History of William B. SARGENT's Life Time

For William B. SARGENT
1715 to 1768
1231-1808 :
Papal Inquisition from before birth until after timeline

1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after timeline

1700-1721 :
Great Northern War from before birth until age 6

1714-1727 :
Reign of King George I (Hanover) from before birth until age 12

1716 :
Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 1

1718 :
Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 3

1718 :
Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 3

1718 :
New Orleans founded at age 3

1721 :
Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 6

1722 :
Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 7

1727-1760 :
Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 12 to 45

1727 :
Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 12

1729 :
Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 14

1733-1735 :
War of Polish Succession from age 18 to 20

1736 :
English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 21

1740-1748 :
Austrian war of the succession from age 25 to 33

1741 :
Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 26

1742 :
Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 27

1743 :
1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 28

1745 :
Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 30

1749 :
Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 34

1752 :
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 37

1752 :
Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 37

1754-1763 :
French-Indian war from age 39 to 48

1755 :
Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 40

1756-1763 :
Seven years war from age 41 to 48

1758 :
Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 43

1760 :
Bifocals at age 45

1760-1820 :
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 45 until after timeline

1765 :
Steam Engine at age 50

1765 :
HMS Victory launched at age 50

History of Thomas SARGENT's Life Time

For Thomas SARGENT
1760 to 1820
1231-1808 :
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 48

1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after timeline

1727-1760 :
Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 0

1754-1763 :
French-Indian war from before birth until age 3

1756-1763 :
Seven years war from before birth until age 3

1760 :
Bifocals at age 0

1760-1820 :
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 0 to 60

1765 :
Steam Engine at age 5

1765 :
HMS Victory launched at age 5

1769 :
San Francisco bay discovered at age 9

1770 :
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 10

1772-1775 :
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 12 to 15

1772 :
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 12

1773 :
Boston Tea Party at age 13

1774 :
1st Continental Congress meets at age 14

1775-1783 :
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 15 to 23

1775-1782 :
British war in India from age 15 to 22

1776 :
Declaration of Independence at age 16

1778 :
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 18

1778 :
France joins war against Britan at age 18

1780 :
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 20

1781 :
Uranus discovered at age 21

1783 :
1st working hot air balloon at age 23

1784 :
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 24

1786 :
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 26

1786 :
The Dollar is adopted at age 26

1787 :
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 27

1787 :
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 27

1787 :
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 27

1787 :
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 27

1788 :
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 28

1788 :
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 28

1788 :
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 28

1788 :
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 28

1788 :
Constitution goes into effect at age 28

1788 :
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 28

1788 :
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 28

1788 :
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 28

1788 :
New York enters the union - 11th at age 28

1789 :
US Army Established at age 29

1789-1796 :
George Washington selected 1st President from age 29 to 36

1789 :
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 29

1790 :
1st official US census at age 30

1790 :
Coast Guard Established at age 30

1790 :
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 30

1791 :
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 31

1791 :
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 31

1792 :
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 32

1792-1815 :
Napoleonic war from age 32 to 55

1792 :
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 32

1793 :
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 33

1793 :
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 33

1794 :
US Post Office Established at age 34

1794 :
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 34

1794 :
US Navy Established at age 34

1796 :
France's presses get right of free speech at age 36

1796-1800 :
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 36 to 40

1796 :
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 36

1796 :
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 36

1798-1800 :
Undeclared war with France from age 38 to 40

1798 :
Lithography at age 38

1798 :
US Marine Corps Established at age 38

1798 :
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 38

1799 :
Rosetta Stone found at age 39

1800-1809 :
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 40 to 49

1800 :
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 40

1800 :
1st Battery (Volta) at age 40

1800 :
Russia annexes Georgia at age 40

1802 :
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 42

1803 :
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 43

1803 :
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 43

1803 :
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 43

1804-1806 :
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 44 to 46

1804 :
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 44

1805 :
Morphine isolated at age 45

1805 :
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 45

1807 :
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 47

1808 :
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 48

1808 :
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 48

1809 :
Charles Darwin born at age 49

1809-1816 :
James Madison elected president of US from age 49 to 56

1810 :
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 50

1810 :
Homeopathy founded at age 50

1812 :
Missouri organized as a territory at age 52

1812-1814 :
War of 1812 from age 52 to 54

1812 :
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 52

1815 :
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 55

1815 :
Battle of Waterloo at age 55

1815 :
French outlaw slavery in France at age 55

1816 :
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 56

1816 :
Photographic Negative at age 56

1816 :
Stethoscope at age 56

1817-1825 :
Erie canal constructed from age 57 until after timeline

1817 :
Alabama organized as a territory at age 57

1817 :
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 57

1817-1823 :
1st Cholera pandemic from age 57 until after timeline

1817 :
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 57

1817-1824 :
James Monroe president of US from age 57 until after timeline

1818 :
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 58

1818 :
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 58

1819 :
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 59

1819 :
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 59

1819 :
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 59

1820-1830 :
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 60 until after timeline

1820 :
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 60

History of Joseph SARGENT's Life Time

For Joseph SARGENT
1785 to 1865
1231-1808 :
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 23

