Thomas Warren Bevans
Spouse
Martha E Johnson
Martha E Johnson
1861 - 1907

1865


Dec
1865 • American Civil War: Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War.

1887


Mar 21
Age: 21y
1887 Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes makes his first appearance, in the novel A Study in Scarlet published in Beeton's Christmas Annual.

1936


Age: 70y
1936 • The abdicated King Edward VIII, now HRH Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate. He leaves the country for Austria.

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