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1843
Apr 2
| 1843 • Bishop's University is founded as Bishop's College by Bishop George Jehoshaphat Mountain in Lennoxville, Quebec, for the education of members of the Church of England. |
1850
Age: 6y
| 1850 • President Millard Fillmore is sworn in. |
1860
Age: 16y
| 1860 • Giuseppe Garibaldi's forces capture Naples. |
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: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
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marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Emancipation Day for Puerto Rico: Slaves are freed (with a few exceptions). |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Sack of Cuenca (Third Carlist War): After Carlist forces successfully defended Estella, Don Alfonso de Bourbon, brother of the Don Carlos VII, led 14,000 Catalan Carlists south to attack Cuenca 136 km from Madrid, held by Republicans under Don Hilario Lozano. After two days the outnumbered garrison capitulated but Don Alfonso permitted a terrible slaughter. The city is sacked. Subsequently another republican force defeats the disorderly Catalans who flee back to the Ebro. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 34y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Umberto I becomes King of Italy. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 37y
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birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • After having her lights installed by Edison's personnel, the SS Columbia is lit up for the first time at the foot of Wall Street in New York City. |
1887
Aug
Age: 44y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • North Carolina State University is established as North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: Battle of Paardeberg: British troops defeat the Boers. |
1910
Age: 66y
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
| 1926 • A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in Washington, D.C. |