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Was inventor of the first percussion caps, the machine for making them and the powder with which they were charged. At the time of his death he had almost perfected the Hick's Centrifugal Dynamite Gun. His son, Walter E Hicks, would patent the Centrifugal Gun in 1888 after Charles Hicks had passed away.
1806
Jan
| 1806 • Construction is authorized of the National Road (the first United States federal highway). |
1829
Age: 22y
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birth of childThomas R Hicks New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1829 • Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the seventh President of the United States of America. |
1835
Jun
Age: 29y
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birth of childJosephine Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1835 • Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario opens. |
1840
Age: 33y
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residenceIn the two houses behind Charles Hicks, there is a Mrs. Van Norden aged 20-30, and then a Wm A Van Norden aged 40-50 years. Also living on the same page as Charles Hicks is an Abraham Van Norden. William Van Norden's brother James is also living in ward 14, on page 418. modified 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta. |
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Age: 37y
1844
Age: 37y
birth of childFannie F Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1844 • Giuseppe Verdi's I due Foscari debuts at Teatro Argentina, Rome. |
1847
Age: 40y
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birth of childWalter E Hicks New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • Theta Delta Chi is founded at Union College. |
1849
Age: 42y
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birth of childJessie Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1849 • Second Anglo-Sikh War – British forces retreat from the Battle of Tooele. |
1850
Age: 43y
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residenceNew York, New York, USA ⇓ He was a jeweler at the time. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • San Francisco, California is incorporated as a city. |
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Age: 43y
1850
Age: 43y
birth of childEllen M Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1850 • The temperance organisation, International Organisation of Good Templars, is established in Utica, New York, as the order of the Knights of Jericho. |
1850
Age: 43y
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residenceNew York, New York, USA ⇓ He was a jeweler at the time. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose-built exhibition hall, opens in Birmingham, England. |
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Age: 44y
1851
Age: 44y
birth of childEugene Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1851 • Santa Clara College is chartered in Santa Clara, California. |
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Age: 47y
1854
Age: 47y
birth of childJerome Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1854 • James Ambrose Cutting takes out the first of his three United States patents for improvements to the wet plate collodion process (Ambrotype photography). |
1857
Feb 10
Age: 51y
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inventionHaverstraw, New York, USA ⇓ US Patent for "Improved machine for ramming percussion-caps" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1857 • Kuala Lumpur, the future capital of Malaysia, is founded as a tin mining settlement. |
1857
Feb 17
Age: 51y
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inventionHaverstraw, New York, USA ⇓ US Patent for "Improved machine for varnishing percussion-caps" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1857 • End of the Anglo-Persian War. |
1860
Age: 53y
| 1860 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves. |
1870
Jul 16
Age: 64y
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residencePennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was a paper collar maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Leon Michel Gambetta escapes the besieged Paris in a hot-air balloon. |
1879
Oct 31
Age: 73y
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deathPhiladelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1879-11-03; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer "HICKS - On October 31st ult., CHARLES HICKS, in the seventy-third year of his age. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, November 3, at 2 o'clock, from 1912 Poplar street." 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey. |