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1852
Jan 14
| 1852 • The United Kingdom recognized the independence of the Transvaal. |
1870
Jan 16
Age: 18y
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marriageJeremiah J King Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1870 • The YWCA is founded in New York City. |
1871
Age: 18y
birth of childRosa L King Illinois, USA ⇓ |
| 1871 • Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by the British Raj in India, naming over 160 communities as "Denotified Tribes", allegedly habitually criminal. It will be repealed in 1949, after Independence of India. |
1874
Age: 21y
birth of childWilliam Augustus King Illinois, USA ⇓ |
| 1874 • Universal Postal Union is established. |
1877
Age: 24y
birth of childEugene Parker King Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. |
1880
Age: 27y
| 1880 • Dorchester Penitentiary opens in Canada. |
1880
Mar
Age: 28y
birth of childArthur M King Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Cologne Cathedral is completed, after construction began in 1248, 632 years earlier. |
1887
Oct 30
Age: 35y
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birth of childRoyal Carter King Baker, Baker, Oregon, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Results of the Michelson-Morley experiment are published, indicating that the speed of light is independent of motion. |
1891
Sep
Age: 39y
birth of childJessie Dell King Idaho, USA ⇓ |
| 1891 • The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was organized. |
1900
Age: 47y
| 1900 • Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics. |
1910
Age: 57y
| 1910 • George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
1923
Oct 23
Age: 71y
| 1923 • Juan de la Cierva invents the autogyro, a rotary-winged aircraft with an unpowered rotor. |