Spouse
Children
1865
Dec 14
| 1865 • International Telegraph Union founded. |
1882
Oct 29
Age: 16y
marriageJohn Franklin Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • The Chinese Exclusion Act is the first important law which restricts immigration into the U.S.A. |
1884
Feb
Age: 18y
birth of childWilliam Henry Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1884 • Staten Island Academy is founded. |
1885
Oct 17
Age: 19y
birth of childNora Belle Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1885 • The Prussian government, motivated by Otto von Bismarck, expels all ethnic Poles and Jews without German citizenship from Prussia in the Prussian deportations. |
1887
Jan 22
Age: 21y
birth of childSarah Jane Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1887 • The United Retail Federation is established in Brisbane. |
1890
Jul
Age: 24y
birth of childWalter Cyrus Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1890 • The British steamship Quetia founders in the Lorres Straits: 124 lives are lost. |
1893
Apr 1
Age: 27y
birth of childCora Ann Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1893 • The rank of Chief Petty Officer is established in the United States Navy. |
1895
Nov 23
Age: 29y
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birth of childJohn Thomas Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1895 • The union of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador begins (ends in 1898). |
1898
Aug 17
Age: 32y
birth of childArch Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1898 • Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20). |
1902
Jun
Age: 36y
| 1902 • Australia: Female British subjects (with the exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) win the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act. |