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Otis Gilbert Norton
Born:June 29th, 1866
Died:June 5th, 1872, aged about 6 years
Father:Gilbert Burns Norton
Mother:Demis Jane (Blish) Norton
Occupations: ---
Children:None known

Otis Gilbert Norton

1866 through 1872

1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1857-1866 Transatlantic cable laid
1863-1879 4th Cholera pandemic
  1866   Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts)
1866-1868 Andrew Johnson president of US
  1867   Confederation of Canada
  1867   Diamonds discovered in South Africa
  1867   Dynamite
  1867   Nebraska enters the union - 37th
  1867   Alaska purchased from Russia
1868-1878 War between Cuba and Spain
  1868   Helium discovered (Norman Lockyer)
  1869   Suez canal opened
  1869   Trans-continental railroad completed
1869-1876 Ulysses S Grant president of US
  1869   Cutty Sark built
  1869   Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold
  1870   US black men can vote
  1870   1st black US senator (Hiram Revels)
1870-1871 Franco-Prussian war
  1871   Great Fire destroys Chicago