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1848
Feb 13
| 1848 • Republic of San Marco comes into existence in Venice. |
1850
Age: 1y
| 1850 • St. Mary’s Institute (the future University of Dayton) is founded in Dayton, OH. |
1855
Jun 12
Age: 7y
| 1855 • Stamp duty is removed from newspapers in Britain, creating mass market media in the United Kingdom. |
1860
Age: 11y
| 1860 • 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War. |
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Oct
Age: 13y
1861
Oct
Age: 13y
militaryWest Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Henry enrolled as a private in the 97th Regiment, Pennsylvania Voluntary Infantry. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • Benito Juárez is formally elected President of Mexico; he temporarily stops the payments of foreign debt. |
1865
Age: 16y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ He was a clerk in Brooklyn. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • The Shergotty meteorite Mars meteorite falls in Sherghati, Gaya, Bihar, India. |
1870
Age: 21y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Working as a Real Estate Agent 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African-Americans the right to vote, is passed. |
1872
Jan 19
Age: 23y
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marriageMargaret Jane Miller Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Married by Reverend Geer 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1872 • A group of Icaiche Maya under Marcos Canul attack Orange Walk Town in British Honduras; the British send troops against them. |
1875
Age: 26y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Living and working in Brooklyn as a Real Estate Agent. Was a boarder with his wife Margaret - living with the Blair's 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1875 • Ten sophomores from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) steal a one-ton cannon from the campus of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and start the Rutgers-Princeton Cannon War. |
1877
Jun 8
Age: 29y
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birth of childAnna Lott Franklin Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • Serbia restates its previous declaration of war against Turkey. |
1880
Age: 31y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Working as a Real Estate Agent, living on 290 Warren Street. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British. |
1881
Jan 19
Age: 32y
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marriageGrace Lavinia Clarke 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1881 • Culford School, a public school in Suffolk, United Kingdom, is founded. |
1881
Aug 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childSadie Thompson Franklin Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1885
Oct
Age: 37y
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birth of childCharles Lucian Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1885 • Chile's Matrimony and Civil Registry laws come into effect. |
1888
Dec 26
Age: 40y
birth of childGrace Dewolfe Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1888 • There is a mutiny at Dufile, India, and the Emin Pasha is imprisoned. |
1900
Age: 51y
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1910
Age: 61y
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residenceCalcasieu, Louisiana, USA ⇓ Working for the railroad with his son, Charles 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • William D. Boyce founds the Boy Scouts of America. |
1915
Aug 16
Age: 67y
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deathGalveston, Texas, USA ⇓ Henry died in the devastating 1915 Galveston Hurricane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Galveston_hurricane 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1915 • Alfred Wegener publishes his theory of Pangaea. |