1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 49

1760-1820 :
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 35

1786 :
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 1

1786 :
The Dollar is adopted at age 1

1787 :
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 2

1787 :
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 2

1787 :
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 2

1787 :
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 2

1788 :
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 3

1788 :
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 3

1788 :
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 3

1788 :
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 3

1788 :
Constitution goes into effect at age 3

1788 :
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 3

1788 :
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 3

1788 :
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 3

1788 :
New York enters the union - 11th at age 3

1789 :
US Army Established at age 4

1789-1796 :
George Washington selected 1st President from age 4 to 11

1789 :
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 4

1790 :
1st official US census at age 5

1790 :
Coast Guard Established at age 5

1790 :
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 5

1791 :
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 6

1791 :
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 6

1792 :
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 7

1792-1815 :
Napoleonic war from age 7 to 30

1792 :
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 7

1793 :
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 8

1793 :
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 8

1794 :
US Post Office Established at age 9

1794 :
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 9

1794 :
US Navy Established at age 9

1796 :
France's presses get right of free speech at age 11

1796-1800 :
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 11 to 15

1796 :
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 11

1796 :
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 11

1798-1800 :
Undeclared war with France from age 13 to 15

1798 :
Lithography at age 13

1798 :
US Marine Corps Established at age 13

1798 :
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 13

1799 :
Rosetta Stone found at age 14

1800-1809 :
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 15 to 24

1800 :
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 15

1800 :
1st Battery (Volta) at age 15

1800 :
Russia annexes Georgia at age 15

1802 :
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 17

1803 :
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 18

1803 :
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 18

1803 :
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 18

1804-1806 :
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 19 to 21

1804 :
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 19

1805 :
Morphine isolated at age 20

1805 :
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 20

1807 :
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 22

1808 :
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 23

1808 :
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 23

1809 :
Charles Darwin born at age 24

1809-1816 :
James Madison elected president of US from age 24 to 31

1810 :
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 25

1810 :
Homeopathy founded at age 25

1812 :
Missouri organized as a territory at age 27

1812-1814 :
War of 1812 from age 27 to 29

1812 :
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 27

1815 :
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 30

1815 :
Battle of Waterloo at age 30

1815 :
French outlaw slavery in France at age 30

1816 :
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 31

1816 :
Photographic Negative at age 31

1816 :
Stethoscope at age 31

1817-1825 :
Erie canal constructed from age 32 to 40

1817 :
Alabama organized as a territory at age 32

1817 :
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 32

1817-1823 :
1st Cholera pandemic from age 32 to 38

1817 :
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 32

1817-1824 :
James Monroe president of US from age 32 to 39

1818 :
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 33

1818 :
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 33

1819 :
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 34

1819 :
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 34

1819 :
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 34

1820-1830 :
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 35 to 45

1820 :
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 35

1821 :
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 36

1821-1829 :
Greek war of Independence from age 36 to 44

1821 :
1st US women's college at age 36

1821 :
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 36

1822 :
Florida organized as a territory at age 37

1824 :
Erie canal finished at age 39

1824 :
Internal Combustion Engine at age 39

1824-1828 :
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 39 to 43

1826 :
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 41

1827 :
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 42

1827 :
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 42

1827 :
Ohms Law formulated at age 42

1828-1836 :
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 43 to 51

1828 :
1st railroad in the US at age 43

1828 :
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 43

1829-1851 :
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 44 to 66

1829 :
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 44

1830-1860 :
Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 45 to 75

1830-1837 :
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 45 to 52

1830 :
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 45

1832 :
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 47

1833 :
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 48

1833 :
Telegraph at age 48

1834 :
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 49

1835-1842 :
2nd Seminole War from age 50 to 57

1835 :
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 50

1835 :
Halley's Comet at age 50

1836 :
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 51

1836 :
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 51

1836 :
Battle of the Alamo at age 51

1837-1840 :
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 52 to 55

1837 :
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 52

1837-1901 :
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 52 until after timeline

1837 :
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 52

1838-1839 :
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 53 to 54

1839-1842 :
Opium war between China and the English from age 54 to 57

1841-1844 :
John Tyler president of US from age 56 to 59

1842 :
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 57

1844 :
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 59

1845 :
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 60

1845-1849 :
Irish Potato Famine from age 60 to 64

1845 :
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 60

1845-1848 :
James K Polk president of US from age 60 to 63

1846 :
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 61

1846-1848 :
The Mexican-US War from age 61 to 63

1848 :
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 63

1848-1856 :
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 63 to 71

1848 :
Oregon organized as a territory at age 63

1848 :
NY allows women to own real estate at age 63

1849 :
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 64

1849-1852 :
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 64 to 67

1850 :
US pop reaches 23 million at age 65

1850 :
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 65

1850 :
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 65

1850 :
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 65

1850 :
California enters the union - 31st at age 65

1851 :
Gold rush in Australia at age 66

1852-1859 :
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 67 to 74

1853-1856 :
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 68 to 71

1853 :
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 68

1854 :
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 69

1854 :
Kansas organized as a territory at age 69

1854-1856 :
Crimean War from age 69 to 71

1857-1860 :
James Buchanan president of US from age 72 to 75

1857 :
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 72

1857-1866 :
Transatlantic cable laid from age 72 until after timeline

1858 :
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 73

1858 :
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 73

1859 :
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 74

1859 :
Oil Well at age 74

1859 :
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 74

1860 :
Rifled barrel invented at age 75

1860 :
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 75

1861 :
Colorado organized as a territory at age 76

1861-1865 :
Confederate States of America Exist from age 76 to 80

1861 :
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 76

1861 :
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 76

1861 :
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 76

1861 :
Nevada organized as a territory at age 76

1861 :
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 76

1861-1865 :
Civil War from age 76 to 80

1861-1865 :
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 76 to 80

1861 :
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 76

1861 :
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 76

1862 :
US Homestead act at age 77

1863 :
Idaho organized as a territory at age 78

1863-1879 :
4th Cholera pandemic from age 78 until after timeline

1863 :
Battle of Gettysburg at age 78

1863 :
Arizona organized as a territory at age 78

1863 :
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 78

1863 :
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 78

1864 :
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 79

1864 :
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 79

1865 :
President Lincoln assassinated at age 80

1865 :
Lister invents Disinfection at age 80

1865 :
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 80

History of Elisha SARGENT's Life Time

For Elisha SARGENT
1813 to 1866
1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 21

