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1842
Sep
| 1842 • In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into a British military base in Grahamstown to warn that the Boers have besieged Durban (he had left 11 days earlier). The British army dispatches a relief force. |
1850
Age: 7y
| 1850 • The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
1850
Age: 7y
| 1850 • The treaty called Punctation of Olmütz is signed in Olomouc. It means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to the Austrian Empire, which takes over the leadership of the German Confederation. |
1860
Age: 17y
| 1860 • The Open Championship, also known as the British Open, is played for the first time at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. The event is won by Willie Park Snr. |
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Oct 20
Age: 24y
1866
Oct 20
Age: 24y
| 1866 • Alfred Nobel invents dynamite in Germany. |
1867
Sep 20
Age: 25y
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birth of childWalter Arthur Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1867 • Pierre Michaux invents the front wheel-driven velocipede, the first mass-produced bicycle. |
1869
Sep
Age: 27y
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birth of childMary J Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • James Gordon Bennett, Jr. of the New York Herald asks Henry Morton Stanley to find Dr. Livingstone. |
1873
Age: 30y
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birth of childJesse Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1873 • The city of Khiva falls to Imperial Russian forces, under the command of General Konstantin von Kaufman. |
1875
Jul 19
Age: 32y
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birth of childIva Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1875 • The Theosophical Society is founded in New York by Helena Blavatsky, H. S. Olcott, W. Q. Judge, and others. |
1877
Jul 15
Age: 34y
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birth of childAddie Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • The British Mediterranean fleet is sent to Besika Bay. |
1880
Age: 37y
| 1880 • The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is established. |
1890
Age: 47y
| 1890 • 1890 British Ultimatum: the United Kingdom demands Portugal withdraw its forces from the land between the Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola (most of present-day Zimbabwe and Zambia) |
1900
Age: 57y
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residenceVisalia, Tulare County, California, USA ⇓ Israel is living with his daughter Mary (Johnson) Clark's family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics. |
1900
Age: 57y
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |