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1828
Jan 1
| 1828 • Friedrich Wöhler synthesizes Urea, possibly discrediting a cornerstone of vitalism. |
1848
Age: 19y
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marriagePhydelia D Smith Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1848 • Elizabeth Gaskell publishes Mary Barton anonymously. |
1850
Age: 21y
| 1850 • The University of Sydney (the oldest in Australia) is founded. |
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 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
1852
Jan 14
Age: 24y
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birth of childMary Ann Munselle Illinois ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1852 • 22 – The New French Empire was confirmed by plebiscite: 7,824,000 for, 253,000 against. |
1860
Jun 12
Age: 32y
| 1860 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation). |
1864
Feb 27
Age: 36y
militaryMount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA ⇓ He was a private in the Civil War. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • Battle of Noonday Creek near Kennesaw, Georgia. |
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 • Great Fire of Brisbane |
1869
Jul 20
Age: 41y
divorcePhydelia D Smith 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • John Wesley Hyatt patents celluloid, in Albany, New York. |
1870
Apr 5
Age: 42y
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marriageMargaret Emily Derrickson Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The Ems Dispatch serves as a reason for a war between Prussia and France. |
1870
Jul 22
Age: 42y
| 1870 • Leon Michel Gambetta escapes the besieged Paris in a hot-air balloon. |
1880
Jun 15
Age: 52y
| 1880 • Tinius Olsen awarded a United States Patent for the Little Giant Testing Machine |
1900
Jun 19
Age: 72y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: British troops are defeated by the Boers at Ladysmith. |
1907
Apr 13
Age: 79y
| 1907 • March 16 – Elections to the new Parliament of Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied. Nineteen women are elected. |
1907
Sep
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burialSan Saba, Texas, USA ⇓ Buried at Richland Springs Cemetery, San Saba, Texas |
| 1907 • Henri Matisse begins to teach at the Académie Matisse in Paris, a private and non-commercial art school. |