Spouse
1862
Aug 31
| 1862 • American Civil War – Andrew's Raid - Union volunteers steal a Confederate locomotive, setting off The Great Locomotive Chase, famously involving the use of The General steam locomotive, which still exists in the 21st century. |
1880
Mar 14
Age: 17y
marriageSarah King Vermilion County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River. |
1900
Age: 37y
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1944
Mar 8
Age: 81y
| 1944 • The original stage version of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams premieres on Broadway. |