♂ Wilhelm Roetzheim

1832

 

William

1858


Apr 12
Age: 25y

1858


Nov 9
Age: 25y

1860


Apr 24
Age: 27y
1860 • In New Granada (modern-day Colombia) the southern state of Cauca secedes from the central government in protest at the suggestion of increase of presidential powers; Magdalena and Bolívar join it.

1861


Dec 25
Age: 28y
1861 • Following the death of Henri Mouhot, his servant Phrai begins shipping his diaries and specimens back to the west; they include accounts of Mouhot's discovery of Angkor Wat.

1863


Oct 30
Age: 30y
1863 American Civil WarBattle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

1864


Jan 12
Age: 31y
1864 • The Clifton Suspension Bridge across the River Avon (Bristol) in England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed as a memorial to him, opens to traffic.

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