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1839

1839 Baltimore City College, the third public high school in the United States, is established in Baltimore, Maryland.

1864


Age: 25y
1864 • The Second Schleswig War is concluded. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration.

1866


Age: 27y
1866 Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.

1868


Age: 29y
1868 President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.

1870


Age: 31y
1870 • The Canadian province of Manitoba is created in response to Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion.

1875


Age: 36y
1875 • The Theosophical Society is founded in New York by Helena Blavatsky, H. S. Olcott, W. Q. Judge, and others.

1877


Aug 3
Age: 38y
1877 • Realizing that his people are weakened by cold and hunger, Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.

1880


Age: 41y
1880 • A big earthquake struck Zagreb and demolished everything including the Zagreb Cathedral.

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