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1843
Apr 2
| 1843 • Graduation from a class of 39 at the United States Military Academy, West Point, of Ulysses S. Grant (21st) and John J. Peck (8th). |
1850
Age: 6y
| 1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition. |
1860
Age: 16y
| 1860 • The First Taranaki War begins at Waitara, New Zealand, when Māori refuse to sell land to British settlers. |
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 • Danish-Prussian War (Second Schleswig War): 57,000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross the Eider River into Denmark. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
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marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Greenock Morton. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 34y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Everton Football Club, formed as St Domingo. |
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 • Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is founded. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
| 1900 • The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. |
1910
Age: 66y
| 1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
| 1926 • Planes piloted by Major Harold Geiger and Horace Meek Hickam, students at the Air Corps Tactical School, collide in mid-air at Langley Field, Virginia. Hickam parachutes to safety. |