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1850
| 1850 • Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose-built exhibition hall, opens in Birmingham, England. |
1860
Age: 10y
| 1860 • Battle of Calatafimi: Troops under Giuseppe Garibaldi defeat the army of Naples in Sicily, during the Second Italian independence war. |
1870
Jan 16
Age: 20y
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marriageMary Ann Munselle Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1870 • Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. |
1870
Jul 22
Age: 20y
| 1870 • John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. |
1871
Age: 21y
birth of childRosa L King Illinois, USA ⇓ |
| 1871 • Virginia adopts a new Constitution, taking into account, among other things, all of the counties that had left Virginia in 1863 to form the new non-slave state of West Virginia. No other state has ever formed by breaking off from another without the consent of the legislature of the parent state, as in the cases of Vermont, Kentucky, and Maine. |
1874
Age: 24y
birth of childWilliam Augustus King Illinois, USA ⇓ |
| 1874 • First Battle of Somorrostro (Third Carlist War): Determined to raise the siege of Bilbao by the Pretender Don Carlos VII, Republican commander Marshal Francisco Serrano sent General Domingo Moriones with a relief force of 14,000 men. Carlists, under General Nicolás Ollo, entrenched at Somorrostro outside Bilbao drive back a courageous assault by General Fernando Primo de Rivera and then the entire Republican army. The republicans lose 1,200 men, and Moriones loses his nerve demanding reinforcements and a replacement for himself. Moriones men entrenched and waited. |
1877
Age: 27y
birth of childEugene Parker King Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon. |
1880
Age: 30y
| 1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1880
Mar
Age: 30y
birth of childArthur M King Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Tinius Olsen awarded a United States Patent for the Little Giant Testing Machine |
1887
Oct 30
Age: 37y
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birth of childRoyal Carter King Baker, Baker, Oregon, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Hibernian F.C. of Scotland defeats Preston North End of England to win the "Championship of the World" after the two teams win the Association football Cup competitions in their respective countries. |
1891
Sep
Age: 41y
birth of childJessie Dell King Idaho, USA ⇓ |
| 1891 • New Scotland Yard becomes the HQ of the London Metropolitan Police. |
1910
Age: 60y
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |