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1856
May 20
| 1856 • U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in Bleeding Kansas to be in rebellion. |
1877
Jan 20
Age: 20y
birth of childMinnie Belle Thornton Cassville, Barry, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • Treaty 7 is concluded between several mainly Blackfoot First Nations tribes and the Canadian Confederation at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River, settling the Blackfoot on Indian reserves in what will become southern Alberta. |
1878
Feb 14
Age: 21y
marriageJohn Franklin Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Pope Leo XIII succeeds Pope Pius IX as the 256th pope. |
1878
Oct 11
Age: 22y
birth of childLillian Mae Thornton Sequoia County, Oklahoma Territory, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) opens as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the United States. |
1940
Sep 24
Age: 84y
| 1940 • WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. |