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1839
Oct 20
| 1839 • In the Great Fire of Mobile, Alabama hundreds of buildings are burned. |
1850
Age: 10y
| 1850 • The treaty called Punctation of Olmütz is signed in Olomouc. It means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to the Austrian Empire, which takes over the leadership of the German Confederation. |
1860
Age: 20y
| 1860 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation). |
1862
Jun 15
Age: 22y
marriageMary E Wilson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1862 • American Civil War – Battle of Yorktown: The battle begins when Union forces under General George B. McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia. |
1865
Dec
Age: 26y
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birth of childCharles S Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1865 • American Civil War: United States forces capture Fort Fisher. |
1867
Nov 21
Age: 28y
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birth of childJames H Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1867 • The first Canadian elections sees John A. Macdonald's Conservatives elected to government |
1870
Age: 30y
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residenceScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Richard is living next door to his brother Cicero's family and his father Jacob's family. They are all farmers. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The British government admits the former Hudson's Bay Company territory of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada. |
1872
Mar
Age: 32y
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birth of childGuy Richard Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1872 • The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City. |
1879
Oct 7
Age: 39y
| 1879 • New York City's Gilmore's Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt, and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. |