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1865
Jan 29
| 1865 • The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia. |
1886
Jan 12
Age: 20y
birth of childLena Elsie Mae Bourn Texas, USA ⇓ |
| 1886 • Wilhelm Steinitz becomes first recognized World Chess Champion. |
1899
Jun 4
Age: 34y
birth of childEllen Pauline Bourn Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1899 • NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. |
1900
Age: 34y
| 1900 • Australasian prospector Albert Fuller Ellis identifies phosphate deposits on the Pacific Islands of Nauru and Banaba Island (Ocean Island). |
1911
Feb 8
Age: 46y
| 1911 • The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition is published under American management in England by Cambridge University Press. |