Births on March 18

Agnes Sime Baxter

Born on March 18, 1870

Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician (d. 1917)

Agnes Sime Baxter (Hill) (18 March 1870 – 9 March 1917) was a Canadian-born mathematician. She studied at Dalhousie University, receiving her BA in 1891, and her MA in 1892. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1895; her dissertation was "On Abelian integrals", a resume of Neumann's Abelian integral with comments and applications."

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Events on 1870

15 Jan

Thomas Nast
A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
30 Mar

Reconstruction Era
Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
12 May

Royal Assent
The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
18 Jul

Papal infallibility
The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
19 Sep

Siege of Paris (1870-71)
Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.

Births on March 18

Agnes Sime Baxter

Born on March 18, 1870

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Thomas Nast

Reconstruction Era

Royal Assent

Papal infallibility

Siege of Paris (1870-71)