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1846
| 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. |
1868
Feb 26
Age: 22y
marriageSamuel Johnston Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1868 • Paraguayan War – Battle of Itororó or Ytororó: Field-Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias leads 13,000 Brazilian troops against a Paraguayan fortified position of 5,000 troops. |
1871
Age: 25y
| 1871 • In Hanover, German company Continental AG is founded. |
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Dec
Age: 34y
1879
Dec
Age: 34y
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birth of childCecilia Jessie Johnston England ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas. |
1891
Age: 45y
| 1891 • Beginning of the Australian shearers' strike that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party. |