1849
| 1849 • The Mississippi River levee at Sauvé's Crevasse breaks, flooding much of New Orleans, Louisiana. |
1851
Age: 2y
residenceMansfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⇓ He was most likely the Herbert Hall son of Herbert and Anne Hall. The birth place and location match up. "Henry" was most likely his father's nickname. His father was a laborer, and his mother was from Kings County Ireland. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1851 • French coup of 1851: In what amounts to a coup, Louis Napoleon, president of France, dissolves the French National Assembly and declares a new constitution to extend his term. A year later he declares himself as Emperor Napoleon III, ending the Second Republic. |
1870
Sep 3
Age: 21y
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marriageMary Kenyon Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England ⇓ Married in the cathedral & parish church by W. Crane, in the presence of John Kenyon and his wife Jane Staley. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • A plebiscite held in Rome supports, by 133,681 votes to 1,507, the annexation of the city by Italy. |
1871
Age: 22y
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residenceGorton, Lancashire, England ⇓ He was a carpenter. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1871 • Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Vitznau – Rigi Railway on Mount Rigi in Switzerland. |
1879
May 1
Age: 30y
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birth of childHerbert H Hall Bradford, Lancashire, England ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey. |
1881
Age: 32y
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residenceBradford, Lancashire, England ⇓ He was a railway carpenter. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1881 • The United States Tennis Association is established by a small group of tennis club members. |
1891
Age: 42y
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residenceAcomb, Yorkshire, England ⇓ He was a railway wagon builder. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Maria Skłodowska (later Marie Curie) enters the Sorbonne University. |
1911
Age: 62y
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residenceMansfield, Nottinghamshire, England ⇓ He was a railway wagon builder. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1911 • New Zealand-born British physicist Ernest Rutherford deduces the existence of a compact atomic nucleus from scattering experiments. |