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1823
| 1823 • Work begins on the British Museum in London, designed by Robert Smirke, and the Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. |
1844
Jul 18
Age: 21y
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marriageCatharine Jessup Parke, Indiana, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1844 • The first electrical telegram is sent over the telegraph by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought". |
1847
Jan 14
Age: 24y
| 1847 • Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz. |
1847
May 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childMinerva Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • Radley College, an English public school, is founded near Oxford. |
1848
Nov 13
Age: 25y
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birth of childCharles Henry Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1848 • Queen's College, London, for women, is founded. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 27y
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residenceParke, Indiana ⇓ A Julia Lowry aged 12 is living with them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • Phi Kappa Sigma International Fraternity was founded at the University of Pennsylvania. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 27y
| 1850 • The University of Sydney (the oldest in Australia) is founded. |
1851
Jan 9
Age: 28y
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birth of childAndrew Thomas Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ Right after he was born they moved back to Indiana. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1851 • The first white men reportedly see Yosemite Valley. |
1852
Age: 29y
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residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ They moved there around 1852. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • Leo Tolstoy's first novel, Childhood, was published in book form. |
1852
Dec 29
Age: 30y
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birth of childJaretta Ann Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1852 • Antioch College was founded. Its first president was Horace Mann. |
1856
Age: 33y
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residenceElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ At the time, they owned a 100 acres of unimproved land and 70 acres of improved (farmed) land. They had been resident in the state for five years. Living right next to George T Lowry. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • Taiping Rebellion: Suspecting treachery on the part of East King Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai garrisons Anhui and begins his march back to the Heavenly Capital, having defeated a strong Xiang Army detachment. |
1856
Jun 1
Age: 33y
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birth of childEmily Jane Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1856 • St. Paul's School, Belgaum is founded by the Jesuits in Belgaum, India. |
1860
Jun 8
Age: 37y
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residenceElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ He had two children, Albert born in roughly 1855, and Mary E. born in roughly 1860 who both died in early childhood. Albert appears on the 1856 census, and Mary E. appears on this 1860. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves. |
1863
Jul 1
Age: 40y
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militaryElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ Civil War draft registration for the Union. In 1863, the U.S. Federal Government began drafting all men 20-45 for the civil war until 1865 at the war's end. He was drafter under Philo E. Hall, Provost Marshall. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road starts operations in Brooklyn, New York; this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world. |
1864
Mar
Age: 41y
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birth of childClara May Lowry Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Battle of Tom's Brook: Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia. |
1865
Jan 14
Age: 42y
deathClinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Presumably in the Civil War. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agrees to the use of African American troops. |