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Margaret Lackey and her husband had 13 children, 6 girls and 7 boys. Their home was known far and wide as a place of true hospitality. Described as having had brown eyes and black hair, Margaret was known as "Aunt Peggy" to the many relatives who came to visit the Old Miller Homestead in Rockbridge. As the Millers, Uncle Sam and Aunt Pegg were known widely and were greatly beloved.
1767
| 1767 • Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is first published. |
1760
Nov 1
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birth of childSamuel Boggs Miller Sr. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1760 • Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche: British defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France. |
1787
Dec 19
Age: 21y
marriageSamuel Miller Sr. Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1787 • Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth in England with the eleven ships of the First Fleet carrying around 700 convicts and at least 300 crew and guards to establish a penal colony in Australia. |
1805
Apr 6
Age: 38y
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birth of childSamuel Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1805 • Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Dürenstein: 8,000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. |
1850
Dec 3
Age: 84y
| 1850 • The treaty called Punctation of Olmütz is signed in Olomouc. It means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to the Austrian Empire, which takes over the leadership of the German Confederation. |
1854
Age: 87y
| 1854 • Battle of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands (which later became part of Finland - in 1920:) The Royal Navy seaman's mate Charles D. Lucas throws a live Russian artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes, for which he was awarded the first Victoria Cross in 1857. |
1854
burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Buried at Miller-Irwin Cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1854 • Charles Dickens commences writing the novel Hard Times. |