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1823
Mar 27
| 1823 • First Burmese War: Burmese attack the British on Shapura, an island close to Chittagong. |
1830
Age: 6y
| 1830 • France: Louis Philippe becomes King of the French. |
1839
Oct 20
Age: 16y
birth of childRichard Henry Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1839 • The Chinese government dispatches scholar-official Lin Zexu to Guangzhou to deal with the growing problem of opium addiction. |
1839
Nov 14
Age: 16y
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marriageJacob Marmon Johnson Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Married at the Indian Prairie Baptist Church by Rev. John H. Thompson 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1839 • The Boston Morning Post first records the use of "OK" (oll korrect). |
1839
Nov 14
Age: 16y
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marriageJacob Marmon Johnson Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓ Married at the Indian Prairie Baptist Church by Rev. John H. Thompson 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1839 • The world's first commercial electric telegraph line comes into operation alongside the Great Western Railway line in England, from London Paddington station to West Drayton. |
1840
Age: 16y
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residenceSt. John, Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓ She was in the household of Jacob Marmon Johnson, living three houses away from her father James Davidson. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • U.S. presidential election, 1840: William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren. |
1842
Sep
Age: 19y
birth of childIsrael Cicero Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1842 • Pentonville Prison is built in London. |
1845
Feb 22
Age: 21y
birth of childEliza C Johnson Franklin County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1845 • Manifest destiny: U.S. President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. |
1847
Nov 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childAlva Washington Johnson Franklin County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • Radley College, an English public school, is founded near Oxford. |
about
Age: 26y
1850
Age: 26y
birth of childMary A Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • Allan Pinkerton forms the North-Western Police Agency, later the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. |
1850
Age: 26y
| 1850 • Opening of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait. |
1852
Apr 7
Age: 29y
birth of childMelissa J Johnson Franklin County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces began the siege of Guilin. |
about
Age: 30y
1854
Age: 30y
birth of childJacob C Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1854 • The Teutonia Männerchor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was founded.[http://www.pghmannerchor.com/history/]"The Teutonia Männerchor was founded in 1854." |
about
Age: 31y
1855
Age: 31y
| 1855 • Michigan State University (the "pioneer" land-grant college) is established. |
1857
Jan 20
Age: 33y
birth of childCharles Albert Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1857 • Indian rebellion of 1857: The second massacre at Kanpur takes place. |
1859
Apr 21
Age: 36y
birth of childJames Davidson Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1859 • The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issues the charter establishing the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, the first organization of its kind in the United States and founder of the nation's first zoo. |
1861
Dec 23
Age: 38y
birth of childMartha E Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. |
1865
Sep 16
Age: 42y
| 1865 • American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins; by the end of the battle on March 21 the Confederate forces retreat from Four Oaks, North Carolina. |
after
Sep 16
1865
Sep 16
| 1865 • Francis Galton, polymath inventor of the weather map and the silent dog whistle, introduces eugenics. |