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1815
Jan 13
| 1815 • Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. |
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residenceClarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ The biographical record says that "Adam Crick (father of John) was married to Miss Mary Hammer, and lived in the eastern part of Pennsylvania. They were among the pioneer settlers of Clarion county, locating at what is now designated as Hartman's Corners, of Mount Airy. After a few patches of the forests were cleared, farming was rudely carried on. All the buildings were of logs. Their nine children were: Jacob, Henry, Daniel, Lewis, David, Susanna, Kate, Christina, and John." 1 Source ⇓ |
1837
Apr 3
Age: 22y
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birth of childMary Jane Switzer Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ It mentions her birthplace was "Cherry Run". 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1837 • Louis Daguerre develops the daguerreotype. |
1839
Aug 11
Age: 24y
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birth of childWilliam Hamilton Switzer Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1839 • Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years. |
1840
Age: 24y
| 1840 • August Borsig's steam locomotive, the first built in Germany, competes against a Stephenson-built locomotive on the Berlin-Jüterbog railroad; the Borsig locomotive wins by 10 minutes. |
1843
Mar 1
Age: 28y
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birth of childElsinda Switzer Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1843 • Catawba County, North Carolina, is created and its first court held in Mathias Barringer Jr.'s house. |
1849
Nov 15
Age: 34y
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birth of childJohn Harvey Switzer Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1849 • The St. Louis Fire starts when a steamboat catches fire and nearly burns down the entire city. |
1850
Age: 34y
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residenceToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Susannah Crick's brother Henry Crick is living next door. There is also a Peter Crick living nearby. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • The treaty called Punctation of Olmütz is signed in Olomouc. It means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to the Austrian Empire, which takes over the leadership of the German Confederation. |
1857
May 14
Age: 42y
| 1857 • Kuala Lumpur, the future capital of Malaysia, is founded as a tin mining settlement. |