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1850
| 1850 • United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. |
1860
Age: 10y
| 1860 • Vladivostok is founded in Russia. |
1870
Jan 16
Age: 20y
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marriageMary Ann Munselle Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1870 • The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving blacks the right to vote, is ratified. |
1870
Jul 22
Age: 20y
| 1870 • Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. |
1871
Age: 21y
birth of childRosa L King Illinois, USA ⇓ |
| 1871 • The foundation stone of the first Tay Rail Bridge is laid;BBC History, July 2011, p12 the bridge collapses in a storm eight years later. |
1874
Age: 24y
birth of childWilliam Augustus King Illinois, USA ⇓ |
| 1874 • Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights. |
1877
Age: 27y
birth of childEugene Parker King Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound, considered Edison's first great invention. Edison demonstrates the device for the first time on November 29. |
1880
Age: 30y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia completes her maiden voyage, arriving without incident in Portland, Oregon after a stopover in San Francisco, California. |
1880
Mar
Age: 30y
birth of childArthur M King Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Abdur Rahman Khan becomes Emir of Afghanistan. |
1887
Oct 30
Age: 37y
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birth of childRoyal Carter King Baker, Baker, Oregon, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes makes his first appearance, in the novel A Study in Scarlet published in Beeton's Christmas Annual. |
1891
Sep
Age: 41y
birth of childJessie Dell King Idaho, USA ⇓ |
1910
Age: 60y
