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1849
Oct 1
1849 • Fort Worth, Texas, is founded. |
1850
Sep 24
Age: 11m
1850 • The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (the Waltham Watch Company). |
1860
Age: 10y
1860 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation). |
1870
Age: 20y
1870 • The Ems Dispatch serves as a reason for a war between Prussia and France. |
1874
Age: 24y
marriageGeorge W Farlow |
1874 • Harper's Weekly publishes a cartoon by Thomas Nast which is the first use of an elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. [http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/CartoonOfTheDay.asp?Year=2003?Month=November?Date=7]. |
1875
Age: 25y
birth of childMargaretta Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
1875 • ICRM renamed International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). |
1878
May
Age: 28y
birth of childAlfred Homer Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
1878 • In anticipation of war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to Malta. |
1900
Age: 50y
1900 • The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. |
1930
Age: 80y
1930 • The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence). |
1938
Jan 29
Age: 88y
1938 • Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing panic in various parts of the United States. |