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   Date  Event(s)
1835 
  • President ~ Andrew Jackson
  • Englishmen ~ Francis Pettit Smith Invents The Propeller
  • Englishmen ~ Henry F Talbot Invents Calotype Photography
  • Solymon Merrick Patents The Wrench
  • Charles Babbage Invents A Mechanical Calculator
1836 
  • President ~ Andrew Jackson
  • Samuel Colt Invented The First Revolver
  • Siege Of The Alamo
  • Texas Declares Its Independence
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature
  • Transcendentalism Spreads In New England 1836 ~ 1850
1837 
  • Samuel Morse Invents The Telegraph
  • English Schoolmaster ~ Rowland Hill Invents The Postage Stamp
  • Panic Of 1837
  • Charles River Bridge V Warren Bridge
  • 4 Mar 1837: President ~ Martin Van Buren
1838 
  • President ~ Martin Van Buren
  • Samual Morse Invents Morse Code
1839 
  • President ~ Martin Van Buren
  • Frenchmen ~ Louis Daguerre And J N Niepce Co ~ Invent Daguerreotype Photography
  • Kirkpatrick Macmillan Invents A Bicycle
  • American ~ Charles Goodyear Invents Rubber Vulcanization
  • Welshmen ~ Sir William Robert Grove Conceives Of The First Hydrogen Fuel Cell
  • American ~ Thaddeus Fairbanks Invents Platform Scales
1840 
  • President ~ Martin Van Buren
  • Englishmen ~ John Herschel Invents The Blueprint
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Tales Of The Grotesque And Arabesque
  • William Henry Harrison Elected
1841 
  • Samuel Slocum Patents The Stapler
  • Harrison Dies And John Tyler Succeeds
  • 4 Mar 1841: President ~ William Henry Harrison Succumbed To Pneumonia ~ He Was Only President For A Month
  • 4 Apr 1841: John Tyler The First Vice President To Succeed To The Presidency Due To Death Of A President
1842 
  • President ~ John Tyler
  • Joseph Dart Builds The First Grain Elevator
  • Webster ~ Ashburton Treaty
1843 
  • President ~ John Tyler
  • Alexander Bain Of Scotland ~ Invents The Facsimile
10 1844 
  • President ~ John Tyler
  • Englishmen ~ John Mercer Invents Mercerized Cotton
  • Samuel F B Morse Invents The Telegraph
  • Dispute With Great Britain Over Oregon Territory 1844 ~ 1846
11 1845 
  • American ~ Elias Howe Invents A Sewing Machine
  • Robert William Thomson Patents The First Vulcanised Rubber Pneumatic Tire
  • United States Annexes Texas
  • 4 Mar 1845: President ~ James Polk
12 1846 
  • President ~ James Polk
  • Dr William Morton ~ A Massachusetts Dentist ~ Is The First To Use Anesthesia For Tooth Extraction
  • Americans Declare California An Independent Republic
  • United States Declares War On Mexico
  • Wilmot Proviso
  • Potato Famine In Ireland
13 1847 
  • President ~ James Polk
  • Hungarian ~ Ignaz Semmelweis Invents Antisceptics
14 1848 
  • President ~ James Polk
  • Waldo Hanchett Patents The Dental Chair
  • Gold Discovered In California
  • Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Seneca Falls Convention On Women's Rights
15 1849 
  • President ~ James Polk
  • Walter Hunt Invents The Safety Pin
  • 5 Mar 1849: President ~ Zachary Taylor
16 1850 
  • Joel Houghton Was Granted The First Dishwasher Patent
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
  • Compromise Of 1850
  • Clayton ~ Bulwer Treaty
  • 9 Jul 1850: President ~ Zachary Taylor Died While In Office
  • 10 Jul 1850: Millard Fillmore ~ Vice President Under Zachary Taylor ~ Sworn In As President After Taylor's Death
17 1851 
  • President ~ Millard Fillmore
  • Isaac Singer Invents A Sewing Machine
  • Herman Melville's Moby ~ Dick
18 1852 
  • President ~ Millard Fillmore
  • Jean Bernard Léon Foucault Invents A Gyroscope