1760-1820 :
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 7

1792-1815 :
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 2

1809-1816 :
James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 3

1812-1814 :
War of 1812 from before birth until age 1

1815 :
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 2

1815 :
Battle of Waterloo at age 2

1815 :
French outlaw slavery in France at age 2

1816 :
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 3

1816 :
Photographic Negative at age 3

1816 :
Stethoscope at age 3

1817-1825 :
Erie canal constructed from age 4 to 12

1817 :
Alabama organized as a territory at age 4

1817 :
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 4

1817-1823 :
1st Cholera pandemic from age 4 to 10

1817 :
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 4

1817-1824 :
James Monroe president of US from age 4 to 11

1818 :
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 5

1818 :
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 5

1819 :
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 6

1819 :
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 6

1819 :
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 6

1820-1830 :
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 7 to 17

1820 :
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 7

1821 :
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 8

1821-1829 :
Greek war of Independence from age 8 to 16

1821 :
1st US women's college at age 8

1821 :
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 8

1822 :
Florida organized as a territory at age 9

1824 :
Erie canal finished at age 11

1824 :
Internal Combustion Engine at age 11

1824-1828 :
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 11 to 15

1826 :
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 13

1827 :
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 14

1827 :
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 14

1827 :
Ohms Law formulated at age 14

1828-1836 :
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 15 to 23

1828 :
1st railroad in the US at age 15

1828 :
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 15

1829-1851 :
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 16 to 38

1829 :
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 16

1830-1860 :
Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 17 to 47

1830-1837 :
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 17 to 24

1830 :
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 17

1832 :
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 19

1833 :
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 20

1833 :
Telegraph at age 20

1834 :
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 21

1835-1842 :
2nd Seminole War from age 22 to 29

1835 :
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 22

1835 :
Halley's Comet at age 22

1836 :
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 23

1836 :
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 23

1836 :
Battle of the Alamo at age 23

1837-1840 :
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 24 to 27

1837 :
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 24

1837-1901 :
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 24 until after timeline

1837 :
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 24

1838-1839 :
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 25 to 26

1839-1842 :
Opium war between China and the English from age 26 to 29

1841-1844 :
John Tyler president of US from age 28 to 31

1842 :
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 29

1844 :
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 31

1845 :
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 32

1845-1849 :
Irish Potato Famine from age 32 to 36

1845 :
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 32

1845-1848 :
James K Polk president of US from age 32 to 35

1846 :
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 33

1846-1848 :
The Mexican-US War from age 33 to 35

1848 :
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 35

1848-1856 :
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 35 to 43

1848 :
Oregon organized as a territory at age 35

1848 :
NY allows women to own real estate at age 35

1849 :
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 36

1849-1852 :
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 36 to 39

1850 :
US pop reaches 23 million at age 37

1850 :
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 37

1850 :
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 37

1850 :
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 37

1850 :
California enters the union - 31st at age 37

1851 :
Gold rush in Australia at age 38

1852-1859 :
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 39 to 46

1853-1856 :
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 40 to 43

1853 :
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 40

1854 :
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 41

1854 :
Kansas organized as a territory at age 41

1854-1856 :
Crimean War from age 41 to 43

1857-1860 :
James Buchanan president of US from age 44 to 47

1857 :
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 44

1857-1866 :
Transatlantic cable laid from age 44 to 53

1858 :
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 45

1858 :
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 45

1859 :
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 46

1859 :
Oil Well at age 46

1859 :
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 46

1860 :
Rifled barrel invented at age 47

1860 :
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 47

1861 :
Colorado organized as a territory at age 48

1861-1865 :
Confederate States of America Exist from age 48 to 52

1861 :
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 48

1861 :
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 48

1861 :
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 48

1861 :
Nevada organized as a territory at age 48

1861 :
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 48

1861-1865 :
Civil War from age 48 to 52

1861-1865 :
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 48 to 52

1861 :
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 48

1861 :
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 48

1862 :
US Homestead act at age 49

1863 :
Idaho organized as a territory at age 50

1863-1879 :
4th Cholera pandemic from age 50 until after timeline

1863 :
Battle of Gettysburg at age 50

1863 :
Arizona organized as a territory at age 50

1863 :
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 50

1863 :
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 50

1864 :
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 51

1864 :
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 51

1865 :
President Lincoln assassinated at age 52

1865 :
Lister invents Disinfection at age 52

1865 :
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 52

1866-1868 :
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 53 until after timeline

1866 :
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 53

History of Jacob SARGENT's Life Time

For Jacob SARGENT
1831 to 1895
1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 3

1828-1836 :
Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 5

1829-1851 :
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 20

1830-1860 :
Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 29

1830-1837 :
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 6

1832 :
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 1

1833 :
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 2

1833 :
Telegraph at age 2

1834 :
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 3

1835-1842 :
2nd Seminole War from age 4 to 11

1835 :
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 4

1835 :
Halley's Comet at age 4

1836 :
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 5

1836 :
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 5

1836 :
Battle of the Alamo at age 5

1837-1840 :
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 6 to 9

1837 :
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 6

1837-1901 :
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 6 until after timeline

