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1816
Oct
| 1816 • Banjul, capital of the Gambia, is founded as a trading post, and named Bathurst. |
1820
Age: 3y
| 1820 • Robert Owen devises the labour voucher. |
1836
Jun 28
Age: 19y
birth of childMarcellus M King Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ |
| 1836 • Fort Parker massacre: Among those captured by Native Americans is nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker; she later gives birth to a son named Quanah, who becomes the last chief of the Comanche. |
1840
Age: 23y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ On the same page is also Alexander Simpson, Lucretia's father. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • The frigate Belle-Poule arrives in Cherbourg, bringing back the remains of Napoléon from Saint Helena to France. He is buried in the Invalides. |
1842
Mar 29
Age: 25y
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birth of childMalinda C King Ohio, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1842 • English palaeontologist Richard Owen coins the name Dinosauria, hence the Anglicized dinosaur.Owen, R. (1842). "Report on British Fossil Reptiles." Part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Plymouth, England. |
1844
Age: 27y
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marriageLucretia Simpson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1844 • Abdelkader El Djezairi is defeated at Isly in Morocco; the sultan of Morocco soon repudiates his ally. |
1850
Age: 33y
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birth of childJeremiah J King Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • St. Mary’s Institute (the future University of Dayton) is founded in Dayton, OH. |
1850
Age: 33y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ An 82 year old Josha King is living in a house not far from them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • The temperance organisation, International Organisation of Good Templars, is established in Utica, New York, as the order of the Knights of Jericho. |
1853
Aug
Age: 36y
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birth of childSarah L King Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1853 • The Bechstein piano company is founded, one of three established in a "Golden year" in the history of the piano (Julius Blüthner and Steinway & Sons being the others). |
1853
Aug
Age: 36y
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birth of childSarah L King Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1853 • Georges-Eugène Haussmann is selected as préfect of the Seine (department) to begin the re-planning of Paris. |
1860
Age: 43y
| 1860 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves. |
1870
Age: 53y
| 1870 • Anaheim, California is incorporated. |
1880
Jun 18
Age: 63y
| 1880 • The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is established. |
1900
Age: 83y
| 1900 • L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published in Chicago, the first of Baum's Oz books chronicling the fictional Land of Oz for children. |
1900
Dec
Age: 84y
| 1900 • The first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. |