  • Henri Giffard Builds An Airship Powered By The First Aircraft Engine ~ Unsuccessful Design
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
19 1853 
  • George Cayley Invents A Manned Glider
  • Gadsden Purchase
  • 4 Mar 1853: President ~ Franklin Pierce
20 1854 
  • President ~ Franklin Pierce
  • John Tyndall Demonstrates The Principles Of Fiber Optics
  • Perry's Reopening Of Japan
  • Henry David Thoreau's Walden
  • Ostend Manifesto
  • Kansas ~ Nebraska Act
21 1855 
  • President ~ Franklin Pierce
  • Isaac Singer Patents The Sewing Machine Motor
  • Georges Audemars Invents Rayon
  • Walt Whitman's Leaves Of Grass
22 1856 
  • President ~ Franklin Pierce
  • Louis Pasteur Invents Pasteurisation
  • Bleeding Kansas
23 1857 
  • George Pullman Invents The Pullman Sleeping Car For Train Travel
  • Dred Scott Decision
  • 4 Mar 1857: President ~ James Buchanan
24 1858 
  • President ~ James Buchanan
  • Jean Lenoir Invents An Internal Combustion Engine
  • Hamilton Smith Patents The Rotary Washing Machine
  • Lincoln ~ Douglas Debates
25 1859 
  • President ~ James Buchanan
  • John Brown's Raid
  • Charles Darwin's Origin Of Species
26 1860 
  • President ~ James Buchanan
  • Southern States Secede From Union 1860 ~ 1861
27 1861 
  • Elisha Otis Patents Elevator Safety Brakes ~ Creating A Safer Elevator
  • Pierre Michaux Invents A Bicycle
  • Linus Yale Invents The Yale Lock Or Cylinder Lock
  • The Civil War Breaks Out
  • First Battle Of Bull Run
  • Indian Wars In The West 1861 ~ 1890
  • 4 Mar 1861: President ~ Abraham Lincoln
28 1862 
  • President ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • Alexander Parkes Invents The First Man ~ Made Plastic
  • Dr Richard Gatling Patents The Machine Gun
  • Battle Of Antietam
  • Battle Of Shiloh
  • The Homestead Act
29 1863 
  • President ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • Battle Of Gettysburg
  • New York City Draft Riots
  • Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation
30 1864 
  • President ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • Sherman's March To The Sea
31 1865 
  • Assassination Of President Lincoln
  • Lee Surrenders To Grant At Appomattox
  • Freedmen's Bureau Established
  • 14 Apr 1865: President ~ Abraham Lincoln Shot By John Wilkes Booth On 14 Apr 1865 And Dies The Next Day
  • 15 Apr 1865: Johnson Andrew Johnson ~ Vice President Under Abraham Lincoln ~ Sworn In As President Upon Lincoln's Death
32 1866 
  • Englishmen Robert Whitehead Invents A Torpedo
  • J Osterhoudt Patents The Tin Can With A Key Opener
  • Alfred Nobel Invents Dynamite
  • Fourteenth Amendment Passed And Ratified 1866 ~ 1868
33 1867 
  • Christopher Scholes Invents The First Practical And Modern Typewriter
  • First Reconstruction Act
  • United States Purchases Alaska
  • Congressional Reconstruction Of The South 1867 ~ 1877
34 1868 
  • Impeachment Of President Andrew Johnson
  • J P Knight Invents Traffic Lights
  • George Westinghouse Invents Air Brakes
  • Robert Mushet Invents Tungsten Steel
35 1869 
  • President ~ Andrew Johnson
  • President ~ Andrew Johnson
  • Completion Of First Transcontinental Railroad
  • National Woman Suffrage Association Founded
  • 4 Mar 1869: President ~ Ulysses Grant
36 1870 
  • President ~ Ulysses Grant
  • Standard Oil Company Of Ohio Established By
  •    John D Rockefeller
37 1871 
  • President ~ Ulysses Grant
38 1872 
  • President ~ Ulysses Grant
  • A M Ward Issues The First Mail ~ Order Catalog
  • J S Risdon Patents The Metal Windmill
39 1873 
  • President ~ Ulysses Grant
  • Joseph Glidden Invents Barbed Wire
  • Crédit ~ Mobilier Scandal
40 1874 
  • President ~ Ulysses Grant
