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1847
Nov 9
| 1847 • U.S. troops defeat Mexican troops in Valencia, Mexico |
1850
Age: 2y
| 1850 • The transportation of British convicts to Western Australia begins, as the transportation of British convicts to other parts of Australia is phased out, when the ship Scindian arrives in Fremantle with 75 male prisoners. |
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Age: 7y
1855
Age: 7y
| 1855 • Large-scale Bleeding Kansas violence begins with events leading to the 'Wakarusa War' between antislavery and proslavery forces. |
1860
Age: 12y
| 1860 • After a fiercely contested campaign, Monier Williams is elected as the new Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University. |
1870
Age: 22y
| 1870 • First ever international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the auspices of the Football Association at The Oval, London. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 26y
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marriageLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 27y
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birth of childFred Marcus Johnson Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • 27 – Second Battle of Somorrostro (Third Carlist War): In a renewed attempt to raise the siege of Bilbao by Don Carlos VII, Republican commander Marshal Francisco Serrano himself arrived with 27,000 men and 70 cannon. However in three days of fierce fighting, the Carlist General Joaquín Elío, with just 17,000 men, once again drove off the attack at nearby Somorrostro, and it was another six weeks before Serrano managed to relieve Bilbao. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 32y
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birth of childChandler Allen Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • The English Catholic convert John Henry Newman is elevated to Cardinal. |
1880
Age: 32y
| 1880 • Piezoelectricity is discovered by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie. |
1900
Age: 52y
| 1900 • The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. |
1910
Age: 62y
| 1910 • The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty is signed. It becomes null and void in 1965. |
1920
Age: 72y
| 1920 • France prohibits the sale or prescription of contraceptives. |
1923
Oct 29
Age: 75y
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deathMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ He passed away from chronic myocarditis, a heart attack. Funeral services conducted at Richland Church, Hitt, Missouri 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1923 • The Grouping: All major British railway companies are grouped into four larger companies, under terms of the Railways Act 1921. |