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1829
Oct 16
| 1829 • The Swan River Colony (later to become the cities of Perth and Fremantle) is founded in Western Australia. This secures the western 'third' of the Australian landmass for the British. |
1851
Jul 3
Age: 21y
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marriageCatherine E Taylor Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1851 • The first white men reportedly see Yosemite Valley. |
1860
Age: 30y
| 1860 • U.S. presidential election: Abraham Lincoln beats John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell and is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office. |
1863
Mar 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childCarlton Curtis Clinger Walnut Bend, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • Harper's Weekly publishes Thomas Nast's first drawing of the modern Santa Claus (although Santa existed previously). |
1870
Age: 40y
| 1870 • Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. |
1880
Age: 50y
| 1880 • Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River. |
1900
Age: 70y
1909
May 2
Age: 79y
| 1909 • The Anglo-Persian Oil Company, modern-day BP, is incorporated. |