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1839
Oct 20
1839 • First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer Louis Daguerre. |
1850
Age: 10y
1850 • The ships of the McClure Arctic Expedition set sail from Plymouth. |
1860
Age: 20y
1860 • The first Japanese embassy to the United States arrive in San Francisco. |
1862
Jun 15
Age: 22y
marriageMary E Wilson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1862 • American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. |
1865
Dec
Age: 26y
birth of childCharles S Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
1865 • Francis Galton, polymath inventor of the weather map and the silent dog whistle, introduces eugenics. |
1867
Nov 21
Age: 28y
birth of childJames H Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1867 • A firing squad executes Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. |
1870
Age: 30y
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 • Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally since 1807. |
1872
Mar
Age: 32y
birth of childGuy Richard Johnson Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1872 • American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. |
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. |