1859
Oct 17
| 1859 • By the preliminary treaty signed at Villafranca, Italy, Lombardy is ceded to the French (who immediately cede it to Sardinia), while the Austrians keep Venetia and the French promise to restore the Central Italian rulers expelled in the course of the war. This brings the Austro-Sardinian War effectively to a close. |
1882
Jan 26
Age: 22y
marriageClara May Lowry Richland, Guthrie, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1882 • The Married Women's Property Act 1882 receives royal assent in Britain; it enables women to buy, own and sell property and to keep their own earnings. |
1883
Mar 19
Age: 23y
birth of childRoy Blain Boyd Richland, Guthrie, Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1883 • The first Carnegie library is opened in Andrew Carnegie's hometown, Dunfermline, Scotland. |
1938
Apr 22
Age: 78y
| 1938 • Winston Churchill, still believing France and Britain mean to honor their promises to defend Czechoslovakia against Nazi aggression, suggests in a personal note to Neville Chamberlain that His Majesty's Government may want to set up a broad international alliance including the United States (specifically mentioning U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as possibly receptive to the idea) and the Soviet Union. |