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1823
| 1823 • The congress of Central America declares absolute independence from Spain, Mexico, and any other foreign nation, including North America, and a republican system of government is established. |
1844
Jul 18
Age: 21y
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marriageCatharine Jessup Parke, Indiana, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1844 • Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second, Asia's first modern police force is established. |
1847
Jan 14
Age: 24y
| 1847 • The Vegetarian Society was formed in the United Kingdom. It remains the oldest in the world. |
1847
May 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childMinerva Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • Verdi's opera Macbeth premieres at Teatro della Pergola in Florence, Italy. |
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
| 1850 • The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (the Waltham Watch Company). |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 27y
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residenceParke, Indiana ⇓ A Julia Lowry aged 12 is living with them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • The New Mexico Territory is organized by order of the United States Congress. |
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 • Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, the first secret society for women, is founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia (U.S.) |
1852
Age: 29y
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residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ They moved there around 1852. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces began the siege of Guilin. |
1852
Dec 29
Age: 30y
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birth of childJaretta Ann Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1852 • The Second Burmese War began. |
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 • Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross. |
1856
Jun 1
Age: 33y
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birth of childEmily Jane Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1856 • Anglo-Persian War: War is declared between Great Britain and Persia. |
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 • 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. |
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 first claim under the Homestead Act is made, for a farm in Nebraska. |
1864
Mar
Age: 41y
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birth of childClara May Lowry Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • Death of John Clare, the Northamptonshire peasant poet (born 1793) in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, England. |
1865
Jan 14
Age: 42y
deathClinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Presumably in the Civil War. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • American Civil War: Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War. |