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1832
Feb 19
| 1832 • The University of Durham is founded by an act of Parliament and given royal assent by King William IV. |
1850
Age: 17y
| 1850 • Allan Pinkerton forms the North-Western Police Agency, later the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. |
1860
Age: 27y
| 1860 • The First Taranaki War begins at Waitara, New Zealand, when Māori refuse to sell land to British settlers. |
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 • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending an evening performance of the farce Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. Doctors move the unconscious President to a bed in a house across the street. |
1866
May
Age: 34y
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birth of childEdward Sherman Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1866 • Battle of Königgratz: the Prussian army under King Wilhelm and Helmuth von Moltke defeats the Austrian army of Ludwig von Benedek, leading to a decisive Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War. |
1870
Jun 25
Age: 38y
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residenceToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was a carpenter. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Infanticide is banned in India. |
1880
Age: 47y
| 1880 • The first cash register is patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. |
1903
Mar 2
Age: 71y
| 1903 • Pope Pius X succeeds Pope Leo XIII as the 257th pope. |