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1830
Jul 13
| 1830 • Hector Berlioz's most famous work, Symphonie Fantastique, has its world premiere in Paris. |
1845
Dec 4
Age: 15y
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marriageWilliam Harrison Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1845 • American newspaper editor John L. O'Sullivan claims (in connection with the annexation of Texas) in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review that the United States should be allowed "the fullfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions". It is the second time he uses the term manifest destiny and will have a huge influence on American imperialism in the following century. |
1846
Sep 23
Age: 16y
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birth of childElizabeth Catherine Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1846 • Bear Flag Revolt: American settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic. |
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Age: 17y
1848
Age: 17y
birth of childAmbrose E Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1848 • Prince Klemens von Metternich ends his work as Austrian foreign minister. |
1850
Aug 5
Age: 20y
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birth of childJohn Dudley Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • Clayton–Bulwer Treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain, allowing both countries to share Nicaragua and not claim complete control over the proposed Nicaragua Canal. |
1850
Aug 15
Age: 20y
| 1850 • University of Rochester is founded in Rochester, NY. |
1852
Jan
Age: 21y
birth of childJames W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1852 • Antioch College was founded. Its first president was Horace Mann. |
1854
Dec 6
Age: 24y
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birth of childLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1857
Jan
Age: 26y
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birth of childNancy J Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1857 • France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War. |
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Age: 28y
1859
Age: 28y
birth of childMay W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1860
Age: 29y
| 1860 • China agrees in an unequal treaty imposed on it to allow missionaries to proselytize throughout the country. |
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Age: 30y
1861
Age: 30y
birth of childJoseph Anderson Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • About 850 convicts at Chatham Dockyard in England take over their prison in a riot.BBC History Magazine (February 2011) p. 11. |
about
Age: 31y
1862
Age: 31y
birth of childMary Susan Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1862 • American Civil War – Battle of Memphis: U.S. Army troops capture Memphis, Tennessee from the Confederate States |
1863
Nov 22
Age: 33y
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birth of childThomas Jefferson Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • The first claim under the Homestead Act is made, for a farm in Nebraska. |
about
Age: 36y
1867
Age: 36y
birth of childCharles Albert Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1867 • The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine is named in Montana. |
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Age: 38y
1869
Age: 38y
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birth of childMartha E Bourn 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1869 • Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger". |
1900
Age: 69y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Paulina is living with her son Joseph and his wife Alice 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |
1910
Age: 79y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Paulina is living with her son Joseph and his wife Alice 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. |
1917
Jan 3
Age: 86y
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deathScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1917 • The United States enacts the Espionage Act. |