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1846
Sep 30
| 1846 • Discovery of Neptune: The planet is observed for the first time by German astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest as predicted by the British astronomer John Couch Adams and the French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier. |
1862
Jun 15
Age: 15y
marriageRichard Henry Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1862 • Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of Sirius B, a white dwarf star, through an eighteen inch telescope at Northwestern University. |
1865
Dec
Age: 19y
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birth of childCharles S Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1865 • John Deere received a patent for ploughs. |
1867
Nov 21
Age: 21y
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birth of childJames H Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1867 • Treaty of London: the great powers of Europe reaffirm the neutrality of Luxembourg, ending the Luxembourg Crisis. The Duchy of Limburg is formally re-incorporated into the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
1870
Age: 23y
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residenceScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Richard is living next door to his brother Cicero's family and his father Jacob's family. They are all farmers. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • Reconstruction era of the United States: Virginia rejoins the Union. |
1872
Mar
Age: 25y
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birth of childGuy Richard Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1872 • Work begins erecting the Seven Sisters Colliery in South Wales, located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. |
1880
Age: 33y
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residenceUnion, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ She is living with sons Charles, James, and Guy. An "A C Houghland" is staying with them. Next door is a Campbell family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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. |
1900
Age: 53y
| 1900 • Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics. |
1910
Age: 63y
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residenceBonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, USA ⇓ Charles S Johnson is living with his wife Minnie B, children Marie and Helen, and his mother Mary E (Wilson) Johnson. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination. |
1912
Apr 6
Age: 65y
| 1912 • Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel. |