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| Charles Cheney Blish (***)
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| Generation: | 7 |
| Born: | May 26th, 1820 |
| Died: | December 15th, 1890, aged about 70 years |
| Father: | Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) |
| Mother: | Rhoda (Cheney) Blish |
| Occupation(s): | --- |
| Marriages: | • Elizabeth Potter (Bonar) Blish At Goshen, IL, USA |
| Children: | James Knox Blish, (***) William Henry Blish Sylvester Blish Matthew Bonar Blish Carrie Elizabeth Blish Kittie Louise Blish |
Charles Cheney Blish |
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1478-1834 Torquemadas Spanish Inquisition 1760-1820 Reign of King George III (Hanover) 1817-1825 Erie canal constructed 1817-1824 James Monroe president of US 1817-1823 1st Cholera pandemic 1820-1830 Reign of King George IV (Hanover) 1820 Maine enters the union - 23rd 1821-1829 Greek war of Independence 1821 Missouri enters the union - 24th 1821 US pop. reaches 9.2 million 1821 1st US womens college 1822 Florida organized as a territory 1824-1828 John Quincy Adams president of US 1824 Internal Combustion Engine 1824 Erie canal finished 1826 1st railroad tunnel (England) 1827 Ohms Law formulated 1827 1st Black newspaper Freedoms Journal 1827 Ships propeller (screw) 1828 1st railroad in the US 1828-1836 Andrew Jackson president of US 1828 1st Websters Dictionary 1829 1st US patent on a typewriter 1829-1851 2nd Cholera pandemic 1830-1837 Reign of King William IV (Hanover) 1830 Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded 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 1854-1856 Crimean War 1854 Nebraska organized as a territory 1854 Kansas organized as a territory 1856 Celluloid, the first thermoplastic 1857-1860 James Buchanan president of US 1857-1866 Transatlantic cable laid 1857 Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens 1858 Minnesota enters the union - 32nd 1858 India bill transfers government of India to England 1859 Darwin pub. Origin Of Species 1859 Oil Well 1859 Oregon enters the union - 33rd 1860 South Carolina Secedes from the Union 1860 Rifled barrel invented 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln president of US 1861 Gold rush in New Zealand 1861 Colorado organized as a territory 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Exist 1861 North Dakota organized as a territory 1861-1865 Civil War 1861 South Dakota organized as a territory 1861 Nevada organized as a territory 1861 Kansas enters the union - 34th 1861 Transcontinental Telegraph completed 1861 The Apache Declare War on the US 1862 US Homestead act 1863 Arizona organized as a territory 1863 Idaho organized as a territory 1863 West Virginia enters the union - 35th 1863 Battle of Gettysburg 1863 Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves 1863-1879 4th Cholera pandemic 1864 Louisiana organized as a territory 1864 Nevada enters the union - 36th 1865 Ku Klux Klan founded 1865 President Lincoln assassinated 1865 Lister invents Disinfection 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 1890 Idaho enters the union - 43rd 1890 Wyoming enters the union - 44th 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee 1890 Oklahoma organized as a territory |