1837 :
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 6

1838-1839 :
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 7 to 8

1839-1842 :
Opium war between China and the English from age 8 to 11

1841-1844 :
John Tyler president of US from age 10 to 13

1842 :
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 11

1844 :
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 13

1845 :
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 14

1845-1849 :
Irish Potato Famine from age 14 to 18

1845 :
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 14

1845-1848 :
James K Polk president of US from age 14 to 17

1846 :
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 15

1846-1848 :
The Mexican-US War from age 15 to 17

1848 :
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 17

1848-1856 :
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 17 to 25

1848 :
Oregon organized as a territory at age 17

1848 :
NY allows women to own real estate at age 17

1849 :
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 18

1849-1852 :
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 18 to 21

1850 :
US pop reaches 23 million at age 19

1850 :
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 19

1850 :
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 19

1850 :
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 19

1850 :
California enters the union - 31st at age 19

1851 :
Gold rush in Australia at age 20

1852-1859 :
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 21 to 28

1853-1856 :
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 22 to 25

1853 :
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 22

1854 :
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 23

1854 :
Kansas organized as a territory at age 23

1854-1856 :
Crimean War from age 23 to 25

1857-1860 :
James Buchanan president of US from age 26 to 29

1857 :
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 26

1857-1866 :
Transatlantic cable laid from age 26 to 35

1858 :
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 27

1858 :
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 27

1859 :
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 28

1859 :
Oil Well at age 28

1859 :
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 28

1860 :
Rifled barrel invented at age 29

1860 :
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 29

1861 :
Colorado organized as a territory at age 30

1861-1865 :
Confederate States of America Exist from age 30 to 34

1861 :
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 30

1861 :
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 30

1861 :
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 30

1861 :
Nevada organized as a territory at age 30

1861 :
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 30

1861-1865 :
Civil War from age 30 to 34

1861-1865 :
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 30 to 34

1861 :
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 30

1861 :
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 30

1862 :
US Homestead act at age 31

1863 :
Idaho organized as a territory at age 32

1863-1879 :
4th Cholera pandemic from age 32 to 48

1863 :
Battle of Gettysburg at age 32

1863 :
Arizona organized as a territory at age 32

1863 :
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 32

1863 :
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 32

1864 :
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 33

1864 :
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 33

1865 :
President Lincoln assassinated at age 34

1865 :
Lister invents Disinfection at age 34

1865 :
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 34

1866-1868 :
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 35 to 37

1866 :
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 35

1867 :
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 36

1867 :
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 36

1867 :
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 36

1867 :
Confederation of Canada at age 36

1867 :
Dynamite at age 36

1868-1878 :
War between Cuba and Spain from age 37 to 47

1869-1876 :
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 38 to 45

1869 :
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 38

1869 :
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 38

1869 :
Suez canal opened at age 38

1869 :
Cutty Sark built at age 38

1870 :
US black men can vote at age 39

1870-1871 :
Franco-Prussian war from age 39 to 40

1870 :
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 39

1871 :
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 40

1873-1878 :
Depression, banks fail from age 42 to 47

1873 :
Color Photographs at age 42

1876 :
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 45

1876 :
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 45

1876 :
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 45

1876 :
American Centennial at age 45

1877 :
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 46

1877-1880 :
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 46 to 49

1878 :
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 47

1879 :
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 48

1879 :
Zulu war at age 48

1881-1885 :
Chester Arthur president of US from age 50 to 54

1881 :
James A Garfield president of US at age 50

1881 :
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 50

1881-1896 :
5th Cholera pandemic from age 50 until after timeline

1884 :
1st subway at age 53

1884 :
Motorcycle at age 53

1885 :
Automobile at age 54

1885-1888 :
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 54 to 57

1886 :
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 55

1887 :
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 56

1888 :
70...77 rpm musical records at age 57

1888 :
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400 deaths at age 57

1889 :
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 58

1889 :
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 58

1889 :
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 58

1889 :
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 58

1889-1892 :
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 58 to 61

1889 :
Holerith invents the punch card at age 58

1890 :
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 59

1890 :
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 59

1890 :
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 59

1890 :
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 59

1891 :
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 60

1893 :
Movies at age 62

1893 :
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 62

1893 :
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 62

1893-1896 :
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 62 until after timeline

1893-1897 :
US Financial panic, depression from age 62 until after timeline

1894-1895 :
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 63 to 64

1894 :
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 63

History of Jasper Nelson SARGENT's Life Time

For Jasper Nelson SARGENT
1857 to 1898
1830-1860 :
Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 3

1837-1901 :
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after timeline

1852-1859 :
3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 2

1857-1860 :
James Buchanan president of US from age 0 to 3

1857 :
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 0

1857-1866 :
Transatlantic cable laid from age 0 to 9

1858 :
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 1

1858 :
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 1

1859 :
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 2

1859 :
Oil Well at age 2

1859 :
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 2

1860 :
Rifled barrel invented at age 3

1860 :
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 3

1861 :
Colorado organized as a territory at age 4

1861-1865 :
Confederate States of America Exist from age 4 to 8

1861 :
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 4

1861 :
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 4

1861 :
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 4

1861 :
Nevada organized as a territory at age 4

1861 :
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 4

1861-1865 :
Civil War from age 4 to 8

1861-1865 :
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 4 to 8

1861 :
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 4

1861 :
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 4

1862 :
US Homestead act at age 5

1863 :
Idaho organized as a territory at age 6

1863-1879 :
4th Cholera pandemic from age 6 to 22

1863 :
Battle of Gettysburg at age 6

1863 :
Arizona organized as a territory at age 6

1863 :
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 6

1863 :
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 6

1864 :
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 7

1864 :
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 7

1865 :
President Lincoln assassinated at age 8

1865 :
Lister invents Disinfection at age 8

1865 :
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 8

1866-1868 :
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 9 to 11

1866 :
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 9

1867 :
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 10

1867 :
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 10

1867 :
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 10

1867 :
Confederation of Canada at age 10

1867 :
Dynamite at age 10

1868-1878 :
War between Cuba and Spain from age 11 to 21

1869-1876 :
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 12 to 19

1869 :
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 12

1869 :
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 12

1869 :
Suez canal opened at age 12

1869 :
Cutty Sark built at age 12

1870 :
US black men can vote at age 13

1870-1871 :
Franco-Prussian war from age 13 to 14

1870 :
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 13

1871 :
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 14

1873-1878 :
Depression, banks fail from age 16 to 21

1873 :
Color Photographs at age 16

1876 :
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 19

1876 :
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 19

1876 :
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 19

1876 :
American Centennial at age 19

1877 :
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 20

1877-1880 :
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 20 to 23

1878 :
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 21

1879 :
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 22

1879 :
Zulu war at age 22

1881-1885 :
Chester Arthur president of US from age 24 to 28

1881 :
James A Garfield president of US at age 24

1881 :
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 24

1881-1896 :
5th Cholera pandemic from age 24 to 39

1884 :
1st subway at age 27

1884 :
Motorcycle at age 27

1885 :
Automobile at age 28

1885-1888 :
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 28 to 31

1886 :
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 29

1887 :
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 30

1888 :
70...77 rpm musical records at age 31

1888 :
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400 deaths at age 31

1889 :
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 32

1889 :
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 32

1889 :
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 32

1889 :
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 32

1889-1892 :
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 32 to 35

1889 :
Holerith invents the punch card at age 32

1890 :
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 33

1890 :
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 33

1890 :
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 33

1890 :
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 33

1891 :
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 34

1893 :
Movies at age 36

1893 :
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 36

1893 :
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 36

1893-1896 :
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 36 to 39

1893-1897 :
US Financial panic, depression from age 36 to 40

1894-1895 :
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 37 to 38

1894 :
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 37

1896 :
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 39

1896 :
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 39

1897-1901 :
William McKinley president of US from age 40 until after timeline

1898 :
Spanish American 1-year war at age 41

History of James Hillary Sargent

For James Hillary Sargent
1886 to 1963
1837-1901 :
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 15