  • American ~ C Goodyear ~ Jr Invents The Shoe Welt Stitcher
41 1875 
  • President ~ Ulysses Grant
42 1876 
  • President ~ Ulysses Grant
  • Nicolaus August Otto Invents The First Practical Four ~ Stroke Internal Combustion Engine
  • Alexander Graham Bell Patents The Telephone
  • Melville Bissell Patents The Carpet Sweeper
  • Battle Of The Little Big Horn
  • Telephone Invented By Alexander Graham Bell
43 1877 
  • Thomas Edison Invents The Cylinder Phonograph Or Tin Foil Phonograph
  • Eadweard Muybridge Invents The First Moving Pictures
  • Munn V Illinois
  • 5 Mar 1877: President ~ Rutherford B Hayes ~ Hayes' Wife Lucy Was The First Presidential Wife To Be Called "First Lady"
44 1878 
  • President ~ Rutherford B Hayes
  • Sir Joseph Wilson Swan Was The First Person To Invent A Practical And Longer ~ Lasting Electic Lightbulb
  • Bland ~ Allison Act
45 1879 
  • President ~ Rutherford B Hayes
  • Terence Powderly Becomes President Of Knights Of Labor
  • Incandescent Bulb Invented By Thomas Edison
46 1880 
  • President ~ Rutherford B Hayes
  • Englishmen ~ John Milne Invents The Modern Seismograph
  • The British Perforated Paper Company Invents A Form Of Toilet Paper
47 1881 
  • Chester A Arthur Serves As President
  • David Houston Patents The Roll Film For Cameras
  • Alexander Graham Bell Invents The First Crude Metal Detector
  • Edward Leveaux Patents The Automatic Player Piano
  • Helen Hunt Jackson's A Century Of Dishonor
  • 4 Mar 1881: President ~ James A Garfield
  • 3 Jul 1881: President ~ James A Garfield Wounded By Assassin's Bullet On 3 Jul 1881 And Dies 19 Sep 1881
  • 19 Sep 1881: Chester A Arthur ~ Vice President Under James Garfield ~ Sworn In As President Upon The Death Of Garfield
48 1882 
  • President ~ Chester A Arthur
  • Chinese Exclusion Act
49 1883 
  • President ~ Chester A Arthur
  • Pendleton Act
  • Brooklyn Bridge Completed
50 1884 
  • President ~ Chester A Arthur
  • James Ritty Invents The First Working ~ Mechanical Cash Register
  • Charles Parson Patents The Steam Turbine
  • Lewis Edson Waterman Invents The First Practical Fountain Pen
  • George Eastman Patents Paper ~ Strip Photographic Film
  • Frenchmen ~ H De Chardonnet Invents Rayon
  • Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
51 1885 
  • Karl Benz Invents The First Practical Automobile To Be Powered By An Internal ~ Combustion Engine
  • Harim Maxim Invents The Machine Gun
  • Gottlieb Daimler Invents The First Gas ~ Engined Motorcycle
  • Josiah Strong Publishes Our Country
  • 4 Mar 1885: President ~ Grover Cleveland
52 1886 
  • President ~ Grover Cleveland
  • Gottlieb Daimler Builds The World's First Four ~ Wheeled Motor Vehicle
  • John Pemberton Invents Coca Cola
  • Josephine Cochrane Invents The Dishwasher
  • Haymarket Riot
  • American Federation Of Labor Founded
53 1887 
  • President ~ Grover Cleveland
  • German ~ Heinrich Hertz Invents Radar
  • Rowell Hodge Patents Barbed Wire
  • Emile Berliner Invents The Gramophone
  • F E Muller And Adolph Fick Invent The First Wearable Contact Lenses
  • Interstate Commerce Act
  • National Farmer's Alliance Founded 1887 ~ 1889
54 1888 
  • President ~ Grover Cleveland
  • John Boyd Dunlop Patents A Commercially Successful Pneumatic Tire
  • Nikola Tesla Invents The Ac Motor And Transformer
  • Marvin Stone Patents The Spiral Winding Process To Manufacture The First Paper Drinking Straws
  • Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward
55 1889 
  • Sir James Dewar And Sir Frederick Abel Co ~ Invent Cordite ~ A Type Of Smokeless Gunpowder
  • Joshua Pusey Invents The Matchbook
  • Hull House Founded By Jane Addams
