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1828
Nov 7
| 1828 • Ányos Jedlik creates the world's first electric motor. |
1860
Jan 16
Age: 31y
birth of childJohn Franklin Thornton Polk County, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • Discovery of the chemical elements: Robert Wilhelm Bunsen discovers caesium and rubidium. |
1865
Aug 16
Age: 36y
birth of childWilliam S Thornton Polk County, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • American Civil War – Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the civil war ends with a Confederate victory. |
1900
Feb 10
Age: 71y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |