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1841
| 1841 • Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, by Rev. Thomas Liddell, who carries a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria and becomes the school's first principal. |
1861
Oct 1
Age: 20y
| 1861 • American Civil War: Georgia secedes from the Union. |
1868
Sep 13
Age: 27y
marriageMinerva Lowry Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1868 • General William Tecumseh Sherman brokers the Treaty of Fort Laramie between the federal government of the United States and the Plains Indians. |
1871
Feb 27
Age: 30y
birth of childCarrie Mae Makinster Union, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1871 • The South Improvement Company is formed by John D. Rockefeller and a group of major railroad interests in an early effort to organize and control the petroleum industry in the U.S.A. |
1873
Mar 6
Age: 32y
birth of childArthur Urial Makinster 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1873 • 11 perish in a train derailment due to a bridge washout in the village of Richmond Switch (now Wood River Junction) in Richmond, Rhode Island. |
1880
Age: 39y
| 1880 • Wabash, Indiana becomes the first electrically lit city in the world. |
1903
Sep 14
Age: 62y
| 1903 • Joseph Chamberlain resigns as British Colonial Secretary, in order to campaign publicly for Imperial Preference. |