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1809
before
Age: 26y
1835
Age: 26y
marriageCharles Lucian Franklin Delaware County, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1835 • Halley's Comet reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun. |
1835
Age: 26y
birth of childEmily B Franklin New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1835 • The Texas Declaration of Independence is first signed at Goliad, Texas. |
1838
Age: 29y
birth of childLucian Augustus Franklin New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1838 • The 5th century BC bronze Chatsworth Head is acquired by the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Smyrna from H. P. Borrell. |
1840
Age: 31y
1840 • One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded. |
1842
Jun
Age: 33y
birth of childClarissa Ann Franklin New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1842 • Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio, and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution. |
1845
Age: 36y
birth of childArabella Voris Franklin New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1845 • The Aberdeen Act is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom empowering the British Royal Navy to search Brazilian ships as part of the abolition of the slave trade from Africa. |
1848
Feb 13
Age: 39y
birth of childHenry Clay Franklin Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
1850
Aug 10
Age: 41y
1850 • British foreign secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, sends ships to blockade the port of Piraeus, ostensibly as a result of the Don Pacifico affair. |
1855
Jun 12
Age: 46y
1855 • Michigan State University (the "pioneer" land-grant college) is established. |
1860
Age: 51y
1860 • The Nightingale Training School and Home for Nurses, the first nursing school based on the ideas of Florence Nightingale, is opened at St Thomas' Hospital in London. |
1865
Age: 56y
1865 • Tennessee adopts a new constitution that abolishes slavery. |
1870
Aug 12
Age: 61y
1870 • Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. |
1875
Age: 66y
1875 • Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel. |
1880
Age: 71y
1880 • Wabash, Indiana becomes the first electrically lit city in the world. |
1891
Jan 27
Age: 82y
pensionNew York, New York, USA ⇓ Received her son Lucian's Pension from his Civil War service 1 Source ⇓ |
1891 • Census in the United Kingdom. 15.6 million people live in cities of 20,000 or more in England and Wales. Cities of 20,000 or more account for 54% of the total English population. |
1891
Apr 22
Age: 82y
1891 • The Chilean Civil War of 1891 breaks out. |