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1845
| 1845 • Flagstaff War: Chiefs Kawiti and Hone Heke lead 700 Māoris in the burning of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka (now known as Russell, New Zealand). |
1868
Feb 26
Age: 23y
marriageMary Ann Lamb Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1868 • The University of California is founded in Oakland, California, when the Organic Act is signed into California law. |
1871
Age: 26y
| 1871 • Virginia adopts a new Constitution, taking into account, among other things, all of the counties that had left Virginia in 1863 to form the new non-slave state of West Virginia. No other state has ever formed by breaking off from another without the consent of the legislature of the parent state, as in the cases of Vermont, Kentucky, and Maine. |
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Dec
Age: 35y
1879
Dec
Age: 35y
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birth of childCecelia Jessie Johnston Wandsworth, London, England ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • Colonel Ahmed Orabi forms the Egyptian Nationalist Party. |
1891
Age: 45y
residenceBlatchington, Sussex, England ⇓ He was a manager at a Convalescent Hospital. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • The first penalty kick is awarded in a football (soccer) match; John Heath scores it for the Wolverhampton Wanderers. |