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1825
Jul 25
1825 • Simón Bolívar gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of El Libertador. |
1858
Apr 12
Age: 32y
marriageWilhelm Roetzheim Monheim, Rheinland, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1858 • June 17 – Treaty of Tientsin signed, ending the first part of the Second Opium War. |
1858
Nov 9
Age: 33y
birth of childHenry Roetzheim Baumburg, Traunstein, Bayern, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1858 • The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St. James's Palace, London. |
1860
Apr 24
Age: 34y
birth of childElisabeth Roetzheim Monheim, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1860 • While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike. |
1861
Dec 25
Age: 36y
birth of childFriederich Wilhelm Roetzheim Monheim, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1861 • American Civil War: The Union Army arrives in Washington, D.C. |
1863
Oct 30
Age: 38y
birth of childHelena Roetzheim Monheim, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
1863 • The world-famous midgets General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren get married in New York City; P. T. Barnum takes an entrance fee. |
1864
Jan 12
Age: 38y
birth of childGertrude Roetzheim Trieste, Germany ⇓ |
1864 • American Civil War – Battle of Cherbourg: Confederate States Navy CSS Alabama is sunk in a single-ship action with USS Kearsarge in the English Channel off the coast of Cherbourg, France. |
1869
Dec 25
Age: 44y
birth of childCatharina Roetzheim Monheim, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1869 • Friedrich Miescher discovers deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). |