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George Hendric Houghton
1820Feb, 1

George Hendric Houghton

George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)
George Hendric Houghton (February 1, 1820 – November 17, 1897) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman.

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  • 6Feb

    American Colonization Society

    The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
  • 3Mar

    Missouri Compromise

    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.
  • 15Sep

    Lisbon

    Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 17Nov

    Antarctic Peninsula

    Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)