♂ Samuel Miller

1805 - 1891

Samuel Miller
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Parents
Margaret Lackey
Margaret Lackey
1767 - 1854
Spouse
Janetta Wilson
Janetta Wilson
1810 - 1878
Children
John F Miller
John F Miller
1835 - 1899
Isabella P Miller
Isabella P Miller
1837 - 1864
James Wilson Miller
James Wilson Miller
1838 - 1929
Rebecca Ellen Miller
Rebecca Ellen Miller
1841 - 1934
William Henry Miller
William Henry Miller
1843 - 1926
Samuel Presley Miller
Samuel Presley Miller
1848 - 1932
 

Timeline

1805


Apr 6
1805 Beethoven's only opera Fidelio in its original form (known retrospectively as Leonore) is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, which at this time is under French military occupation.

1836


Age: 30y
1836 Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.

1841


Age: 35y
1841 Fordham University is founded in The Bronx by the Society of Jesus. Its name at its founding is St. John's College.

1843


Apr 2
Age: 37y
1843 Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1848


Mar 9
Age: 42y
1848 Louis Philippe, King of the French, abdicates in favour of his grandson, Philippe, comte de Paris, and flees to England after days of revolution in Paris. The French Second Republic is later proclaimed by Alphonse de Lamartine in the name of the provisional government elected by the Chamber under the pressure of the mob.

1849


Age: 43y

1850


Dec 3
Age: 45y

1851


Apr 21
Age: 46y
1851 Western Union is founded as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company.

1855


Oct 10
Age: 50y

location


Wabash County, Indiana ⇓
Had traveled 500 miles on their journey that would eventually find in them in Scotland County, Missouri.
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1855 • The Kansas territorial legislature convenes in Pawnee and begins passing proslavery laws.

1856


Mar 20
Age: 50y

location


Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓
Arrived in Memphis after a journey of 1,000 miles from Virginia.
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1856 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Norfolk Island to the population of the colony at Pitcairn Island, most being descendants of the Mutiny on the Bounty. They first settle on Norfolk Island on June 8.

1891


Apr 20
Age: 86y
1891 • First long-distance transmission of alternating current by the Ames power plant near Telluride, Colorado, by Lucien and Paul Nunn.

1891

1891 • The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with maestro Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

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