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1846
Sep 23
| 1846 • Bear Flag Revolt: American settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic. |
1869
Age: 22y
birth of childElla Lilla Medley Miller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • England's first residential university-level women's college, the College for Women, predecessor of Girton College, Cambridge, is founded at Hitchin by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. |
1870
Age: 23y
birth of childSadie Carrie Medley Miller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1870 • The 12.8-km Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed. |
1873
Age: 26y
| 1873 • Emancipation Day for Puerto Rico: Slaves are freed (with a few exceptions). |
1878
Sep
Age: 31y
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birth of childMary Frances Medley Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • The first assassination attempt is made against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in one arm. Prime minister Benedetto Cairoli blocks the aggressor, receiving a leg injury. |
1880
Age: 33y
| 1880 • Piezoelectricity is discovered by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie. |
1882
Aug
Age: 35y
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birth of childFrancis A Medley Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1882 • German medical products company Beiersdorf is founded. |
1900
Age: 53y
| 1900 • Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics. |
1910
Age: 63y
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1916
May 12
Age: 69y
| 1916 • 30 – The Easter Rising occurs in Ireland. Members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood proclaim an Irish Republic and the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army occupy the General Post Office and other buildings in Dublin before surrendering to the British Army. |