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1829
| 1829 • First ascent of Finsteraarhorn, the highest summit of the Bernese Alps. |
1840
Age: 11y
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residenceIn the two houses behind Charles Hicks, there is a Mrs. Van Norden aged 20-30, and then a Wm A Van Norden aged 40-50 years. Also living on the same page as Charles Hicks is an Abraham Van Norden. William Van Norden's brother James is also living in ward 14, on page 418. modified 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union. |
1850
Age: 21y
| 1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. |
1858
Sep 30
Age: 29y
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marriageAnnie A McCusker Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1858 • Papers by Darwin and Wallace announcing a theory of evolution by natural selection are read at London's Linnean Society. |
1859
Apr 1
Age: 30y
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birth of childAnna Mason Hicks 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1859 • Edwin Drake drills the first oil well in the United States, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, starting the Pennsylvanian oil rush. |
1861
Apr 19
Age: 32y
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militaryGloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ Joined the Massachusetts Infantry 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • The Spanish, French and British governments sign a tripartite agreement to intervene in Mexico, in the hope of recovering unpaid debts.[http://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/FrenchIntervention US Department of State - Office of the Historian: Milestones: 1861-1865]. Accessed 11 March 2013 |
1898
Age: 68y
| 1898 • Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'etat, marking the end of the Hundred Days' Reform; the Guangxu Emperor is arrested. |
1908
Apr 18
Age: 79y
| 1908 • Young Turk Revolution: The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) issues a formal ultimatum to Sultan Abdul Hamid II to restore the constitution of 1876 within the Ottoman Empire. It is restored the following day. |