Ralph Emerson

Born:September 25th, 1866
Died:August 25th, 1889
Father:Ralph Emerson
Mother:Adaline Elizabeth Emerson
Occupations: ---
Children:None known

Ralph Emerson

1866 through 1889

1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1857-1866 Transatlantic cable laid
1863-1879 4th Cholera pandemic
  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
1868-1878 War between Cuba and Spain
  1868   Helium discovered (Norman Lockyer)
  1869   Suez canal opened
  1869   Trans-continental railroad completed
1869-1876 Ulysses S Grant president of US
  1869   Cutty Sark built
  1869   Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold
  1870   US black men can vote
  1870   1st black US senator (Hiram Revels)
1870-1871 Franco-Prussian war
  1871   Great Fire destroys Chicago
  1873   Color Photographs
1873-1878 Depression, banks fail
  1876   Colorado enters the union - 38th
  1876   Little Big Horn - Battle
  1876   Telephone (Bell, Latimer)
  1876   US Centennial
  1877   Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings
1877-1880 Ruthorford B Hayes president of US
  1878   1st commercial telephone exchange in US
  1879   Electric Light Bulb (Edison)
  1879   Zulu war
  1881   James A Garfield president of US
1881-1885 Chester Arthur president of US
  1881   President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care)
1881-1896 5th Cholera pandemic
  1884   1st subway
  1884   Motorcycle
  1885   Automobile
1885-1888 Grover Cleveland president of US
  1886   Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods)
  1887   X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!)
  1888   Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths
  1888   70...77 rpm musical records
  1889   Holerith invents the punch card
  1889   Washington enters the union - 42nd
1889-1892 Benjamin Harrison president of US
  1889   Montana enters the union - 41st
  1889   South Dakota enters the union - 40th
  1889   North Dakota enters the union - 39th