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1843
Apr 2
| 1843 • Publication of Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" in a Philadelphia magazine. |
1850
Age: 6y
| 1850 • The temperance organisation, International Organisation of Good Templars, is established in Utica, New York, as the order of the Knights of Jericho. |
1860
Age: 16y
| 1860 • While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike. |
1864
Age: 20y
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militaryJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ William was drafted into the Civil War into the Union Army under J.F. Benjamin. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, West Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
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marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Coors Brewing Company begins making beer in Golden, Colorado. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward patent the first incandescent lamp with an electric light bulb. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 34y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Bulgaria regains its independence from the Ottoman Empire. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 37y
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birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • The SS Columbia, which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works of John Roach and Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. |
1887
Aug
Age: 44y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Teachers College, later part of Columbia University, is founded. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
| 1900 • The Second Boer War: At the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer troops defeat the British Army. |
1910
Age: 66y
| 1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
| 1926 • Turkey converts to the Gregorian calendar, making the next day January 1 1927. |