1231-1808: | | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 28 |
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1478-1834: | |
1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 40 |
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1775-1783: | | | | American Revolutionary War against the British from before birth until age 3 |
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1775-1782: | | | | British war in India from before birth until age 2 |
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1780: | | | | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 0 |
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1781: | | | | Uranus discovered at age 1 |
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1783: | | | | 1st working hot air balloon at age 3 |
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1784: | | | | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 4 |
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1786: | | | | The Dollar is adopted at age 6 |
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1786: | | | | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 6 |
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1787: | | | | Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 7 |
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1787: | | | | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 7 |
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1787: | | | | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 7 |
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1787: | | | | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 7 |
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1788: | | | | Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | New York enters the union - 11th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 8 |
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1788: | | | | Constitution goes into effect at age 8 |
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1789: | | | | US Army Established at age 9 |
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1789-1796: | | | | George Washington selected 1st President from age 9 to age 16 |
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1789: | | | | North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 9 |
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1790: | | | | 1st official US census at age 10 |
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1790: | | | | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 10 |
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1790: | | | | Coast Guard Established at age 10 |
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1791: | | | | Vermont enters the union -14th at age 11 |
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1791: | | | | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 11 |
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1792: | | | | Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 12 |
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1792: | | | | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 12 |
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1792-1815: | | | | Napoleonic war from age 12 to age 35 |
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1793: | | | | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 13 |
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1793: | | | | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 13 |
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1794: | | | | Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 14 |
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1794: | | | | US Navy Established at age 14 |
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1794: | | | | US Post Office Established at age 14 |
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1796-1800: | | | | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 16 to age 20 |
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1796: | | | | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 16 |
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1796: | | | | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 16 |
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1796: | | | | France's presses get right of free speech at age 16 |
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1798-1800: | | | | Undeclared war with France from age 18 to age 20 |
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1798: | |
1798: | | | | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 18 |
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1798: | | | | US Marine Corps Established at age 18 |
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1799: | | | | Rosetta Stone found at age 19 |
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1800: | | | | 1st Battery (Volta) at age 20 |
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1800: | | | | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 20 |
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1800: | | | | Russia annexes Georgia at age 20 |
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1800-1809: | | | | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 20 to age 29 |
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1802: | | | | Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 22 |
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1803: | | | | Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 23 |
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1803: | | | | Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 23 |
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1803: | | | | Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 23 |
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1804: | | | | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 24 |
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1804-1806: | | | | Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 24 to age 26 |
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1805: | | | | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 25 |
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1805: | | | | Morphine isolated at age 25 |
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1807: | | | | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 27 |
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1808: | | | | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 28 |
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1808: | | | | Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 28 |
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1809: | | | | Charles Darwin born at age 29 |
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1809-1816: | | | | James Madison elected president of US from age 29 to age 36 |
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1810: | | | | Homeopathy founded at age 30 |
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1810: | | | | US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 30 |
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1812: | | | | Missouri organized as a territory at age 32 |
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1812-1814: | | | | War of 1812 from age 32 to age 34 |
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1812: | | | | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 32 |
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1815: | | | | Battle of Waterloo at age 35 |
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1815: | | | | French outlaw slavery in France at age 35 |
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1815: | | | | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 35 |
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1816: | | | | Photographic Negative at age 36 |
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1816: | |
1816: | | | | Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 36 |
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1817-1823: | | | | 1st Cholera pandemic from age 37 to age 43 |
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1817: | | | | Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 37 |
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1817-1825: | | | | Erie canal constructed from age 37 to age 45 |
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1817: | | | | Alabama organized as a territory at age 37 |
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1817-1824: | | | | James Monroe president of US from age 37 to age 44 |
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1817: | | | | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 37 |
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1818: | | | | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 38 |
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1818: | | | | Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 38 |
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1819: | | | | Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 39 |
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1819: | | | | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 39 |
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1819: | | | | Arkansas organized as a territory at age 39 |
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1820: | | | | Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 40 |
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1820-1830: | | | | Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 40 to age 50 |
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1821: | | | | US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 41 |
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1821: | | | | Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 41 |
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1821: | | | | 1st US women's college at age 41 |
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1821-1829: | | | | Greek war of Independence from age 41 to age 49 |
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1822: | | | | Florida organized as a territory at age 42 |
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1824: | | | | Erie canal finished at age 44 |
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1824-1828: | | | | John Quincy Adams president of US from age 44 to age 48 |
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1824: | | | | Internal Combustion Engine at age 44 |
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1826: | | | | 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 46 |
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1827: | | | | Ohms Law formulated at age 47 |
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1827: | | | | Ship's propeller (screw) at age 47 |
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1827: | | | | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 47 |
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1828: | | | | 1st railroad in the US at age 48 |
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1828-1836: | | | | Andrew Jackson president of US from age 48 to age 56 |
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1828: | | | | 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 48 |
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1829: | | | | 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 49 |
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1829-1851: | | | | 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 49 to age 71 |
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1830-1860: | | | | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 50 to age 80 |
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1830: | | | | Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 50 |
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1830-1837: | | | | Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 50 to age 57 |
