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1843
Apr 2
| 1843 • Argentina supports Rosas of Uruguay and begins a siege of Montevideo. |
1850
Age: 6y
| 1850 • British foreign secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, sends ships to blockade the port of Piraeus, ostensibly as a result of the Don Pacifico affair. |
1860
Age: 16y
| 1860 • South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |
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 • Great Fire of Brisbane |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 29y
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marriageHarriet Madison Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity is founded at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 30y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. The price is $13.50 per dozen. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 34y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Russia rejects a British proposal to lay the San Stefano treaty before a European congress. |
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 • The Associação Académica de Coimbra, the students' union of the University of Coimbra in Portugal, is founded. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 57y
| 1900 • N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. |
1910
Age: 66y
| 1910 • Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). |
1926
Dec 3
Age: 83y
| 1926 • Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. |