1830-1860: |  |  |  | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 5 |
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1837-1901: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end |
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1848-1856: |  |  |  | 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 1 |
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1852-1859: |  |  |  | 3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 4 |
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1853-1856: |  |  |  | Franklin Pierce president of US from before birth until age 1 |
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1854-1856: |  |  |  | Crimean War from before birth until age 1 |
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1857-1860: |  |  |  | James Buchanan president of US from age 2 to age 5 |
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1857-1866: |  |  |  | Transatlantic cable laid from age 2 to age 11 |
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1857: |  |  |  | Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 2 |
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1858: |  |  |  | Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 3 |
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1858: |  |  |  | India bill transfers government of India to England at age 3 |
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1859: |  |  |  | Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 4 |
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1859: |  |  |  | Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 4 |
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1860: |  |  |  | South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 5 |
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1860: |  |  |  | Rifled barrel invented at age 5 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Colorado organized as a territory at age 6 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Nevada organized as a territory at age 6 |
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1861: |  |  |  | North Dakota organized as a territory at age 6 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Civil War from age 6 to age 10 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Gold rush in New Zealand at age 6 |
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1861: |  |  |  | The Apache Declare War on the US at age 6 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 6 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 6 to age 10 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 6 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Confederate States of America Exist from age 6 to age 10 |
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1861: |  |  |  | South Dakota organized as a territory at age 6 |
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1862: |  |  |  | US Homestead act at age 7 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 8 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Battle of Gettysburg at age 8 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Idaho organized as a territory at age 8 |
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1863: |  |  |  | West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 8 |
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1863-1879: |  |  |  | 4th Cholera pandemic from age 8 until after line end |
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1863: |  |  |  | Arizona organized as a territory at age 8 |
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1864: |  |  |  | Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 9 |
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1864: |  |  |  | Louisiana organized as a territory at age 9 |
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1865: |  |  |  | President Lincoln assassinated at age 10 |
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1865: |  |  |  | Lister invents Disinfection at age 10 |
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1865: |  |  |  | Ku Klux Klan founded at age 10 |
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1866: |  |  |  | Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 11 |
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1866-1868: |  |  |  | Andrew Johnson president of US from age 11 to age 13 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Alaska purchased from Russia at age 12 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 12 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 12 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Confederation of Canada at age 12 |
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1868-1878: |  |  |  | War between Cuba and Spain from age 13 until after line end |
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1869: |  |  |  | Cutty Sark built at age 14 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 14 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Suez canal opened at age 14 |
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1869-1876: |  |  |  | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 14 until after line end |
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1869: |  |  |  | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 14 |
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