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1817
Oct 4
| 1817 • At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. |
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Age: 18y
1836
Age: 18y
marriageThomas Fitch Stafford, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • The earliest United States patent for a phosphorus friction match is granted to Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts. |
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Age: 18y
1836
Age: 18y
| 1836 • Battle of San Jacinto: Mexican forces under General Santa Anna are defeated at San Jacinto, Texas. |
1860
Jun 1
Age: 42y
| 1860 • Vladivostok is founded in Russia. |
1870
Jun 25
Age: 52y
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residenceTroy Ward 7, Rensselaer, New York, USA ⇓ Cornelius Van Deusen is living with his daughter Margaret. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Franco-Prussian War: Marshal François Achille Bazaine, commanding the French left wing, is forced by starvation to surrender the fortifications of Metz, ending the Siege of Metz. |
1871
Age: 53y
| 1871 • The foundation stone of the first Tay Rail Bridge is laid;BBC History, July 2011, p12 the bridge collapses in a storm eight years later. |
1880
Age: 62y
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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
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deathPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Buried in the South Laurel Hill Cemetery in the Van Deusen lot. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1892 • A tortoise called Timothy is brought to the estate of Powderham Castle in England, where she lives until her death in 2004. |