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1859
Apr 12
| 1859 • Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps, is first ascended. |
1860
Age: 7m
| 1860 • The Open Championship, also known as the British Open, is played for the first time at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. The event is won by Willie Park Snr. |
1870
Age: 10y
| 1870 • The "circle of the sun" flag of Japan is adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships by proclamation of the Daijō-kan. |
1878
Oct 23
Age: 19y
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marriageIsaac Frank Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Greece declares war on Turkey. |
1880
Jun 4
Age: 21y
| 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. |
1880
Jul 14
Age: 21y
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birth of childFrank Henry Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • Piezoelectricity is discovered by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie. |
1882
Jan 1
Age: 22y
birth of childWilliam Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • The Hebrew Moshava of Rishon Le-Zion is founded. |
1883
Sep 29
Age: 24y
birth of childIda Elizabeth Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1900
Jun 14
Age: 41y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé. |
1912
Jun 12
Age: 53y
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marriageJoseph Brewster Everett, Snohomish, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • Piltdown Man, thought to be the fossilized skull of a hitherto unknown form of early human, presented to the Geological Society of London. It is revealed to be a hoax in 1953. |
1937
Jun 19
Age: 78y
| 1937 • Frank Whittle ground-tests the world's first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. |