• The year 1862 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. January 31 – Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of...
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  • composers, including Stephen Foster. "Blaydon Races" – traditional folk tune, 1862 lyrics by George Ridley Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen! – Archer Thompson...
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  • This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1862. February – Ivan Turgenev's novel Fathers and Sons (Отцы и дети – old spelling...
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  • The year 1862 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. May 8 – Church of St Philip and St James, Oxford, designed...
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    The 1862–63 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 2, 1862, and November 3, 1863, during...
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    to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London, England. The site now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. After...
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  • Events from the year 1862 in art. May 1–November 1 – 1862 International Exhibition held at South Kensington in London. Notable artistic displays include...
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    The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War,...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1862. Re-excavation of Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in eastern England under direction of landowner...
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    tribes through treaty, cession, or seizure. The Morrill Act of 1862 (12 Stat. 503 (1862) later codified as 7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) was enacted during the...
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    The Dungan Revolt (1862–1877), also known as the Tongzhi Hui Revolt (simplified Chinese: 同治回乱; traditional Chinese: 同治回亂; pinyin: Tóngzhì Huí Luàn, Xiao'erjing:...
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  • Events from the year 1862 in the United States. President: Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois) Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin (R-Maine) Chief Justice: Roger...
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  • in science 400s: 5th century in science 500s: 6th century in science 600s: 7th century in science 700s: 8th century in science 800s: 9th century in science...
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    Henry Augustus Ward in 1862 as Ward's Natural Science and was renamed in 2012. Current areas of focus include: geology, earth science, biology, chemistry...
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  • of issues identified in meta-science of metascience is published, providing an overview of ten "questionable" practices (QMPs) in the field such as "overplaying...
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    Natural Sciences. Ferdinand Stoliczka joins the Geological Survey of India becoming interested in birds two years later. Birds described in 1862 include...
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  • The year 1863 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. August 1 – Friedrich Bayer founds the chemical manufacturing company...
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  • as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1862. Birth...
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  • work on fungi, describing sexual reproduction in Peronospora. Charles Thorp, Archdeacon of Durham (d. 1862), arranges purchase of some of the Farne Islands...
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  • in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. November 4 – The first issue of scientific journal Nature is published in London...
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  • The year 1856 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. First remains of Neanderthal Man found in the Neandertal Valley...
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  • The year 1854 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. July 22 – Discovery of the asteroid 30 Urania by John Russell Hind...
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    of his (1862–1865), leading to debate about how much of Christian Science was based on his ideas. New Thought and Christian Science differed in that Eddy...
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    The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions...
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  • The year 1865 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. John Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient...
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  • The year 1866 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. May – William Huggins studies the emission spectrum of a nova and...
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  • The year 1864 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. May 14 – The Orgueil meteorite, composed of carbonaceous chondrite...
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  • The year 1855 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. September – Alfred Russel Wallace publishes "On the Law which has...
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    provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September 11, 1862. On July 4, 1959, the college was officially renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology...
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