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1816
Dec 28
| 1816 • Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. |
1837
Aug 14
Age: 20y
marriagePaulina C Davidson Franklin County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Married by John H Thompson. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1837 • Samuel Morse files a caveat for a patent for the telegraph.[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/timeline01.html Morse Timeline] on memory.loc.gov (accessed on 27 May 2014) |
1850
Age: 32y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert is a farmer, and Paulina is a carpenter. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • US census shows that 11.2% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race. |
1850
Age: 32y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert is a farmer, and Paulina is a carpenter. Living on the same page are Silas Billups, William Billups, and John Davis Bourne and his family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
1860
Age: 42y
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residenceMiller, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert is a farmer, and their two oldest sons are millers. A Jas Parish age 21 is staying with them, possibly a boarder. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • Battle of Calatafimi: Troops under Giuseppe Garibaldi defeat the army of Naples in Sicily, during the Second Italian independence war. |
1870
Age: 52y
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residenceLewis County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert H Billups is a farmer, living next door is a James Billups. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Reconstruction era of the United States: Virginia rejoins the Union. |
1892
Oct 16
Age: 75y
| 1892 • The Stanley Cup is donated by Sir Frederick Stanley. |