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1860
Jan 16
| 1860 • U.S. presidential election: Abraham Lincoln beats John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell and is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office. |
1877
Jan 20
Age: 17y
birth of childMinnie Belle Thornton Cassville, Barry, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • The second battle in the Siege of Plevna is fought. |
1878
Feb 14
Age: 18y
marriageFrances Jane Stroud Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • 10-year Nauruan Tribal War breaks out. |
1878
Oct 11
Age: 18y
birth of childLillian Mae Thornton Sequoia County, Oklahoma Territory, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • The Johns Hopkins University Press, America's oldest university press. |
1882
Oct 29
Age: 22y
marriageIda May Shepherd Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • Battle of Embabo: The Shewan forces of Menelik defeat the Gojjame army. |
1884
Feb
Age: 24y
birth of childWilliam Henry Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1884 • Today's Courier records the first tennis tournaments held on the grounds of Shrubland Hall, Leamington Spa, England. |
1885
Oct 17
Age: 25y
birth of childNora Belle Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1885 • A bill is signed in the New York State legislature forming the Niagara Falls State Park. |
1887
Jan 22
Age: 27y
birth of childSarah Jane Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1887 • The New Gate is built in Jerusalem. |
1890
Jul
Age: 30y
birth of childWalter Cyrus Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1890 • William II of Prussia opposes Bismarck's attempt to renew the law outlawing the Social Democratic Party. |
1893
Apr 1
Age: 33y
birth of childCora Ann Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1893 • The Bahá'í Faith is first publicly mentioned in the United States at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. |
1895
Nov 23
Age: 35y
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birth of childJohn Thomas Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1895 • The Court of Private Land Claims rules that James Reavis's claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent". |
1898
Aug 17
Age: 38y
birth of childArch Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1906
Aug 4
Age: 46y
| 1906 • The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage. |