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English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 21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
Thursday, October 21, 2010
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
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
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
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
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
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