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1815
Jan 13
| 1815 • In the United Kingdom, use of the pillory is limited to punishment for perjury. |
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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 • Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, later Mount Holyoke College, is founded in South Hadley, Massachusetts. |
1839
Aug 11
Age: 24y
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birth of childWilliam Hamilton Switzer Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1839 • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, backed by the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire, compels July Monarchy France to abandon Muhammad Ali of Egypt, and it forces him to return Syria and Arabia to the Ottoman Empire. |
1840
Age: 24y
| 1840 • One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded. |
1843
Mar 1
Age: 28y
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birth of childElsinda Switzer Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1843 • In Barbados, Samuel Jackman Prescod is the first non-white person elected to the House of Assembly. |
1849
Nov 15
Age: 34y
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birth of childJohn Harvey Switzer Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1849 • Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor. |
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 • Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. |
1857
May 14
Age: 42y
| 1857 • Illinois State University, the first public university in Illinois, is established in Normal, Illinois |