♂ Thomas R Hicks

1829 - 1908

Thomas R Hicks
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Parents
Charles Hicks
Charles Hicks
1806 - 1879
Catherine Van Norden
Catherine Van Norden
1811 - 1903
Spouse
Anna McCusker
Anna McCusker
1835 - 1912
Children
Anna Mason Hicks
Anna Mason Hicks
1859 - 1924
Siblings
Josephine Hicks
Josephine Hicks
1835 - 1921
Walter E Hicks
Walter E Hicks
1847 - 1892
Jessie Hicks
Jessie Hicks
1849 - 1875
 

Timeline

1829

1829 India: In the face of fierce opposition, British Lord William Bentinck carries a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.

1840


Age: 11y
Charles Hicks - 1840 Census

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In the two houses behind Charles Hicks, there is a Mrs. Van Norden aged 20-30, and then a Wm A Van Norden aged 40-50 years. Also living on the same page as Charles Hicks is an Abraham Van Norden. William Van Norden's brother James is also living in ward 14, on page 418. modified
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1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment premieres in Paris.

1850


Age: 21y
1850 US census shows that 11.2% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race.

1859


Apr 1
Age: 30y
1859 • The Treaty of Zürich, reaffirming the terms of Villafranca, brings the Austro-Sardinian War to an official close.

1861


Apr 19
Age: 32y
1861 • American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army, replacing the aged General Winfield Scott.

1898


Age: 69y
1898 • Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, becomes the first person to buy an American-built automobile when he buys a Winton automobile that had been advertised in Scientific American.

1908


Apr 18
Age: 79y
1908 Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire: Major Ahmed Niyazi, with 200 followers (Ottoman troops and civilians), begins an open revolution by defecting from the 3rd Army Corps in Macedonia, decamping into the hill country.

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