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1847
1847 • Liberia gains independence. |
1840
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residenceIn 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 1 Source ⇓ |
1840 • The first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours by Charles Eastlake is published. |
1850
Age: 3y
1850 • The traditional date of Kansas City, Missouri's founding. This is the date on which it is incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "Town of Kansas". |
1870
Age: 23y
1870 • Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory. |
1870
Oct 20
Age: 23y
marriageSephela N. Carpenter Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1870 • Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union, and the Confederate States of America is dissolved. |
1888
Nov 20
Age: 41y
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inventionBrooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓ US Patent for "Centrifugal Gun" 1 Source ⇓ |
1888 • Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now. |
1888
Dec 22
Age: 42y
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LocationNew York, New York, USA ⇓ Walter E Hicks is exhibiting the new centrifugal dynamite gun |
1888 • Seeking to extend Mahdist control over what is now southwestern Ethiopia, governor Khalil al-Khuzani is routed at the Battle of Guté Dili by an alliance of Shewan forces under Ras Gobana Dacche and Moroda Bekere, ruler of Leqa Naqamte. Only a handful, including Khalil, barely manage to flee the battle field. |
1892
Mar 1
Age: 45y
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deathPhiladelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Death certificate was signed by Isaac Van Deusen - Walter's brother-in-law 1 Source ⇓ |
1892 • Inter-Parliamentary Bureau for Permanent Arbitration |