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He graduated from the Philadelphia High School in 1877, and from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1880, since which date he practiced medicine uninterruptedly except from March 1881, to July, 1882 when he was assistant superintendent of Troy Farm. Played baseball with the Germantown junior team from 1875 to 1881 and played on the University of Pennsylvania team in 1878.
1860
Mar 12
| 1860 • first Rules derby between Sheffield F.C. and Hallam F.C., the oldest football fixture in the world. |
1860
Jul 20
Age: 4m
1877
Age: 16y
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graduationHe graduated high school. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • American Indian Wars – Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. |
1880
Age: 19y
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residencePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ That year he also graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • France annexes Tahiti. |
1883
Nov 27
Age: 23y
marriageAdelaide Parmalee Smith Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1883 • The first Carnegie library is opened in Andrew Carnegie's hometown, Dunfermline, Scotland. |
1884
Sep 25
Age: 24y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen 4 Sources ⇓ |
1891
Jul 10
Age: 31y
birth of childRobert Hicks Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Brahmin teacher and nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak begins agitation for Indian home Rule. |
1900
Jun 1
Age: 40y
| 1900 • Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity. |
1900
Oct 23
Age: 40y
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birth of childFrederick Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. |
1906
Jul 31
Age: 46y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated. He is reinstalled in the French Army on July 21, thus ending the Dreyfus affair. |
1912
Jan 18
Age: 51y
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marriageEmily Fairfield Darling Delaware, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel. |
1915
Age: 54y
| 1915 • WWI: Third attack on Anzac Cove by Ottoman forces is repelled by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. |
1920
Age: 59y
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residenceVineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA ⇓ His occupation shows as "physician" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. |
1930
Age: 69y
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residenceVineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA ⇓ His occupation is listed as being a "Homeopathic Physician" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Mahatma Gandhi is arrested again. |
1940
Age: 79y
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residenceVineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Edwin lists his occupation as a medical doctor in a private practice. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Weserübung: German ships set out for the invasion of Norway. |
1941
Mar 20
Age: 81y
| 1941 • The first British jet aircraft, the Gloster E.28/39, is flown. |