1801
1801 • Toussaint Louverture promulgates a reforming constitution for Santo Domingo, declaring himself emperor for life of the entire island of Hispaniola and nominally abolishing slavery. |
1838
Mar 13
Age: 37y
birth of childMargaret Ann Mohnkern Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1838 • Biblical criticism: Christian Hermann Weisse proposes the two-source hypothesis. |
1850
Age: 49y
1850 • Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is published. |
1856
Sep 11
Age: 55y
1856 • Anglo-Persian War: War is declared between Great Britain and Persia. |
1860
Age: 59y
1870
Age: 69y
1870 • Antonio Guzmán Blanco begins his first term as President of Venezuela. |
1880
Age: 79y
1880 • The first stone is laid for the Clarkson Memorial in Wisbech. |
1885
Aug
Age: 84y
1885 • Canadian Pacific Railway: In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on a railway extending across Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald considers the project to be vital to Canada due to the exponentially greater potential for military mobility. |