| 1837-1901: |  | | | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end |
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| 1863-1879: | | | | 4th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 12 |
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| 1866-1868: | | | | Andrew Johnson president of US from before birth until age 1 |
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| 1867: | | | | Confederation of Canada at age 0 |
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| 1867: | | | | Alaska purchased from Russia at age 0 |
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| 1867: | | | | Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 0 |
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| 1867: | | | | Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 0 |
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| 1868-1878: | | | | War between Cuba and Spain from age 1 to age 11 |
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| 1869: | | | | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 2 |
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| 1869-1876: | | | | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 2 to age 9 |
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| 1869: | | | | Cutty Sark built at age 2 |
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| 1869: | | | | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 2 |
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| 1869: | | | | Suez canal opened at age 2 |
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| 1870: | | | | US black men can vote at age 3 |
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| 1870-1871: | | | | Franco-Prussian war from age 3 to age 4 |
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| 1870: | | | | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 3 |
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| 1871: | | | | Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 4 |
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| 1873: | | | | Color Photographs at age 6 |
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| 1873-1878: | | | | Depression, banks fail from age 6 to age 11 |
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| 1876: | | | | American Centennial at age 9 |
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| 1876: | | | | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 9 |
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| 1876: | | | | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 9 |
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| 1876: | | | | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 9 |
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| 1877-1880: | | | | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 10 to age 13 |
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| 1877: | | | | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 10 |
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| 1878: | | | | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 11 |
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| 1879: | | | | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 12 |
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| 1881: | | | | James A Garfield president of US at age 14 |
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| 1881-1885: | | | | Chester Arthur president of US from age 14 to age 18 |
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| 1881-1896: | | | | 5th Cholera pandemic from age 14 to age 29 |
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| 1881: | | | | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 14 |
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| 1885-1888: | | | | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 18 to age 21 |
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| 1886: | | | | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 19 |
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| 1887: | | | | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 20 |
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| 1888: | | | | Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 21 |
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| 1888: | | | | 70...77 rpm musical records at age 21 |
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| 1889: | | | | South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 22 |
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| 1889: | | | | North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 22 |
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| 1889: | | | | Montana enters the union - 41st at age 22 |
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| 1889-1892: | | | | Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 22 to age 25 |
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| 1889: | | | | Holerith invents the punch card at age 22 |
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| 1889: | | | | Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 22 |
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| 1890: | | | | Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 23 |
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| 1890: | | | | Battle of Wounded Knee at age 23 |
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| 1890: | | | | Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 23 |
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| 1890: | | | | Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 23 |
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| 1891: | | | | Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 24 |
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| 1893: | | | | Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 26 |
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| 1893: | | | | New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 26 |
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| 1893-1896: | | | | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 26 to age 29 |
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| 1893-1897: | | | | US Financial panic, depression from age 26 to age 30 |
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| 1894: | | | | Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 27 |
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| 1894-1895: | | | | Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 27 to age 28 |
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| 1896: | | | | Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 29 |
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| 1896: | | | | Utah enters the union - 45th at age 29 |
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| 1897-1901: | | | | William McKinley president of US from age 30 until after line end |
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| 1898: | | | | Spanish American 1-year war at age 31 |
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