |
1862
Jun 15
Age: 22y
marriageMary E Wilson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1862 • Treaty of Saigon: Emperor Tự Đức of the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam cedes Saigon, Côn Sơn Island and three southern provinces of what is to become known as Cochinchina (Biên Hòa, Gia Định, and Dinh Tuong) to become part of the French colonial empire. Guerilla leader Trương Định refuses to recognise the treaty. |
1864
Sep 15
Age: 24y
marriageMary Amanda Griffin Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Second Battle of Franklin: The Army of Tennessee led by General Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions around Franklin, Tennessee (Hood loses 6 generals and almost a third of his troops). |
1865
Dec 21
Age: 26y
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birth of childCharles Stanton Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1865 • Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley. |
1867
Nov 21
Age: 28y
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birth of childJames H Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1867 • The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It will be renamed after its designer, John A. Roebling, in 1983. |
1870
Age: 30y
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residenceScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Richard is living next door to his brother Cicero's family and his father Jacob's family. They are all farmers. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Reconstruction era of the United States: Virginia rejoins the Union. |
1872
Mar
Age: 32y
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birth of childGuy Richard Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1872 • The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College begins its first academic session (the university is later renamed Virginia Tech). |
1879
Oct 7
Age: 39y
| 1879 • Henrik Ibsen's controversial drama A Doll's House premières at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen (having been first published on December 4 in the city). |