1831
Jun 9
| 1831 • British Royal Navy officer James Clark Ross locates the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula. |
1859
Oct 27
Age: 28y
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| 1859 • Troops under Colonel Robert E. Lee overpower Brown at the Federal arsenal. |
1860
Age: 28y
| 1860 • Giuseppe Garibaldi and his troops depart from Quarto on the Expedition of the Thousand. |
1870
Age: 38y
| 1870 • Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. |
1900
Age: 68y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Battle of Dagu Forts: Naval forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture the Taku Forts on the Hai River estuary in China. |
1905
Feb 16
Age: 73y
| 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". |