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1840
Feb 18
| 1840 • The Treaty of Waitangi, granting British sovereignty in New Zealand, is signed. |
1856
Sep 7
Age: 16y
marriageJoseph W Lawrence Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1856 • U.S. presidential election, 1856: Democrat James Buchanan defeats former President Millard Fillmore, representing a coalition of "Know-Nothings" and Whigs, and John C. Frémont of the fledgling Republican Party, to become the 15th President of the United States. |
1857
Oct
Age: 17y
birth of childWilliam H Lawrence Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1857 • Indian rebellion of 1857: The second massacre at Kanpur takes place. |
1867
Jan 8
Age: 26y
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marriageJacob Marmon Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1867 • Battle of Inlon River in Hubei, China. |
1869
Feb 23
Age: 29y
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birth of childH. Frank Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1869 • August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht found the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP). |
1870
Age: 29y
| 1870 • The first edition of The Northern Echo newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. |
1870
Oct 29
Age: 30y
birth of childClarence Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The first rugby match is played in New Zealand, between the Nelson Football Club and Nelson College. |
about
Age: 32y
1873
Age: 32y
birth of childMinerva Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1873 • Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. |
about
Age: 34y
1875
Age: 34y
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birth of childClyde Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1875 • ICRM renamed International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). |
1880
Jun 24
Age: 40y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia, which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works of John Roach and Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. |
1890
Apr 11
Age: 50y
| 1890 • American geostrategist Alfred Thayer Mahan publishes his influential book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783. |