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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 • Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Trafalgar: British naval fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain; however, Admiral Nelson is fatally shot. |
1834
Sep 4
Age: 29y
marriageJanetta Wilson 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1834 • Zollverein: Customs charges are abolished at borders within Germany. |
1836
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn F Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • Antonio García Gutiérrez's play El Trovador is performed for the first time in Madrid, Spain. |
1837
Age: 31y
birth of childIsabella P Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1837 • Henry David Thoreau makes his first journal entry at the suggestion of Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
1839
Age: 33y
birth of childJames Wilson Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1839 • Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years. |
1841
Age: 35y
birth of childRebecca Ellen Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1841 • Thomas Cook arranges his first railway excursion, in England. |
1843
Apr 2
Age: 37y
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birth of childWilliam Henry Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1843 • The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail. |
1848
Mar 9
Age: 42y
birth of childSamuel Presley Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1848 • The Shaker song Simple Gifts is written by Joseph Brackett in Alfred, Maine. |
1849
Age: 43y
birth of childMargaret Elizabeth Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1849 • Hungary declares independence from Austria. |
1850
Dec 3
Age: 45y
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residenceRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Occupation on Census shows Farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • The Fugitive Slave Law is passed by the United States Congress. |
1851
Apr 21
Age: 46y
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birth of childCalvin Chalmers Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1851 • The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what later becomes Seattle, Washington. |
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 • Bates College is founded by abolitionists in Lewiston, Maine. |
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 • Auburn University is first chartered as the East Alabama Male College. |
1860
Jun 17
Age: 55y
| 1860 • Meeting at Teano: Giuseppe Garibaldi gives Naples to the king Victor Emmanuel II, recognizing him as King of Italy. |
1891
Apr 20
Age: 86y
| 1891 • The Jindandao Incident breaks out in the Juu Uda League, Inner Mongolia, massacred tens of thousands of Mongols before being suppressed by government troops in late December. |
1891
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Memphis Cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • The Springboks rugby union team of South Africa play their first international test match against the Lions team of the British Isles and win by 4-0. |