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1843
Apr 2
| 1843 • Serial publication of Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit begins in London. In the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States. |
1850
Age: 6y
| 1850 • Europeans make up 22% of the world population. |
1860
Age: 16y
| 1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
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 • Death of John Clare, the Northamptonshire peasant poet (born 1793) in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, England. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
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marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Emancipation Day for Puerto Rico: Slaves are freed (with a few exceptions). |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
| 1874 • Charles Taze Russell and the Bible Student movement claim this year marks the invisible return of Jesus Christ to earth. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 34y
| 1878 • Otto von Bismarck abandons his Kulturkampf and forces through legislation outlawing the Social Democrats. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 37y
| 1880 • Tinius Olsen awarded a United States Patent for the Little Giant Testing Machine |
1887
Aug 27
Age: 44y
| 1887 • Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
| 1900 • Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University announces a theory about the cause of the Earth's magnetism. |
1910
Age: 66y
1924
Aug 26
Age: 81y
| 1924 • Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin immediately begins to purge his rivals to clear the way for his leadership. |
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
