Susan S. Blish1835 through 1847
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
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
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