1831
Jun 9
| 1831 • USA: Nat Turner's slave rebellion breaks out in Southampton County, Virginia. |
1854
May 6
Age: 22y
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marriageHariette Elizabeth Dewolfe Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ |
| 1854 • The Catholic University of Ireland (forerunner of University College Dublin) is founded. |
1859
Oct 27
Age: 28y
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birth of childGrace Lavinia Clarke 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1859 • The Rancho Rincon de Los Esteros Land Grant is confirmed to Rafael Alvisa, (part of the present Santa Clara County, California). |
1860
Age: 28y
| 1860 • While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike. |
1870
Age: 38y
| 1870 • The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving blacks the right to vote, is ratified. |
1900
Age: 68y
| 1900 • Australasian prospector Albert Fuller Ellis identifies phosphate deposits on the Pacific Islands of Nauru and Banaba Island (Ocean Island). |
1905
Feb 16
Age: 73y
| 1905 • Albert Einstein publishes his paper On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light, in which he explains the photoelectric effect using the notion of light quanta. |