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1805
Apr 6
birthRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Born on the old homestead of Henry Miller Sr, his grandfather 3 Sources ⇓ |
1805 • Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. |
1834
Sep 4
Age: 29y
marriageJanetta Wilson 3 Sources ⇓ |
1834 • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne succeeds Earl Grey as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
1836
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn F Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1836 • The first English language newspaper is published in Hawaii. |
1837
Age: 31y
birth of childIsabella P Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1837 • Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, later Mount Holyoke College, is founded in South Hadley, Massachusetts. |
1839
Age: 33y
birth of childJames Wilson Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1839 • Charles Goodyear vulcanizes rubber. |
1841
Age: 35y
birth of childRebecca Ellen Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
1841 • The Georgian province of Guria revolts against the Russian Empire. |
1843
Apr 2
Age: 37y
birth of childWilliam Henry Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1843 • Søren Kierkegaard's philosophical book Fear and Trembling is first published. |
1848
Mar 9
Age: 42y
birth of childSamuel Presley Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1848 • John Bird Sumner becomes archbishop of Canterbury. |
1849
Age: 43y
birth of childMargaret Elizabeth Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1849 • The first segment of the Pennsylvania Railroad, from Lewiston to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, opens for service. |
1850
Dec 3
Age: 45y
residenceRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Occupation on Census shows Farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
1850 • Clayton–Bulwer Treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain, allowing both countries to share Nicaragua and not claim complete control over the proposed Nicaragua Canal. |
1851
Apr 21
Age: 46y
birth of childCalvin Chalmers Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1851 • Virginia closes its Reform Constitutional Convention deciding that all white men have the right to vote. |
1855
Oct 10
Age: 50y
locationWabash County, Indiana ⇓ Had traveled 500 miles on their journey that would eventually find in them in Scotland County, Missouri. 1 Source ⇓ |
1855 • The United States Congress appropriates $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. |
1856
Mar 20
Age: 50y
locationMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Arrived in Memphis after a journey of 1,000 miles from Virginia. 1 Source ⇓ |
1856 • Niagara University is founded in Niagara Falls, New York. |
1860
Jun 17
Age: 55y
1860 • Assisted by the British navy, the troops of Giuseppe Garibaldi cross from Sicily to the Italian mainland. |
1891
Apr 20
Age: 86y
1891 • Nikola Tesla invents the Tesla coil. |
1891
burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Memphis Cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |
1891 • Otsu Incident: Tsesarevich Nikolay Alexandrovich (the future Czar Nicholas II) of Russia survives an assassination attempt while visiting Japan. |