Maria Blish1831 through 1853
1478-1834 Torquemadas Spanish Inquisition
1828-1836 Andrew Jackson president of US
1829-1851 2nd Cholera pandemic
1830-1837 Reign of King William IV (Hanover)
1830-1860 Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US
1832 Horse-drawn trolleys in New York
1832 Black Hawk War
1833 Telegraph
1833 Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies)
1834 Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage
1835-1842 2nd Seminole War
1835 Halleys Comet
1835 Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of coming of lord by 1891
1836 Texas war for independence from Mexico
1836 Arkansas enters the union -25th
1836 Battle of the Alamo
1837 Michigan enters the union - 26th
1837-1840 Martin Van Buren president of US
1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1837 Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation
1838-1839 Forced relocation of Cherokee
1839-1842 Opium war between China and the English
1841-1844 John Tyler president of US
1842 Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English
1844 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York
1845 Texas enters the union - 28th
1845-1848 James K Polk president of US
1845 Florida enters the union - 27th
1845-1849 Irish Potato Famine
1846 Iowa enters the union - 29th
1846-1848 The Mexican-US War
1848 NY allows women to own real estate
1848 Oregon organized as a territory
1848 Wisconsin enters the union - 30th
1848-1856 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill
1849-1852 Zachary Taylor president of the US
1849 Fizeau measures speed of light
1850 Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory
1850 US pop reaches 23 million
1850 California enters the union - 31st
1850 New Mexico organized as a territory
1850 World pop. est. at 1.1 billion
1850 W. H. F. Talbot develops idea of halftone printing
1851 Gold rush in Australia
1852-1859 3rd Cholera pandemic
1853-1856 Franklin Pierce president of US
1853 Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory
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