Richard William Hart1851 through 1858
1829-1851 2nd Cholera pandemic
1830-1860 Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US
1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1848-1856 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill
1849-1852 Zachary Taylor president of the US
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
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