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1836
| 1836 • The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens between St. John and La Prairie, Quebec, the first steam-worked passenger railroad in British North America. |
1850
Aug 24
Age: 14y
| 1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. |
1860
Age: 24y
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residenceToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was living a house away from his parents, next door neighbor to a David Summerville who is ten years older. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • The U.S. Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. |
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Age: 28y
1864
Age: 28y
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militaryToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was drafted for the Civil War. Pennsylvania was a Union State that played a critical role in the Civil War, supplying over 360,000 soldiers. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • Ending of Second Anglo-Ashanti war. |
1865
Age: 29y
birth of childJoseph U Summerville Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ |
| 1865 • American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which is taken by Union troops the next day. |
1867
Mar 9
Age: 31y
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birth of childLucinda C Summerville Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1867 • The Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune a religious war between the Serer people and the Muslim Marabouts of Senegambia. |
1870
Nov
Age: 34y
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deathToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Of typhoid fever. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • In the United States, the newly created Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes". |