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1828
Jan 1
1848
Age: 19y
marriagePhydelia D Smith Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1848 • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) in London. |
1850
Age: 21y
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 • The postage stamp issues of Austria begin with a series of imperforate typographed stamps featuring the coat of arms. |
1850
Age: 21y
1850 • The transportation of British convicts to Western Australia begins, as the transportation of British convicts to other parts of Australia is phased out, when the ship Scindian arrives in Fremantle with 75 male prisoners. |
1852
Jan 14
Age: 24y
birth of childMary Ann Munselle Illinois ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1852 • Napoleon III became Emperor of the French. |
1860
Jun 12
Age: 32y
1860 • The historic debate about evolution is held at the Oxford University Museum. |
1864
Feb 27
Age: 36y
militaryMount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA ⇓ He was a private in the Civil War. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1864 • American Civil War – Battle of Mobile Bay: At Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports. |
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 – Battle of New Market: Cadets from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. |
1869
Jul 20
Age: 41y
divorcePhydelia D Smith 1 Source ⇓ |
1869 • The American Museum of Natural History is founded in New York. |
1870
Apr 5
Age: 42y
marriageMargaret Emily Derrickson Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1870 • First Vatican Council adjourned. |
1870
Jul 22
Age: 42y
1870 • Syracuse University is established and officially opens. |
1880
Jun 15
Age: 52y
1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1900
Jun 19
Age: 72y
1900 • Australasian prospector Albert Fuller Ellis identifies phosphate deposits on the Pacific Islands of Nauru and Banaba Island (Ocean Island). |
1907
Apr 13
Age: 79y
1907 • The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers. |
1907
Sep
burialSan Saba, Texas, USA ⇓ Buried at Richland Springs Cemetery, San Saba, Texas |
1907 • Černová incident: Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of a Catholic church in Hungary (now Slovakia). |