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1843
Apr 2
| 1843 • The Friend, a Quaker weekly, is first published in London. |
1850
Age: 6y
| 1850 • Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is published. |
1860
Age: 16y
| 1860 • The world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled and armoured battleship, the (British) HMS Warrior, is launched. |
1864
Age: 20y
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militaryJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ William was drafted into the Civil War into the Union Army under J.F. Benjamin. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Battle of Mobile Bay: At Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
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marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • The Agra canal opens in India. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 34y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Geiger (Corporation), formed as Geiger Brothers. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 37y
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birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • Abdur Rahman Khan becomes Emir of Afghanistan. |
1887
Aug
Age: 44y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Battle of Dagu Forts: Naval forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture the Taku Forts on the Hai River estuary in China. |
1910
Age: 66y
| 1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
| 1926 • Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. |