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Bramwell Booth
1856Mar, 8

Bramwell Booth

Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)
William Bramwell Booth, CH (8 March 1856 – 16 June 1929) was a British charity worker who was the first Chief of Staff (1881–1912) and the second General of The Salvation Army (1912–1929), succeeding his father, William Booth.

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  • 11Feb

    Wajid Ali Shah

    The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
  • 1May

    Isabela II

    The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
  • 22May

    Preston Brooks

    Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
  • 8Jun

    HMS Bounty

    A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
  • 17Nov

    Gadsden Purchase

    American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.