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1816
Oct
| 1816 • Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. |
1820
Age: 3y
| 1820 • The Daoguang Emperor succeeds the throne of the Qing Dynasty in China. |
1836
Jun 28
Age: 19y
birth of childMarcellus M King Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ |
| 1836 • Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. |
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 Austrian Empire, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire sign the Convention of London with the Sublime Porte, ruler of the Ottoman Empire. |
1842
Mar 29
Age: 25y
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birth of childMalinda C King Ohio, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1842 • Anselmo de Andrade, Portuguese economist and politician, is born in Vila Real de Santo António. |
1844
Age: 27y
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marriageLucretia Simpson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1844 • King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway upon the death of his father Charles XVI/III John. |
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 ships of the McClure Arctic Expedition set sail from Plymouth. |
1850
Age: 33y
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birth of childJeremiah J King Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (the Waltham Watch Company). |
1853
Aug
Age: 36y
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birth of childSarah L King Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1853 • Potato chips are first prepared. |
1853
Aug
Age: 36y
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birth of childSarah L King Ohio, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1853 • Maria II of Portugal is succeeded by her son Pedro. |
1860
Age: 43y
| 1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
1870
Age: 53y
| 1870 • Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. |
1880
Jun 18
Age: 63y
| 1880 • The Transvaal becomes a republic and Paul Kruger becomes its first president. |
1900
Age: 83y
| 1900 • Emily Hobhouse arrives in Cape Town. |
1900
Dec
Age: 84y
| 1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |