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