1881-1896 :
5th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 10

1885-1888 :
Grover Cleveland president of US from before birth until age 2

1886 :
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 0

1887 :
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 1

1888 :
70...77 rpm musical records at age 2

1888 :
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400 deaths at age 2

1889 :
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 3

1889 :
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 3

1889 :
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 3

1889 :
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 3

1889-1892 :
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 3 to 6

1889 :
Holerith invents the punch card at age 3

1890 :
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 4

1890 :
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 4

1890 :
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 4

1890 :
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 4

1891 :
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 5

1893 :
Movies at age 7

1893 :
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 7

1893 :
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 7

1893-1896 :
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 7 to 10

1893-1897 :
US Financial panic, depression from age 7 to 11

1894-1895 :
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 8 to 9

1894 :
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 8

1896 :
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 10

1896 :
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 10

1897-1901 :
William McKinley president of US from age 11 to 15

1898 :
Spanish American 1-year war at age 12

1899-1923 :
6th Cholera pandemic from age 13 to 37

1899-1902 :
Boer war from age 13 to 16

1900 :
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 14

1900 :
Boxer rebellion in China at age 14

1900 :
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 14

1901 :
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 15

1901-1910 :
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 15 to 24

1901 :
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 15

1901 :
First British submarine launched at age 15

1901-1908 :
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 15 to 22

1901 :
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 15

1901 :
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 15

1901 :
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 15

1903 :
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 17

1903 :
Airplane at age 17

1904 :
Radar at age 18

1904-1905 :
Russian-Japanese war from age 18 to 19

1907 :
Plastic at age 21

1907 :
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 21

1908 :
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 22

1909 :
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 23

1909 :
Union of South Africa formed at age 23

1909-1912 :
William Howard Taft president of US from age 23 to 26

1910 :
Japan annexes Korea at age 24

1910 :
Halley's Comet at age 24

1910-1936 :
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 24 to 50

1911 :
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 25

1912 :
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 26

1912 :
Titanic sinks at age 26

1912 :
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 26

1912 :
Alaska organized as a territory at age 26

1913-1920 :
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 27 to 34

1914 :
The Bra at age 28

1914-1919 :
World War I from age 28 to 33

1915 :
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 29

1916 :
Sonar at age 30

1916 :
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 30

1917 :
Russian revolution at age 31

1917 :
US enters WWI at age 31

1918-1933 :
Prohibition from age 32 to 47

1918-1920 :
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 32 to 34

1919 :
League of Nations instantiated at age 33

1919 :
Shortwave Radio at age 33

1920-1929 :
Roaring 20's from age 34 to 43

1920 :
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 34

1920 :
Palestine established at age 34

1921-1924 :
Warren G Harding president of US from age 35 to 38

1922 :
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 36

1925 :
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 39

1925-1928 :
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 39 to 42

1926 :
Sound in Movies at age 40

1927 :
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 41

1927 :
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 41

1928 :
Television at age 42

1928 :
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 42

1928 :
Video Recordings at age 42

1928 :
Geiger Counter at age 42

1929-1939 :
Great Depression from age 43 to 53

1929-1932 :
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 43 to 46

1929 :
Stock Market Crash at age 43

1930 :
Pluto Discovered at age 44

1931-1933 :
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 45 to 47

1933 :
Radio Astronomy at age 47

1933 :
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 47

1933 :
Soviet communist party purge at age 47

1933-1945 :
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 47 to 59

1934 :
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 48

1935 :
Dustbowl at age 49

1935-1936 :
Abyssinian war from age 49 to 50

1936 :
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 50

1936 :
Helicopter at age 50

1936 :
Spanish Civil War at age 50

1936-1952 :
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 50 to 66

1937 :
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 51

1937-1945 :
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 51 to 59

1938 :
Germany annexes Austria at age 52

1939 :
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 53

1939 :
Digital Computer at age 53

1939-1945 :
World War II from age 53 to 59

1940 :
1st black general in US army at age 54

1940 :
Color Television at age 54

1941-1945 :
Manhattan Project from age 55 to 59

1942 :
Nuclear Reactor at age 56

1942 :
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 56

1945 :
Hypertext at age 59

1945 :
US drops the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at age 59

1945-1952 :
Harry S Truman president of US from age 59 to 66

1945 :
United Nations formed at age 59

1946 :
The Bikini at age 60

1946-1989 :
The Cold War from age 60 until after timeline

1947 :
India and Pakistan emerge from ex-British India at age 61

1947 :
UN partitions Palestine to Jewish and Arab sections at age 61

1947 :
Transistor at age 61

1948 :
33 1/3 rpm musical recordings at age 62

1948 :
Arabs attack Israel on the day it is inaugurated at age 62

1948 :
NATO formed at age 62

1948 :
Israel inaugurated as state at age 62

1949 :
45 rpm musical recordings at age 63

1949 :
Soviets detonate first nuclear bomb at age 63

1949 :
Apartheid policy in South Africa at age 63

1950 :
World pop. est. at 2.4 billion at age 64

1950-1954 :
McCarthyism from age 64 to 68

1950 :
Bunche 1st black to win Nobel Peace Prize at age 64

1950-1953 :
Korean War from age 64 to 67

1951 :
Electricity from Atomic Power at age 65

1952 :
1st Thermonuclear Device Detonated at age 66

1952-2050 :
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from age 66 until after timeline

1953-1960 :
Dwight D Eisenhower president of US from age 67 to 74

1954 :
Racial segregation in schools ruled unconstitutional at age 68

1955 :
Fiber Optics (by Kapany) at age 69

1955 :
Invention of Velcro at age 69

1955 :
Warsaw pact formed at age 69

1955 :
Introduction of Salk Polio Vaccine at age 69

1956 :
Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the Stockholm, sinks at age 70

