Prudence Hubbard (Blish) Knox

Born:March 26th, 1822
Died:March 19th, 1846
Father:Sylvester Blish
Mother:Rhoda Blish
Occupations: ---
Children:None known

1822 through 1846

1478-1834 Torquemadas Spanish Inquisition
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)
1821-1829 Greek war of Independence
  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