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1817
Oct 4
1817 • Emperor Ninkō accedes to the throne of Japan. |
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Age: 18y
1836
Age: 18y
marriageThomas Fitch Stafford, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1836 • The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain. |
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Age: 18y
1836
Age: 18y
1836 • Colony of South Australia founded by Captain John Hindmarsh |
1860
Jun 1
Age: 42y
1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
1870
Jun 25
Age: 52y
residenceTroy Ward 7, Rensselaer, New York, USA ⇓ Cornelius Van Deusen is living with his daughter Margaret. 1 Source ⇓ |
1870 • Reconstruction era of the United States: Virginia rejoins the Union. |
1871
Age: 53y
1871 • Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Vitznau – Rigi Railway on Mount Rigi in Switzerland. |
1880
Age: 62y
residenceWarsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA ⇓ Margaret is living with her sister Elizabeth (Eliza) after the death of her husband. 1 Source ⇓ |
1880 • Tinius Olsen awarded a United States Patent for the Little Giant Testing Machine |
1892
Feb 9
Age: 74y
deathPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Buried in the South Laurel Hill Cemetery in the Van Deusen lot. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1892 • The first collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories from The Strand Magazine, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is published in London. |