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1854
Jul 7
1860
Age: 5y
| 1860 • The world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled and armoured battleship, the (British) HMS Warrior, is launched. |
1870
Age: 15y
| 1870 • The Army Weather Bureau (within the Army Signal Corps) is created. |
1875
Apr 18
Age: 20y
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marriageNancy J Bourn Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1875 • Bizet’s Carmen is first performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris. |
1880
Age: 25y
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residenceUnion, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Working as a farmer next to his father's land 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. |
1905
Mar 9
Age: 50y
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birth of childWilliam Stanley Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles..., in which he explains Brownian motion. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes four papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year". |
1889
Mar 17
Age: 34y
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deathScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Jacob died from tuberculosis 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1889 • The first issue of Glasgow University Magazine is published. |