1957 :
Sputnik Launched - 1st (artificial) satellite at age 71

1958 :
Integrated Circuit at age 72

1958 :
Stereo LP recordings come into usage at age 72

1958 :
US space agency (NASA) established at age 72

1958 :
FM Stereo Broadcasts at age 72

1959 :
Hawaii enters the union - 50th at age 73

1959 :
Alaska enters the union - 49th at age 73

1959 :
1st nuclear powered merchant vessel, Savannah at age 73

1960 :
World subsurface circumnavigation by US sub Triton at age 74

1960 :
Pantyhose at age 74

1960 :
1st weather satellite (Tiros I) at age 74

1960 :
Laser at age 74

1961-1970 :
7th Cholera pandemic from age 75 until after timeline

1961 :
First human in space - Yuri Gagarin at age 75

1961-1963 :
John F Kennedy president of US from age 75 to 77

1961 :
1st US manned spaceflight - Alan Shephard at age 75

1962 :
Cuban missile crisis at age 76

1962-1965 :
Vatican II from age 76 until after timeline

1963-1968 :
Lyndon B Johnson president of US from age 77 until after timeline

1963 :
Pres. Kennedy Assassinated at age 77

1963 :
Compact Cassette Recordings at age 77

1963 :
1st artificial heart at age 77

History of Arthur Hillory Sargent's Life Time

For Arthur Hillory Sargent
1908 to 1974
1899-1923 :
6th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 15

1901-1910 :
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from before birth until age 2

1901-1908 :
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from before birth until age 0

1908 :
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 0

1909 :
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 1

1909 :
Union of South Africa formed at age 1

1909-1912 :
William Howard Taft president of US from age 1 to 4

1910 :
Japan annexes Korea at age 2

1910 :
Halley's Comet at age 2

1910-1936 :
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 2 to 28

1911 :
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 3

1912 :
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 4

1912 :
Titanic sinks at age 4

1912 :
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 4

1912 :
Alaska organized as a territory at age 4

1913-1920 :
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 5 to 12

1914 :
The Bra at age 6

1914-1919 :
World War I from age 6 to 11

1915 :
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 7

1916 :
Sonar at age 8

1916 :
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 8

1917 :
Russian revolution at age 9

1917 :
US enters WWI at age 9

1918-1933 :
Prohibition from age 10 to 25

1918-1920 :
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 10 to 12

1919 :
League of Nations instantiated at age 11

1919 :
Shortwave Radio at age 11

1920-1929 :
Roaring 20's from age 12 to 21

1920 :
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 12

1920 :
Palestine established at age 12

1921-1924 :
Warren G Harding president of US from age 13 to 16

1922 :
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 14

1925 :
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 17

1925-1928 :
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 17 to 20

1926 :
Sound in Movies at age 18

1927 :
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 19

1927 :
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 19

1928 :
Television at age 20

1928 :
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 20

1928 :
Video Recordings at age 20

1928 :
Geiger Counter at age 20

1929-1939 :
Great Depression from age 21 to 31

1929-1932 :
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 21 to 24

1929 :
Stock Market Crash at age 21

1930 :
Pluto Discovered at age 22

1931-1933 :
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 23 to 25

1933 :
Radio Astronomy at age 25

1933 :
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 25

1933 :
Soviet communist party purge at age 25

1933-1945 :
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 25 to 37

1934 :
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 26

1935 :
Dustbowl at age 27

1935-1936 :
Abyssinian war from age 27 to 28

1936 :
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 28

1936 :
Helicopter at age 28

1936 :
Spanish Civil War at age 28

1936-1952 :
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 28 to 44

1937 :
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 29

1937-1945 :
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 29 to 37

1938 :
Germany annexes Austria at age 30

1939 :
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 31

1939 :
Digital Computer at age 31

1939-1945 :
World War II from age 31 to 37

1940 :
1st black general in US army at age 32

1940 :
Color Television at age 32

1941-1945 :
Manhattan Project from age 33 to 37

1942 :
Nuclear Reactor at age 34

1942 :
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 34

1945 :
Hypertext at age 37

1945 :
US drops the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at age 37

1945-1952 :
Harry S Truman president of US from age 37 to 44

1945 :
United Nations formed at age 37

1946 :
The Bikini at age 38

1946-1989 :
The Cold War from age 38 until after timeline

1947 :
India and Pakistan emerge from ex-British India at age 39

1947 :
UN partitions Palestine to Jewish and Arab sections at age 39

1947 :
Transistor at age 39

1948 :
33 1/3 rpm musical recordings at age 40

1948 :
Arabs attack Israel on the day it is inaugurated at age 40

1948 :
NATO formed at age 40

1948 :
Israel inaugurated as state at age 40

1949 :
45 rpm musical recordings at age 41

1949 :
Soviets detonate first nuclear bomb at age 41

1949 :
Apartheid policy in South Africa at age 41

1950 :
World pop. est. at 2.4 billion at age 42

1950-1954 :
McCarthyism from age 42 to 46

1950 :
Bunche 1st black to win Nobel Peace Prize at age 42

1950-1953 :
Korean War from age 42 to 45

1951 :
Electricity from Atomic Power at age 43

1952 :
1st Thermonuclear Device Detonated at age 44

1952-2050 :
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from age 44 until after timeline

1953-1960 :
Dwight D Eisenhower president of US from age 45 to 52

1954 :
Racial segregation in schools ruled unconstitutional at age 46

1955 :
Fiber Optics (by Kapany) at age 47

1955 :
Invention of Velcro at age 47

1955 :
Warsaw pact formed at age 47

1955 :
Introduction of Salk Polio Vaccine at age 47

1956 :
Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the Stockholm, sinks at age 48

1957 :
Sputnik Launched - 1st (artificial) satellite at age 49

1958 :
Integrated Circuit at age 50

1958 :
Stereo LP recordings come into usage at age 50

1958 :
US space agency (NASA) established at age 50

1958 :
FM Stereo Broadcasts at age 50

1959 :
Hawaii enters the union - 50th at age 51

1959 :
Alaska enters the union - 49th at age 51

1959 :
1st nuclear powered merchant vessel, Savannah at age 51

1960 :
World subsurface circumnavigation by US sub Triton at age 52

1960 :
Pantyhose at age 52

1960 :
1st weather satellite (Tiros I) at age 52

1960 :
Laser at age 52

1961-1970 :
7th Cholera pandemic from age 53 to 62

1961 :
First human in space - Yuri Gagarin at age 53

1961-1963 :
John F Kennedy president of US from age 53 to 55

1961 :
1st US manned spaceflight - Alan Shephard at age 53

1962 :
Cuban missile crisis at age 54

1962-1965 :
Vatican II from age 54 to 57

1963-1968 :
Lyndon B Johnson president of US from age 55 to 60

1963 :
Pres. Kennedy Assassinated at age 55

1963 :
Compact Cassette Recordings at age 55

1963 :
1st artificial heart at age 55

1964-1975 :
Vietnam War from age 56 until after timeline

1964 :
US civil rights bill at age 56

1965 :
Blacks riot in Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles at age 57

