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1805
Apr 6
birthRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Born on the old homestead of Henry Miller Sr, his grandfather 3 Sources ⇓ |
1805 • Napoleon is crowned King of Italy. |
1834
Sep 4
Age: 29y
marriageJanetta Wilson 3 Sources ⇓ |
1834 • Sir Robert Peel succeeds Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
1836
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn F Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1836 • Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. |
1837
Age: 31y
birth of childIsabella P Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1837 • The city of Houston, is incorporated by the Republic of Texas. |
1839
Age: 33y
birth of childJames Wilson Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1839 • Battle of Yungay: Chile defeats the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation, leading to the restoration of an independent Peru. |
1841
Age: 35y
birth of childRebecca Ellen Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
1841 • Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound. |
1843
Apr 2
Age: 37y
birth of childWilliam Henry Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1848
Mar 9
Age: 42y
birth of childSamuel Presley Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1848 • One of the successes of the Revolutions of 1848, the Swiss Federal Constitution, patterned on the US Constitution, enters into force, creating a federal republic and one of the first modern democratic states in Europe. |
1849
Age: 43y
birth of childMargaret Elizabeth Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1849 • A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group, the Petrashevsky Circle. Facing a firing squad on December 23 the group members are reprieved at the last moment and exiled to the katorga prison camps in Siberia. |
1850
Dec 3
Age: 45y
residenceRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Occupation on Census shows Farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
1850 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
1851
Apr 21
Age: 46y
birth of childCalvin Chalmers Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1851 • Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick; or The Whale is published in the U.S. by Harper & Brothers, New York, after being first published on October 18 in London by Richard Bentley, in 3 volumes as The Whale. |
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 Daily Telegraph newspaper begins publication in London. |
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 • Taiping Rebellion: Suspecting treachery on the part of East King Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai garrisons Anhui and begins his march back to the Heavenly Capital, having defeated a strong Xiang Army detachment. |
1860
Jun 17
Age: 55y
1860 • In Buenos Aires, leader Bartolomé Mitre subverts the Argentine Confederation and begins to establish a new centralist government with the help of Uruguayan Colorado party leader Venancio Flores. |
1891
Apr 20
Age: 86y
1891 • The first penalty kick is awarded in a football (soccer) match; John Heath scores it for the Wolverhampton Wanderers. |
1891
burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Memphis Cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |
1891 • Jesse W. Reno patents the first escalator at Coney Beach. |