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1832
Feb 19
1832 • U.S. Survey of the Coast revived (with US Department of Treasury). |
1850
Age: 17y
1850 • San Francisco, California is incorporated as a city. |
1860
Age: 27y
1860 • Abraham Lincoln is selected as the U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party. |
1865
Jun 29
Age: 33y
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militaryHe was in a private in Company A of the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War. His infantry would have been present at Appomattox as well as for the surrender of General Robert E. Lee. 4 Sources ⇓ |
1865 • Léopold II becomes King of the Belgians. |
1866
May
Age: 34y
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birth of childEdward Sherman Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
1866 • The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general"); Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank. |
1870
Jun 25
Age: 38y
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residenceToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was a carpenter. 1 Source ⇓ |
1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human. |
1880
Age: 47y
1880 • Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River. |
1903
Mar 2
Age: 71y
1903 • The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate later rejects the treaty. |