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1848
Feb 13
| 1848 • The Associated Press founded in New York. |
1850
Age: 1y
| 1850 • President Millard Fillmore is sworn in. |
1855
Jun 12
Age: 7y
| 1855 • Lord Palmerston becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
1860
Age: 11y
| 1860 • South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |
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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 • Italian unification: The surrender of Civitella del Tronto ends the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
1865
Age: 16y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ He was a clerk in Brooklyn. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • James Hudson Taylor founds the China Inland Mission at Brighton, England. |
1870
Age: 21y
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residenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Working as a Real Estate Agent 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory. |
1872
Jan 19
Age: 23y
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marriageMargaret Jane Miller Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ Married by Reverend Geer 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1872 • George Westinghouse receives a United States patent for the "failsafe" automatic railway air brake. |
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 • Bizet’s Carmen is first performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris. |
1877
Jun 8
Age: 29y
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birth of childAnna Lott Franklin Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound, considered Edison's first great invention. Edison demonstrates the device for the first time on November 29. |
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 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1881
Jan 19
Age: 32y
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marriageGrace Lavinia Clarke 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1881 • The University of Connecticut is founded as the Storrs Agricultural School. |
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 • The Committee of Fifteen tries to expel all remaining Chinese from the Puget Sound area. |
1888
Dec 26
Age: 40y
birth of childGrace Dewolfe Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1888 • Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, two seconds and 18 frames in length (followed by his movie Leeds Bridge). |
1900
Age: 51y
| 1900 • Philippine–American War: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a large American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa. |
1910
Age: 61y
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residenceCalcasieu, Louisiana, USA ⇓ Working for the railroad with his son, Charles 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
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 • WWI: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary. |