1478-1834: | |
1817-1824: |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 3 |
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1817-1823: |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 2 |
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1817-1825: |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 4 |
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1820-1830: |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 9 |
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1821: |  |  |  | Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 0 |
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1821: |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 0 |
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1821-1829: |  |  |  | Greek war of Independence from age 0 to age 8 |
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1821: |  |  |  | 1st US women's college at age 0 |
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1822: |  |  |  | Florida organized as a territory at age 1 |
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1824: |  |  |  | Internal Combustion Engine at age 3 |
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1824-1828: |  |  |  | John Quincy Adams president of US from age 3 to age 7 |
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1824: |  |  |  | Erie canal finished at age 3 |
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1826: |  |  |  | 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 5 |
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1827: |  |  |  | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 6 |
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1827: |  |  |  | Ship's propeller (screw) at age 6 |
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1827: |  |  |  | Ohms Law formulated at age 6 |
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1828: |  |  |  | 1st railroad in the US at age 7 |
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1828: |  |  |  | 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 7 |
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1828-1836: |  |  |  | Andrew Jackson president of US from age 7 to age 15 |
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1829: |  |  |  | 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 8 |
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1829-1851: |  |  |  | 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 8 to age 30 |
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1830-1860: |  |  |  | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 9 to age 39 |
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1830-1837: |  |  |  | Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 9 to age 16 |
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1830: |  |  |  | Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 9 |
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1832: |  |  |  | Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 11 |
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1833: |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 12 |
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1833: | |
1834: |  |  |  | Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 13 |
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1835: |  |  |  | Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 14 |
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1835: | |
1835-1842: |  |  |  | 2nd Seminole War from age 14 to age 21 |
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1836: |  |  |  | Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 15 |
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1836: |  |  |  | Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 15 |
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1836: |  |  |  | Battle of the Alamo at age 15 |
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1837: |  |  |  | Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 16 |
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1837-1840: |  |  |  | Martin Van Buren president of US from age 16 to age 19 |
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1837-1901: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 16 until after line end |
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1837: |  |  |  | Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 16 |
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1838-1839: |  |  |  | Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 17 to age 18 |
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1839-1842: |  |  |  | Opium war between China and the English from age 18 to age 21 |
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1841-1844: |  |  |  | John Tyler president of US from age 20 to age 23 |
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1842: |  |  |  | Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 21 |
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1844: |  |  |  | 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 23 |
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1845-1848: |  |  |  | James K Polk president of US from age 24 to age 27 |
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1845: |  |  |  | Florida enters the union - 27th at age 24 |
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1845: |  |  |  | Texas enters the union - 28th at age 24 |
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1845-1849: |  |  |  | Irish Potato Famine from age 24 to age 28 |
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1846: |  |  |  | Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 25 |
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1846-1848: |  |  |  | The Mexican-US War from age 25 to age 27 |
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1848: |  |  |  | Oregon organized as a territory at age 27 |
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1848: |  |  |  | Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 27 |
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1848-1856: |  |  |  | 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 27 to age 35 |
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1848: |  |  |  | NY allows women to own real estate at age 27 |
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1849-1852: |  |  |  | Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 28 to age 31 |
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1849: |  |  |  | Fizeau measures speed of light at age 28 |
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1850: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 29 |
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1850: |  |  |  | California enters the union - 31st at age 29 |
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1850: |  |  |  | US pop reaches 23 million at age 29 |
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1850: |  |  |  | Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 29 |
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1850: |  |  |  | New Mexico organized as a territory at age 29 |
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1851: |  |  |  | Gold rush in Australia at age 30 |
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1852-1859: |  |  |  | 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 31 to age 38 |
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1853: |  |  |  | Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 32 |
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1853-1856: |  |  |  | Franklin Pierce president of US from age 32 to age 35 |
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1854: |  |  |  | Nebraska organized as a territory at age 33 |
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1854: |  |  |  | Kansas organized as a territory at age 33 |
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1854-1856: |  |  |  | Crimean War from age 33 to age 35 |
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1857-1860: |  |  |  | James Buchanan president of US from age 36 to age 39 |
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1857: |  |  |  | Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 36 |
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1857-1866: |  |  |  | Transatlantic cable laid from age 36 to age 45 |
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1858: |  |  |  | Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 37 |
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1858: |  |  |  | India bill transfers government of India to England at age 37 |
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1859: |  |  |  | Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 38 |
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1859: | |
1859: |  |  |  | Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 38 |
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1860: |  |  |  | South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 39 |
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1860: |  |  |  | Rifled barrel invented at age 39 |
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1861: |  |  |  | The Apache Declare War on the US at age 40 |
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1861: |  |  |  | South Dakota organized as a territory at age 40 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 40 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Confederate States of America Exist from age 40 to age 44 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Civil War from age 40 to age 44 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Nevada organized as a territory at age 40 |
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1861: |  |  |  | North Dakota organized as a territory at age 40 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 40 to age 44 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Gold rush in New Zealand at age 40 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Colorado organized as a territory at age 40 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 40 |
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1862: |  |  |  | US Homestead act at age 41 |
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1863-1879: |  |  |  | 4th Cholera pandemic from age 42 to age 58 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Idaho organized as a territory at age 42 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Arizona organized as a territory at age 42 |
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1863: |  |  |  | West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 42 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Battle of Gettysburg at age 42 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 42 |
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1864: |  |  |  | Louisiana organized as a territory at age 43 |
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1864: |  |  |  | Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 43 |
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1865: |  |  |  | Ku Klux Klan founded at age 44 |
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1865: |  |  |  | Lister invents Disinfection at age 44 |
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1865: |  |  |  | President Lincoln assassinated at age 44 |
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1866: |  |  |  | Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 45 |
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1866-1868: |  |  |  | Andrew Johnson president of US from age 45 to age 47 |
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1867: | |
1867: |  |  |  | Alaska purchased from Russia at age 46 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 46 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 46 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Confederation of Canada at age 46 |
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1868-1878: |  |  |  | War between Cuba and Spain from age 47 to age 57 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 48 |
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1869-1876: |  |  |  | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 48 to age 55 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 48 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Suez canal opened at age 48 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Cutty Sark built at age 48 |
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1870-1871: |  |  |  | Franco-Prussian war from age 49 to age 50 |
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1870: |  |  |  | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 49 |
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1870: |  |  |  | US black men can vote at age 49 |
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1871: |  |  |  | Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 50 |
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1873-1878: |  |  |  | Depression, banks fail from age 52 to age 57 |
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1873: |  |  |  | Color Photographs at age 52 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 55 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 55 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 55 |
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1876: |  |  |  | American Centennial at age 55 |
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1877: |  |  |  | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 56 |
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1877-1880: |  |  |  | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 56 to age 59 |
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1878: |  |  |  | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 57 |
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1879: |  |  |  | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 58 |
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1879: | |
1881: |  |  |  | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 60 |
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1881-1885: |  |  |  | Chester Arthur president of US from age 60 to age 64 |
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1881: |  |  |  | James A Garfield president of US at age 60 |
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1881-1896: |  |  |  | 5th Cholera pandemic from age 60 until after line end |
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1884: | |
1884: | |
1885-1888: |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 64 until after line end |
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1885: | |
1886: |  |  |  | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 65 |
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