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1843
Apr 2
| 1843 • Søren Kierkegaard's philosophical book Fear and Trembling is first published. |
1850
Age: 6y
| 1850 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
1860
Age: 16y
| 1860 • first Rules derby between Sheffield F.C. and Hallam F.C., the oldest football fixture in the world. |
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 • Helena, Montana, is founded after four prospectors (the so-called Four Georgians) discover gold at Last Chance Gulch; it is their last and agreed final attempt at weeks of trying to find gold in the northern Rockies. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
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marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • German Modernist Composer Max Reger was born in Brand, Bavaria, Germany. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Sack of Cuenca (Third Carlist War): After Carlist forces successfully defended Estella, Don Alfonso de Bourbon, brother of the Don Carlos VII, led 14,000 Catalan Carlists south to attack Cuenca 136 km from Madrid, held by Republicans under Don Hilario Lozano. After two days the outnumbered garrison capitulated but Don Alfonso permitted a terrible slaughter. The city is sacked. Subsequently another republican force defeats the disorderly Catalans who flee back to the Ebro. |
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 • The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is established. |
1887
Aug
Age: 44y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |
1910
Age: 66y
| 1910 • Montenegro is proclaimed an independent kingdom under Nicholas I. |
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
| 1926 • Eugene O'Neill's The Great God Brown opens at the Greenwich Theatre. |