1965 :
1st spacewalks (US, USSR) at age 57

1966 :
8-track tape players at age 58

1966 :
1st soft landings on moon (US, USSR) at age 58

1967-1970 :
Nigerian civil war from age 59 to 62

1967 :
Marshall 1st black supreme court justice at age 59

1967 :
Six day war: Israel-Arabs at age 59

1967 :
Physicist John Wheeler coins the term Black Hole at age 59

1967 :
1st human heart transplant at age 59

1968 :
Robert Kennedy assassinated at age 60

1968 :
Martin Luther King assassinated at age 60

1969 :
Moon Landing - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at age 61

1969-1974 :
Richard M. Nixon president of US from age 61 to 66

1969 :
Woodstock Music Festival at age 61

1970 :
Microprocessor at age 62

1970 :
Nat. Guard murders 4 students at Kent State at age 62

1971 :
Pakistani civil war at age 63

1971 :
Intel ships 1st uProcessor: the 4004 at age 63

1973 :
October war (Israel-Arabic nations) at age 65

1973 :
The Internet at age 65

1974-1976 :
Gerald Ford president of US from age 66 until after timeline

1974 :
Pres. Nixon resigns in disgrace at age 66

History of Daddy's Life Time

For james ray sargent
1933 to 2005

1910-1936 :
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from before birth until age 3

1918-1933 :
Prohibition from before birth until age 0

1929-1939 :
Great Depression from before birth until age 6

1931-1933 :
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from before birth until age 0

1933 :
Radio Astronomy at age 0

1933 :
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 0

1933 :
Soviet communist party purge at age 0

1933-1945 :
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 0 to 12

1934 :
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 1

1935 :
Dustbowl at age 2

1935-1936 :
Abyssinian war from age 2 to 3

1936 :
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 3

1936 :
Helicopter at age 3

1936 :
Spanish Civil War at age 3

1936-1952 :
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 3 to 19

1937 :
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 4

1937-1945 :
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 4 to 12

1938 :
Germany annexes Austria at age 5

1939 :
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 6

1939 :
Digital Computer at age 6

1939-1945 :
World War II from age 6 to 12

1940 :
1st black general in US army at age 7

1940 :
Color Television at age 7

1941-1945 :
Manhattan Project from age 8 to 12

1942 :
Nuclear Reactor at age 9

1942 :
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 9

1945 :
Hypertext at age 12

1945 :
US drops the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at age 12

1945-1952 :
Harry S Truman president of US from age 12 to 19

1945 :
United Nations formed at age 12

1946 :
The Bikini at age 13

1946-1989 :
The Cold War from age 13 to 56

1947 :
India and Pakistan emerge from ex-British India at age 14

1947 :
UN partitions Palestine to Jewish and Arab sections at age 14

1947 :
Transistor at age 14

1948 :
33 1/3 rpm musical recordings at age 15

1948 :
Arabs attack Israel on the day it is inaugurated at age 15

1948 :
NATO formed at age 15

1948 :
Israel inaugurated as state at age 15

1949 :
45 rpm musical recordings at age 16

1949 :
Soviets detonate first nuclear bomb at age 16

1949 :
Apartheid policy in South Africa at age 16

1950 :
World pop. est. at 2.4 billion at age 17

1950-1954 :
McCarthyism from age 17 to 21

1950 :
Bunche 1st black to win Nobel Peace Prize at age 17

1950-1953 :
Korean War from age 17 to 20

1951 :
Electricity from Atomic Power at age 18

1952 :
1st Thermonuclear Device Detonated at age 19

1952-2050 :
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from age 19 until after timeline

1953-1960 :
Dwight D Eisenhower president of US from age 20 to 27

1954 :
Racial segregation in schools ruled unconstitutional at age 21

1955 :
Fiber Optics (by Kapany) at age 22

1955 :
Invention of Velcro at age 22

1955 :
Warsaw pact formed at age 22

1955 :
Introduction of Salk Polio Vaccine at age 22

1956 :
Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the Stockholm, sinks at age 23

1957 :
Sputnik Launched - 1st (artificial) satellite at age 24

1958 :
Integrated Circuit at age 25

1958 :
Stereo LP recordings come into usage at age 25

1958 :
US space agency (NASA) established at age 25

1958 :
FM Stereo Broadcasts at age 25

1959 :
Hawaii enters the union - 50th at age 26

1959 :
Alaska enters the union - 49th at age 26

1959 :
1st nuclear powered merchant vessel, Savannah at age 26

1960 :
World subsurface circumnavigation by US sub Triton at age 27

1960 :
Pantyhose at age 27

1960 :
1st weather satellite (Tiros I) at age 27

1960 :
Laser at age 27

1961-1970 :
7th Cholera pandemic from age 28 to 37

1961 :
First human in space - Yuri Gagarin at age 28

1961-1963 :
John F Kennedy president of US from age 28 to 30

1961 :
1st US manned spaceflight - Alan Shephard at age 28

1962 :
Cuban missile crisis at age 29

1962-1965 :
Vatican II from age 29 to 32

1963-1968 :
Lyndon B Johnson president of US from age 30 to 35

1963 :
Pres. Kennedy Assassinated at age 30

1963 :
Compact Cassette Recordings at age 30

1963 :
1st artificial heart at age 30

1964-1975 :
Vietnam War from age 31 to 42

1964 :
US civil rights bill at age 31

1965 :
Blacks riot in Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles at age 32

