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1857
Jan 20
| 1857 • Illinois State University, the first public university in Illinois, is established in Normal, Illinois |
1860
Age: 2y
| 1860 • Battle of Castelfidardo: The Piedmontese decisively defeat the Papal forces, allowing them to continue their march into Neapolitan territory, and effectively reducing the Papal States to the territory around Rome. |
1879
Jun 26
Age: 22y
marriageAlmira Beckley Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1879 • Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric light bulb (it lasts 13½ hours before burning out). |
1880
Age: 22y
| 1880 • Cologne Cathedral is completed, after construction began in 1248, 632 years earlier. |
1881
Age: 23y
birth of childDona Edith Johnson |
| 1881 • Francis Howell High School (Howell Institute) in St. Charles, Missouri, and Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas open on the same day, putting them in a tie for the title of the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. |
1900
Jun 20
Age: 43y
| 1900 • In New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. |
1910
Age: 52y
| 1910 • Montenegro is proclaimed an independent kingdom under Nicholas I. |
1920
Age: 62y
| 1920 • The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago. |
1929
Jan 1
Age: 71y
| 1929 • The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix is won by William Grover-Williams driving a Bugatti. |