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Oliver Loving
1867 Sep, 25

Oliver Loving

Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail (b. 1812)
Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812 – September 25, 1867) was an American rancher and cattle driver. Together with Charles Goodnight, he developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive.

Loving County, Texas, the second least-populous county in the United States and the least populated in the contiguous US, is named in his honor.

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  • 29 Mar

    British North America Act

    Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
  • 1 Apr

    Crown colony

    Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
  • 15 May

    Imperial Bank of Canada

    Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
  • 3 Nov

    Battle of Mentana

    Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
  • 9 Nov

    Meiji Restoration

    Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.