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1805
Apr 6
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birthRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Born on the old homestead of Henry Miller Sr, his grandfather 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1805 • Battle of Elchingen: An Austrian corps under Johann von Riesch is defeated by Marshal Ney. |
1834
Sep 4
Age: 29y
marriageJanetta Wilson 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1834 • United States Survey of the Coast transferred to the Department of the Navy. |
1836
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn F Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • Texas Revolution: Forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. |
1837
Age: 31y
birth of childIsabella P Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1839
Age: 33y
birth of childJames Wilson Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1839 • Louis Daguerre receives a patent for his camera (commercially available by September at the price of 400 francs). |
1841
Age: 35y
birth of childRebecca Ellen Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1841 • United Kingdom Census held, the first to record names and approximate ages of every household member and to be administered nationally. |
1843
Apr 2
Age: 37y
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birth of childWilliam Henry Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1843 • The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show, at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City. |
1848
Mar 9
Age: 42y
birth of childSamuel Presley Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1848 • California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. |
1849
Age: 43y
birth of childMargaret Elizabeth Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1849 • The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab. |
1850
Dec 3
Age: 45y
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residenceRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Occupation on Census shows Farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • University of Rochester is founded in Rochester, NY. |
1851
Apr 21
Age: 46y
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birth of childCalvin Chalmers Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1851 • Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, the first secret society for women, is founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia (U.S.) |
1855
Oct 10
Age: 50y
locationWabash County, Indiana ⇓ Had traveled 500 miles on their journey that would eventually find in them in Scotland County, Missouri. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1855 • The Sigma Chi Fraternity is founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. |
1856
Mar 20
Age: 50y
locationMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Arrived in Memphis after a journey of 1,000 miles from Virginia. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • Maryland Agricultural College (present-day University of Maryland, College Park) is chartered. |
1860
Jun 17
Age: 55y
| 1860 • French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" to his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording (however, it is not rediscovered until 2008). |
1891
Apr 20
Age: 86y
| 1891 • In the Kuperovskaya district of Vladivostok, a grand ceremonial inauguration of construction work on the Trans-Siberian Railway is carried out by the Tsesarevich Nikolay Alexandrovich and a religious service held. |
1891
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Memphis Cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Springhill, Nova Scotia, suffers a serious mining disaster. |