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1847
Nov 9
| 1847 • The Cumberland School of Law is founded at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. At the end of this year only 15 law schools exist in the United States. |
1850
Age: 2y
| 1850 • The traditional date of Kansas City, Missouri's founding. This is the date on which it is incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "Town of Kansas". |
about
Age: 7y
1855
Age: 7y
| 1855 • Palm oil sales from West Africa to the United Kingdom reach 40,000 tons. |
1860
Age: 12y
| 1860 • 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War. |
1870
Age: 22y
| 1870 • The British government admits the former Hudson's Bay Company territory of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 26y
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marriageLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Alexander Mackenzie becomes the second Prime Minister of Canada. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 27y
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birth of childFred Marcus Johnson Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Democrats gain control of the United States House of Representatives for the first time since 1860. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 32y
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birth of childChandler Allen Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War. |
1880
Age: 32y
| 1880 • The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. |
1900
Age: 52y
| 1900 • The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. |
1910
Age: 62y
1920
Age: 72y
| 1920 • Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race first run in Paris. |
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 Irish Free State joins the League of Nations. |