1858
Dec 26
| 1858 • Police of the Papal States seize Jewish boy Edgardo Mortara and take him away to be raised as a Catholic. |
1879
Jun 26
Age: 20y
marriageCharles Albert Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1879 • Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey. |
1880
Age: 20y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia completes her maiden voyage, arriving without incident in Portland, Oregon after a stopover in San Francisco, California. |
1881
Age: 21y
birth of childDona Edith Johnson |
| 1881 • Determined to bring about the revival of the Hebrew language as a way of unifying Jews, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda had what is believed to be the first modern conversation in Hebrew while living in Paris. |
1900
Jun 20
Age: 41y
| 1900 • Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity. |
1910
Age: 50y
| 1910 • Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. |
1920
Age: 60y
| 1920 • Polish–Soviet War: After the Polish army captures Tarnopol, Dubno, Minsk, and Dryssa, the ceasefire is enforced. |
1935
Jun 8
Age: 76y
| 1935 • Douglas DST, prototype of the Douglas DC-3 airliner, first flies, in the United States. More than 16,000 of the model will eventually be produced. |