1965 :
1st spacewalks (US, USSR) at age 32

1966 :
8-track tape players at age 33

1966 :
1st soft landings on moon (US, USSR) at age 33

1967-1970 :
Nigerian civil war from age 34 to 37

1967 :
Marshall 1st black supreme court justice at age 34

1967 :
Six day war: Israel-Arabs at age 34

1967 :
Physicist John Wheeler coins the term Black Hole at age 34

1967 :
1st human heart transplant at age 34

1968 :
Robert Kennedy assassinated at age 35

1968 :
Martin Luther King assassinated at age 35

1969 :
Moon Landing - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at age 36

1969-1974 :
Richard M. Nixon president of US from age 36 to 41

1969 :
Woodstock Music Festival at age 36

1970 :
Microprocessor at age 37

1970 :
Nat. Guard murders 4 students at Kent State at age 37

1971 :
Pakistani civil war at age 38

1971 :
Intel ships 1st uProcessor: the 4004 at age 38

1973 :
October war (Israel-Arabic nations) at age 40

1973 :
The Internet at age 40

1974-1976 :
Gerald Ford president of US from age 41 to 43

1974 :
Pres. Nixon resigns in disgrace at age 41

1975 :
The 1st home computer: The Altair 8800a at age 42

1975 :
Ebola virus appears - 90 percent lethal at age 42

1975 :
Byte Magazine, issue #1 - September at age 42

1976 :
American Bicentennial at age 43

1976 :
Whites accept principle of black majority rule in S. Africa at age 43

1976 :
VHS Video Recordings at age 43

1976 :
Television begins satellite delivery at age 43

1977 :
Neutron bomb at age 44

1977-1980 :
James Earl Carter Jr president of US from age 44 to 47

1978 :
Jonestown religious group mass suicide - 913 people die at age 45

1978 :
1st test-tube baby at age 45

1978 :
Laserdisc video recordings at age 45

1979 :
Margaret Thatcher 1st Woman Prime Minister in UK at age 46

1979 :
Three Mile Island nuclear event at age 46

1980 :
Mount St. Helens Erupts at age 47

1981 :
IBM PC ships at age 48

1981-1988 :
Ronald Reagan president of US from age 48 to 55

1981 :
1st female supreme court justice at age 48

1981 :
1st space shuttle flight - Columbia at age 48

1982 :
1st genetically engineered product - insulin at age 49

1983 :
Pioneer 10 leaves the solar system at age 50

1983 :
Bluford 1st black in space at age 50

1983 :
Compact Disks at age 50

1984 :
HIV determined to be cause of AIDs at age 51

1984 :
Apple Macintosh Ships at age 51

1985 :
Amiga Computer Ships at age 52

1986 :
Chernobyl power plant melts down at age 53

1986 :
Halley's Comet at age 53

1986 :
Shuttle Challenger explodes at age 53

1986 :
Mir space station deployed at age 53

1987 :
2000th satellite launched: USSR's Cosmos at age 54

1988 :
Turin shroud precisely carbon dated to 1330 AD - shroud is a hoax at age 55

1989 :
Pons and Fleischmann claim cold fusion at age 56

1989 :
US Invades Panama, topples Noriega at age 56

1989 :
Powell is 1st black chairmain joint US chiefs of staff at age 56

1989 :
Fall of Berlin Wall at age 56

1989-1992 :
George Bush president of US from age 56 to 59

1989 :
Breakup of the Soviet Union at age 56

1990 :
World Wide Web at age 57

1990 :
Hubble space telescope deployed at age 57

1991 :
Iraq attacks Kuwait, US Attacks Iraq at age 58

1991-2003 :
8th Cholera pandemic from age 58 to 70

1992 :
Blacks riot in South Central neighborhood, Los Angeles at age 59

1993 :
Catholic Church apologizes for its treatment of Galileo in the 1600's at age 60

1993-2000 :
William Clinton president of US from age 60 to 67

1993 :
Muslim terrorists bomb World Trade Center at age 60

1994 :
South Africa moves to 1 person, 1 vote system at age 61

1995 :
American Terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City at age 62

1996 :
DVD video recordings at age 63

1997 :
Cloning living beings at age 64

1997 :
Mars pathfinder lands at age 64

1998 :
US attacks Iraq, again at age 65

1998 :
Pres. Clinton Impeached December 19th. at age 65

1998 :
1st 1 GHz microprocessor ships - The DEC Alpha CPU at age 65

1999 :
US attacks Bosnia at age 66

2000 :
Working draft of human genome completed at age 67

2000 :
Playstation II ships - most powerful video system to date at age 67

2000 :
North Pole ice melts - 1.5 km of open water in August at age 67

2000 :
'2nd Coming' Prophesied 2nd time; Prophesy remains unfulfilled at age 67

2001 :
Muslim terrorists destroy World Trade Center Sep 11th at age 68

2001 :
Probe NEAR-Shoemaker makes 1st touchdown on asteroid at age 68

2001 :
US attacks Afghanistan, October 7th at age 68

2001 :
Wikipedia goes online at age 68

2001 :
Satellite Radio broadcasts to consumers begin at age 68

2001 :
X-Box console released at age 68

2001-2009 :
George W. Bush president of US from age 68 until after timeline

2001 :
Earthquaqe at Gujarat, India - 20,000 deaths at age 68

2002 :
Euro currency introduced at age 69

2002 :
Terrorist bomb kills 170, injures 250 in Bali at age 69

2002 :
10th solar planet(oid) discovered: Quaoar at age 69

2003 :
28,000 die in Iran earthquake at age 70

2003 :
Shuttle Columbia destroyed during re-entry (feb 1st) at age 70

2004 :
Non-government Spaceship One achieves spaceflight at age 71

2004 :
Water verified present on Mars by Odyssey lander at age 71

2004 :
Huge trans-Neptunian object, Sedna, discovered at age 71

2004 :
Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami kills 290,000 - dec 26 at age 71

2004 :
10 terrorist bombs kill 200, injure 1240 in Spain at age 71

2005 :
Space Shuttle returns to flight July 26th…Aug 10th at age 72

2005 :
Muslim terrorists bomb London transit system July 7th at age 72

2005 :
Microsoft ships Xbox 360 at age 72

2005 :
Huge trans-Plutonian object discovered at age 72

2005 :
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita devastate New Orleans - Aug, Sep at age 72

2005 :
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft craters comet Temple 1 at age 72