1848
Oct 8
| 1848 • Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot-plus iron rod being driven through his head. |
1878
Jul 10
Age: 29y
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birth of childEdna D Wiegner Iowa, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1878 • Lester Allan Pelton produces the first operational Pelton wheel. |
1885
Age: 36y
| 1885 • King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal possession. |
1910
Age: 61y
| 1910 • Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. |
1915
Age: 66y
| 1915 • October 14 – WWI: Battle of Loos: British forces take the French town of Loos but with substantial casualties and are unable to press their advantage. This is the first time the British use poison gas in World War I and also their first large-scale use of 'New' or Kitchener's Army units. |
1922
Jun 30
Age: 73y
| 1922 • In British India, Mahatma Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for sedition (he serves only two). |