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1790
Sep 29
| 1790 • The Convention of Reichenbach is signed between Prussia and Austria. |
1850
Age: 59y
| 1850 • US census shows that 11.2% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race. |
1860
Age: 69y
| 1860 • Britain produces 20% of the entire world's output of industrial goods. |
1870
Age: 79y
| 1870 • The 12.8-km Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed. |
1873
Apr 23
Age: 82y
| 1873 • Siege of Bilbao (Third Carlist War; until 2 May 1874): Campaigning in Navarre, Pretender Don Carlos VII and General Joaquín Elío besiege Bilbao, held by General Ignacio del Castillo and 1,200 men. The Carlist force is ten times this number and includes most of the troops from Navarre, Vizcaya and Alava, although a considerable force is left in Guipúzcoa. Despite defeat at nearby Somorrostro, Republic commander Marshal Francisco Serrano, supported by Generals Manuel de la Concha and Arsenio Martínez Campos, brilliantly breaks the siege and Concha then marches on Estella. |