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Jan 5, Davy Crockett arrived in Texas just in time to die at the Alamo. -
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Mar 23, Coin Press was invented by Franklin Beale -
BIRTH
He was born in Albany, New York, on August 25, 1836. He was named Francis Brett Hart after his great-grandfather Francis Brett. his father changed the last name from hart to harte -
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Oct 31, The collision of river boats Monmouth & Trement on Mississippi left 300 dead -
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Dec 25, In the Battle of Okeechobee US forces defeated the Seminole Indians -
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Jan 26, Tennessee became the 1st state to prohibit alcohol -
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Apr 27, Fire destroyed half of Charleston -
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Mar 23, Draper took 1st successful photo of the Moon -
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May 1, The 1st emigrant wagon train left Independence, Missouri, for California. -
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Mount St. Helens began 15 years of intermittent eruptions and then became relatively quiet for 123 years. -
His father, Henry Hart dies
background of his father.
Henry Hart, was the son of an immigrant, Bernard Hart, who moved to America and became rich. inished his college education but didn't receive a diploma due to the fact that he owed a ninety dollar graduation fee. His parents met during a visit to the Brett's home and married in 1830 -
Age 11
By the age of eleven, Bret had published a number of poems. -
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Britain passed a Vagrancy Act to combat begging as famine swept Ireland. -
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Feb 24, King Louis-Philippe abdicated and the 2nd French republic was declared -
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Jun 17, Russian troops invaded Hungary -
moved to california
he traveled on a steamship to California, a trip during which they encountered many probleams, storms at sea, revolutions, and shipwreck. These experiences helped to color Harte's later writings -
first year in california
Bret drifted from job to job until he became settled. He tutored the children of ranchers and even rode shotgun for a stage coach. -
Married Anna Griswold
Harte married Anna Griswold on August 11, 1862,
thet were married in the small town of San Rafael, California -
Editor of newly founded overland monthly
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secretary of u.s mint
He served as Secretary of the U.S. California Branch Mint before moving to New York in 1871 and later to Boston. -
Moved to NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!
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New Job "Atlantic Monthly"
where he contracted with the publisher of The Atlantic Monthly for an annual salary of $10,000, "an unprecedented sum at the time -
Writes playes with Sam Clemens !!!!! (Ah Shin)
but it eventually led to a bitter falling out between the two. -
United States Consul
Harte was appointed to the position of United States Consul.
in Krefeld, Germany -
moved to Glosgow
He then moved from krefeld, germany to glosgrow, uk -
settled down !!
in 1885 he settled down in london. but he never stopped writing wghen he got older. -
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Jan 20, The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base. -
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Jul 30, Great Britain declared territories in Southern Africa up to the Congo to be within their sphere of influence. -
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Jun 14, Philadelphia observed the first Flag Day. -
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Budweiser introduced Michelob beer as "draught beer for connoisseurs." -
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Jun 21, Guam became a US territory -
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Feb 15, The British threatened to use natives in the Boer War fight -
Death of Francis Bret Harte
He died in England in 1902 of throat cancer and is buried at Frimley.
his wife then died on August 2, 1920, they were married for over forty years
