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1809
| 1809 • Peninsular War: Second Battle of Porto: the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Wellesley drives the French army commanded by Marshal Soult out of Porto and forces them to retreat from the country. |
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Age: 26y
1835
Age: 26y
marriageCharles Lucian Franklin Delaware County, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1835 • Ferdinand becomes Emperor of Austria. |
1835
Age: 26y
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birth of childEmily B Franklin New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1835 • USA: The Second Seminole War breaks out. |
1838
Age: 29y
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birth of childLucian Augustus Franklin New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1838 • The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth was made, indicating −60 °C (−76 °F) in Yakutsk. |
1840
Age: 31y
| 1840 • Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands. |
1842
Age: 33y
birth of childClarissa A Franklin 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1842 • English palaeontologist Richard Owen coins the name Dinosauria, hence the Anglicized dinosaur.Owen, R. (1842). "Report on British Fossil Reptiles." Part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Plymouth, England. |
1845
Age: 36y
birth of childArabella Voris Franklin New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1845 • American newspaper editor John L. O'Sullivan claims (in connection with the annexation of Texas) in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review that the United States should be allowed "the fullfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions". It is the second time he uses the term manifest destiny and will have a huge influence on American imperialism in the following century. |
1848
Feb 13
Age: 39y
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birth of childHenry Clay Franklin Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
1850
Aug 10
Age: 41y
| 1850 • Richard Wagner's romantic opera Lohengrin (including the Bridal Chorus) premieres under the direction of Franz Liszt in Weimar. |
1855
Jun 12
Age: 46y
| 1855 • Large-scale Bleeding Kansas violence begins with events leading to the 'Wakarusa War' between antislavery and proslavery forces. |
1860
Age: 51y
| 1860 • Battle of the Volturno: Garibaldi defeats the last organized army of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. |
1865
Age: 56y
| 1865 • American Civil War – Battle of Five Forks: In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive. |
1870
Aug 12
Age: 61y
| 1870 • Antonio Guzmán Blanco begins his first term as President of Venezuela. |
1875
Age: 66y
| 1875 • The Theosophical Society is founded in New York by Helena Blavatsky, H. S. Olcott, W. Q. Judge, and others. |
1880
Age: 71y
1891
Jan 27
Age: 82y
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pensionNew York, New York, USA ⇓ Received her son Lucian's Pension from his Civil War service 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Thomas Alva Edison's prototype kinetoscope is first displayed at Edison's Laboratory, for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs. |
1891
Apr 22
Age: 82y
| 1891 • The International Copyright Act of 1891 is passed by the 51st United States Congress. |