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John Tenniel
1820Feb, 28

John Tenniel

John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
Sir John Tenniel (; 28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was knighted for artistic achievements in the 1893 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Tenniel is remembered mainly as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).

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    The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
  • 6Mar

    Louisiana Purchase

    The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
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    History of Portugal

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  • 15Sep

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  • 17Nov

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