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Desire Blish 5 [f]
5th Generation

Personal Details
Born September 28th, 1761 No Image On File
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Parents
Father [28]Elijah Blish 4 No Image On File
Mother [28_sa]Sarah (Stewart) Blish 4 No Image On File

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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2 Gen. 1
Desire BlishElijah BlishAbraham BlishJoseph Blish, (***)Abraham Blish, (***)
Anne (Pratt) Blish
Hannah (Hull) BlishTristham Hull
Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull
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Sarah (Stewart) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1761 to 1861
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 47
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 73
1754-1763:
French-Indian war from before birth until age 2
1756-1763:
Seven years war from before birth until age 2
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 59
1765:
Steam Engine at age 4
1765:
HMS Victory launched at age 4
1769:
San Francisco bay discovered at age 8
1770:
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 9
1772:
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 11
1772-1775:
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 11 to age 14
1773:
Boston Tea Party at age 12
1774:
1st Continental Congress meets at age 13
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 14 to age 22
1775-1782:
British war in India from age 14 to age 21
1776:
Declaration of Independence at age 15
1778:
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 17
1778:
France joins war against Britan at age 17
1780:
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 19
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 20
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 22
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 23
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 25
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 25
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 26
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 26
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 26
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 26
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 27
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 27
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 27
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 27
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 27
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 27
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 27
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 27
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 27
1789:
US Army Established at age 28
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 28 to age 35
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 28
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 29
1790:
1st official US census at age 29
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 29
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 30
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 30
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 31 to age 54
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 31
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 31
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 32
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 32
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 33
1794:
US Navy Established at age 33
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 33
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 35
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 35
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 35 to age 39
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 35
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 37 to age 39
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 37
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 37
1798:
Lithography at age 37
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 38
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 39
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 39
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 39 to age 48
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 39
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 41
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 42
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 42
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 42
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 43 to age 45
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 43
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 44
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 44
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 46
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 47
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 47
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 48
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 48 to age 55
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 49
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 49
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 51
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 51 to age 53
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 51
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 54
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 54
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 54
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 55
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 55
1816:
Stethoscope at age 55
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 56 to age 62
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 56
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 56 to age 63
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 56 to age 64
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 56
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 56
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 57
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 57
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 58
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 58
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 58
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 59 to age 69
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 59
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 60 to age 68
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 60
1821:
1st US women's college at age 60
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 60
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 61
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 63
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 63
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 63 to age 67
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 65
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 66
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 66
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 66
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 67 to age 75
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 67
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 67
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 68
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 68 to age 90
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 69
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 69 to age 99
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 69 to age 76
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 71
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 72
1833:
Telegraph at age 72
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 73
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 74
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 74 to age 81
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 74
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 75
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 75
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 75
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 76
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 76 until after line end
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 76 to age 79
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 76
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 77 to age 78
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 78 to age 81
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 80 to age 83
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 81
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 83
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 84
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 84
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 84 to age 88
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 84 to age 87
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 85
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 85 to age 87
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 87 to age 95
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 87
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 87
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 87
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 88 to age 91
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 88
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 89
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 89
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 89
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 89
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 89
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 90
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 91 to age 98
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 92
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 92 to age 95
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 93 to age 95
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 93
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 93
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 96
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 96 until after line end
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 96 to age 99
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 97
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 97
1859:
Oil Well at age 98
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 98
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 98
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 99
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 99
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 100
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 100
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 100
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 100
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 100
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 100
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 100 until after line end
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 100
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 100
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 100 until after line end
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 100 until after line end

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