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1843
Apr 2
1843 • Brazil becomes the second country, after Great Britain, to issue nationally valid postage stamps with the release of its "Bull's Eye" series. |
1850
Age: 6y
1850 • San Francisco, California is incorporated as a city. |
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
militaryJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ William was drafted into the Civil War into the Union Army under J.F. Benjamin. 1 Source ⇓ |
1864 • The first Quanjude Peking Roast Duck restaurant opens on Qianmen Street in Peking, China. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1873 • League of the Three Emperors is created. It links the conservative monarchs of Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia in an alliance against radical movements. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1874 • Iceland is granted a constitution and limited home rule from Denmark. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 34y
birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1878 • The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 37y
birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
1880 • Cologne Cathedral is completed, after construction began in 1248, 632 years earlier. |
1887
Aug
Age: 44y
birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1887 • Construction of the iron structure of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris, France |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
1900 • Philippine–American War: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a large American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa. |
1910
Age: 66y
1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
1926 • The British miners' union begins negotiations with the government |