♂ 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.

1834


Sep 4
Age: 29y
1834 Greek independence: General Theodoros Kolokotronis is sentenced to death for treason for resisting the rule of Otto of Greece (he is released next year).

1836


Age: 30y
1836 Theodor Fliedner, a Lutheran minister, and Friederike, his wife, open the Deaconess Home and Hospital at Kaiserswerth, Germany, as an institute to train women in nursing.

1837


Age: 31y
1837 • The 5th century BC Berlin Foundry Cup is acquired for the Antikensammlung Berlin in Germany.

1839


Age: 33y
1839 Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.

1841


Age: 35y
1841 • Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror.

1850


Dec 3
Age: 45y
1850 • The transportation of British convicts to Western Australia begins, as the transportation of British convicts to other parts of Australia is phased out, when the ship Scindian arrives in Fremantle with 75 male prisoners.

1851


Apr 21
Age: 46y
1851 Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is first performed at La Fenice in Venice.

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 Lord Aberdeen resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom over the management of the Crimean War.

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 • Legal protection of widow remarriage is extended in India.

1891


Apr 20
Age: 86y
1891 Jim Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state.

1891

1891 • In the FA Cup quarter final in English Association football, a goal is deliberately stopped by handball on the goal line. An indirect free kick is awarded, since the penalty kick, proposed the previous year by William McCrum, has not yet been implemented. This event probably changes public opinion on the penalty kick, seen previously as 'an Irishman's motion'.

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