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Spouse
Children
1866
May 28
1866 • Battle of Königgratz: the Prussian army under King Wilhelm and Helmuth von Moltke defeats the Austrian army of Ludwig von Benedek, leading to a decisive Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War. |
1870
Jun 25
Age: 4y
1870 • The Port Adelaide Football Club plays their first match of Australian rules football at Buck's Flat, Glanville, South Australia. |
1880
Jun 26
Age: 14y
1880 • Dorchester Penitentiary opens in Canada. |
1886
Age: 19y
marriageLucinda C Summerville Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1886 • Scotch whisky distiller William Grant & Sons is founded. |
1896
Age: 29y
birth of childJohn Guy Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1896 • Cricket: Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887. |
1900
Jun 11
Age: 34y
1900 • Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé. |
1903
Jan 5
Age: 36y
birth of childHarvey Bruce Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1903 • The British take over the Fulani Empire. |
1910
May 9
Age: 43y
residenceElk Creek, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Must have moved there sometime between 1900 and 1910. 1 Source ⇓ |
1920
May 9
Age: 53y
1920 • The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. |
1940
Apr 16
Age: 73y
residenceEast Brady, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Edward is living with his son Harvey 1 Source ⇓ |
1940 • WWII: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Naval Expansion Act into law, which aims to increase the United States Navy's tonnage by 11%. |
1942
Apr 3
Age: 75y
1942 • WWII: The German Eleventh Army under Erich von Manstein takes Sevastopol, although fighting rages until July 9. |
1942
1942 • WWII: British sailors board German submarine U-559 as it sinks in the Mediterranean and retrieve its Enigma machine and codebooks. |