George Foote Cheney

Born:October 5th, 1854
Died:June 7th, 1867
Father:Thomas Blish Cheney
Mother:Francis E. (Foote) Cheney
Occupations: ---
Children:None known

George Foote Cheney

1854 through 1867

1830-1860 Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US
1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1848-1856 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill
1852-1859 3rd Cholera pandemic
1853-1856 Franklin Pierce president of US
1854-1856 Crimean War
  1854   Nebraska organized as a territory
  1854   Kansas organized as a territory
  1856   Celluloid, the first thermoplastic
1857-1860 James Buchanan president of US
1857-1866 Transatlantic cable laid
  1857   Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens
  1858   Minnesota enters the union - 32nd
  1858   India bill transfers government of India to England
  1859   Darwin pub. Origin Of Species
  1859   Oil Well
  1859   Oregon enters the union - 33rd
  1860   South Carolina Secedes from the Union
  1860   Rifled barrel invented
1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln president of US
  1861   Gold rush in New Zealand
  1861   Colorado organized as a territory
1861-1865 Confederate States of America Exist
  1861   North Dakota organized as a territory
1861-1865 Civil War
  1861   South Dakota organized as a territory
  1861   Nevada organized as a territory
  1861   Kansas enters the union - 34th
  1861   Transcontinental Telegraph completed
  1861   The Apache Declare War on the US
  1862   US Homestead act
  1863   Arizona organized as a territory
  1863   Idaho organized as a territory
  1863   West Virginia enters the union - 35th
  1863   Battle of Gettysburg
  1863   Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves
1863-1879 4th Cholera pandemic
  1864   Louisiana organized as a territory
  1864   Nevada enters the union - 36th
  1865   Ku Klux Klan founded
  1865   President Lincoln assassinated
  1865   Lister invents Disinfection
  1866   Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts)
1866-1868 Andrew Johnson president of US
  1867   Confederation of Canada
  1867   Diamonds discovered in South Africa
  1867   Dynamite
  1867   Nebraska enters the union - 37th
  1867   Alaska purchased from Russia