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1824
Apr
| 1824 • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the first technological university in the English-speaking world, is founded in Troy, New York. |
1856
Age: 31y
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residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ He was living next door to John and Mary Lowry. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • 500 Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts. |
1856
Mar 6
Age: 31y
marriageEsther Lucas Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution, as King-Grand Duke William III signs the new constitution without the Chamber of Deputies' consent. |
1857
Jan
Age: 32y
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birth of childDudley R Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1857 • At a ceremony in London, Queen Victoria awards the first sixty-six Victoria Crosses to British troops, for actions during the Crimean War. |
1860
Age: 35y
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residenceDouglas, Kansas, USA ⇓ In Wakarusa Township - Before Kansas was a state. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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
Jul 1
Age: 39y
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militaryElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ Not certain if this was him, considering he was in Kansas in 1860. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1863 • American Civil War – Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg. |
1870
Oct
Age: 46y
birth of childFanny Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1870 • Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. |
1877
Jan
Age: 52y
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birth of childRose Lowry Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • Serbia restates its previous declaration of war against Turkey. |
1880
Age: 55y
| 1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1885
Age: 60y
| 1885 • Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, completing the Unification of Bulgaria. |
1900
Age: 75y
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residenceGreat Bend Township, Great Bend City, Ward, Barton, Kansas, USA ⇓ George T. Lowry is living with his daughters Fannie, Dot, and Rose. Rose is a school teacher, and Fannie is a seamstress. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. |