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1828
Jan 1
| 1828 • English naturalist and explorer William John Burchell collects the only known specimen of Parabouchetia brasiliensis,an exceptionally rare member of the nightshade family Solanaceae, in central Brazil. |
1848
Age: 19y
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marriagePhydelia D Smith Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1848 • John Bird Sumner becomes archbishop of Canterbury. |
1850
Age: 21y
| 1850 • President Millard Fillmore is sworn in. |
1850
Age: 21y
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residenceHarrison, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Thomas Munsell (Lorenzo's father) is living next door. Lydia's mother was living in Union, Licking, Ohio at the time. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States following the death of President Taylor. |
1852
Jan 14
Age: 24y
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birth of childMary Ann Munselle Illinois ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1852 • Battle of Caseros or Battle of Monte Caseros, Argentina: The Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes allied with Brazil and members of Colorado Party of Uruguay, defeated Buenos Aires troops under Juan Manuel de Rosas. |
1860
Jun 12
Age: 32y
| 1860 • Christians and Druzes clash in Damascus, Syria. |
1864
Feb 27
Age: 36y
militaryMount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA ⇓ He was a private in the Civil War. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • Death of John Clare, the Northamptonshire peasant poet (born 1793) in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, England. |
1864
Feb 27
Age: 36y
militaryCamp Butler, Illinois ⇓ Fought in the Civil War for roughly sixteen months. He was listed in Company H, Illinois 6th Cavalry Regiment and promoted to Full Saddler. Mustered in by Capt. O'Kean, and mustered out on 12 Jun 1865 by Lt. Curtis at Mound City, Illinois. His occupation was described as 'farmer'. Illinois was a Union State. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant commander in chief of all Union armies. |
1869
Jul 20
Age: 41y
divorcePhydelia D Smith 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace is published complete in book form. |
1870
Apr 5
Age: 42y
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marriageMargaret Emily Derrickson Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The Army Weather Bureau (within the Army Signal Corps) is created. |
1870
Jul 22
Age: 42y
| 1870 • The Canadian province of Manitoba is created in response to Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion. |
1880
Jun 15
Age: 52y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia, which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works of John Roach and Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. |
1900
Jun 19
Age: 72y
| 1900 • The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. |
1907
Apr 13
Age: 79y
| 1907 • At the opening of the new State Duma in St. Petersburg, Russia 40,000 demonstrators are dispersed by Russian troops. |
1907
Sep
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burialSan Saba, Texas, USA ⇓ Buried at Richland Springs Cemetery, San Saba, Texas |
| 1907 • Guglielmo Marconi initiates commercial transatlantic radio communications between his high power longwave wireless telegraphy stations in Clifden Ireland and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. |