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1832: | | | | Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 52 |
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1833: | | | | Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 53 |
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1833: | |
1834: | | | | Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 54 |
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1835: | | | | Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 55 |
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1835: | |
1835-1842: | | | | 2nd Seminole War from age 55 to age 62 |
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1836: | | | | Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 56 |
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1836: | | | | Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 56 |
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1836: | | | | Battle of the Alamo at age 56 |
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1837-1840: | | | | Martin Van Buren president of US from age 57 to age 60 |
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1837: | | | | Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 57 |
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1837: | | | | Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 57 |
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1837-1901: | | | | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 57 until after line end |
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1838-1839: | | | | Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 58 to age 59 |
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1839-1842: | | | | Opium war between China and the English from age 59 to age 62 |
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1841-1844: | | | | John Tyler president of US from age 61 to age 64 |
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1842: | | | | Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 62 |
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1844: | | | | 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 64 |
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1845: | | | | Texas enters the union - 28th at age 65 |
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1845-1848: | | | | James K Polk president of US from age 65 to age 68 |
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1845: | | | | Florida enters the union - 27th at age 65 |
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1845-1849: | | | | Irish Potato Famine from age 65 to age 69 |
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1846: | | | | Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 66 |
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1846-1848: | | | | The Mexican-US War from age 66 to age 68 |
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1848: | | | | NY allows women to own real estate at age 68 |
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1848: | | | | Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 68 |
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1848: | | | | Oregon organized as a territory at age 68 |
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1848-1856: | | | | 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 68 to age 76 |
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1849: | | | | Fizeau measures speed of light at age 69 |
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1849-1852: | | | | Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 69 to age 72 |
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1850: | | | | New Mexico organized as a territory at age 70 |
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1850: | | | | California enters the union - 31st at age 70 |
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1850: | | | | World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 70 |
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1850: | | | | Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 70 |
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1850: | | | | US pop reaches 23 million at age 70 |
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1851: | | | | Gold rush in Australia at age 71 |
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1852-1859: | | | | 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 72 to age 79 |
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1853: | | | | Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 73 |
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1853-1856: | | | | Franklin Pierce president of US from age 73 to age 76 |
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1854-1856: | | | | Crimean War from age 74 to age 76 |
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1854: | | | | Nebraska organized as a territory at age 74 |
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1854: | | | | Kansas organized as a territory at age 74 |
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1857-1866: | | | | Transatlantic cable laid from age 77 to age 86 |
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1857-1860: | | | | James Buchanan president of US from age 77 to age 80 |
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1857: | | | | Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 77 |
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1858: | | | | Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 78 |
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1858: | | | | India bill transfers government of India to England at age 78 |
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1859: | |
1859: | | | | Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 79 |
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1859: | | | | Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 79 |
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1860: | | | | Rifled barrel invented at age 80 |
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1860: | | | | South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 80 |
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1861: | | | | The Apache Declare War on the US at age 81 |
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1861: | | | | South Dakota organized as a territory at age 81 |
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1861: | | | | Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 81 |
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1861-1865: | | | | Confederate States of America Exist from age 81 to age 85 |
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1861: | | | | Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 81 |
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1861-1865: | | | | Civil War from age 81 to age 85 |
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1861: | | | | Gold rush in New Zealand at age 81 |
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1861: | | | | Nevada organized as a territory at age 81 |
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1861-1865: | | | | Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 81 to age 85 |
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1861: | | | | Colorado organized as a territory at age 81 |
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1861: | | | | North Dakota organized as a territory at age 81 |
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1862: | | | | US Homestead act at age 82 |
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1863-1879: | | | | 4th Cholera pandemic from age 83 to age 99 |
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1863: | | | | Battle of Gettysburg at age 83 |
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1863: | | | | Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 83 |
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1863: | | | | West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 83 |
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1863: | | | | Arizona organized as a territory at age 83 |
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1863: | | | | Idaho organized as a territory at age 83 |
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1864: | | | | Louisiana organized as a territory at age 84 |
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1864: | | | | Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 84 |
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1865: | | | | Ku Klux Klan founded at age 85 |
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1865: | | | | President Lincoln assassinated at age 85 |
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1865: | | | | Lister invents Disinfection at age 85 |
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1866-1868: | | | | Andrew Johnson president of US from age 86 to age 88 |
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1866: | | | | Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 86 |
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1867: | | | | Alaska purchased from Russia at age 87 |
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1867: | |
1867: | | | | Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 87 |
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1867: | | | | Confederation of Canada at age 87 |
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1867: | | | | Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 87 |
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1868-1878: | | | | War between Cuba and Spain from age 88 to age 98 |
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1869-1876: | | | | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 89 to age 96 |
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1869: | | | | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 89 |
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1869: | | | | Suez canal opened at age 89 |
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1869: | | | | Cutty Sark built at age 89 |
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1869: | | | | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 89 |
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1870-1871: | | | | Franco-Prussian war from age 90 to age 91 |
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1870: | | | | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 90 |
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1870: | | | | US black men can vote at age 90 |
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1871: | | | | Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 91 |
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1873: | | | | Color Photographs at age 93 |
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1873-1878: | | | | Depression, banks fail from age 93 to age 98 |
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1876: | | | | American Centennial at age 96 |
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1876: | | | | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 96 |
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1876: | | | | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 96 |
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1876: | | | | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 96 |
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1877: | | | | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 97 |
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1877-1880: | | | | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 97 to age 100 |
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1878: | | | | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 98 |
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1879: | |
1879: | | | | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 99 |
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