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1851
Jan 9
| 1851 • Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is first performed at La Fenice in Venice. |
1877
Age: 25y
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marriageMartha Ann Makinster 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • American Indian Wars – Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. |
1878
May
Age: 27y
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birth of childMaud L Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • American-born artist James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English critic John Ruskin over a review of the painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face")Ruskin, John (1877-07-02). Fors Clavigera. is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons. |
1881
May 15
Age: 30y
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birth of childEdith May Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1881 • Spelman College is established. |
1884
Dec
Age: 33y
birth of childGrace I Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1884 • Staten Island Academy is founded. |
1890
Jun 29
Age: 39y
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birth of childFloyd C Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1900
Age: 48y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1900
May 14
Age: 49y
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birth of childEva Mildred Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British Army relieves the Siege of Mafeking. |
1930
May 6
Age: 79y
| 1930 • Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft, and also the first cow to be milked in an aeroplane. |