  • 4 Mar 1889: President ~ Benjamin Harrison
56 1890 
  • President ~ Benjamin Harrison
  • Battle Of Wounded Knee
  • Sherman Anti ~ Trust Act
  • Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives
57 1891 
  • President ~ Benjamin Harrison
  • Jesse W Reno Invents The Escalator
58 1892 
  • President ~ Benjamin Harrison
  • Sir James Dewar Invents The Dewar Flask Or Vacuum Flask
  • Rudolf Diesel Invents The Diesel ~ Fueled Internal Combustion Engine
  • Homestead Massacre
  • Populist Party Founded
59 1893 
  • American ~ W L Judson Invents The Zipper
  • Edward Goodrich Acheson Invents Carborundum
  • Panic Of 1893
  • Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets
  • Chicago World's Fair
  • 4 Mar 1893: President ~ Grover Cleveland ~ He Was The First President To Have A Child Born In The White House The Baby Ruth Candy Bar Was Named After Her
60 1894 
  • President ~ Grover Cleveland
  • Pullman Strike
61 1895 
  • President ~ Grover Cleveland
  • Lumiere Brothers Using Their Cinematographe Are The First To Present A Projected Motion Picture To An Audience Of More That One Person
  • Lumiere Brothers Invent A Portable Motion ~ Picture Camera ~ Film Processing Unit And Projector Called The Cinematographe
  • Booker T Washington's Atlanta Exposition Speech
62 1896 
  • President ~ Grover Cleveland
  • American ~ H O'sullivan Invents The Rubber Heel
  • Plessy V Ferguson
63 1897 
  • 4 Mar 1897: President ~ William Mckinley
64 1898 
  • President ~ William Mckinley
  • Rudolf Diesel Receives Patent #608 ~ 845 For An "Internal Combustion Engine" The Diesel Engine
  • Edwin Prescott Patents The Roller Coaster
  • Spanish ~ American War
65 1899 
  • President ~ William Mckinley
  • J S Thurman Patents The Motor ~ Driven Vacuum Cleaner
  • I R Johnson Patents The Bicycle Frame
  • Open Door Notes 1899 ~ 1900
  • Thorstein Veblen's The Theory Of The Leisure Class
66 1900 
  • President ~ William Mckinley
  • The Zeppelin Invented By Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
  • Charles Seeberger Redesigned Jesse Reno's Escalator And Invented The Modern Escalator
67 1901 
  • King Camp Gillette Invents The Double ~ Edged Safety Razor
  • The First Radio Receiver ~ Successfully Received A Radio Transmission
  • Hubert Booth Invents A Compact And Modern Vacuum Cleaner
  • 14 Sep 1901: President ~ William Mckinley Dies In Buffalo ~ Ny
  • 14 Sep 1901: Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt ~ Vice President Under William Mckinley ~ Sworn In As President Upon Death Of Mckinley
68 1902 
  • President ~ Theodore Roosevelt ~ Teddy Bears Are Named After Him
  • Willis Carrier Invents The Air Conditioner
  • French Physicist George Claude Invents Neon Light
  • The Lie Detector Or Polygraph Machine Is Invented By James Mackenzie
  • The Birth Of The Teddy Bear
69 1903 
  • President ~ Theodore Roosevelt
  • Edward Binney And Harold Smith Co ~ Invent Crayons
  • Bottle ~ Making Machinery Invented By Michael J Owens
  • The Wright Brothers Invent The First Gas Motored And Manned Airplane
  • Mary Anderson Invents Windshield Wipers
  • William Coolidge Invents Ductile Tungsten Used In Lightbulbs
70 1904 
  • President ~ Theodore Roosevelt
  • Teabags Invented By Thomas Suillivan
  • Benjamin Holt Invents A Tractor
  • John A Fleming Invents A Vacuum Diode Or Fleming Valve
71 1905 
  • President ~ Theodore Roosevelt
  • Albert Einstein Published The Theory Of Relativity And Made Famous The Equation ~ E = Mc2
  • Mary Anderson Receives A Patent For Windshield Wipers
72 1906 
  • President ~ Theodore Roosevelt ~ He Was The First American To Win The Nobel Peace Prize
  • William Kellogg Invents Cornflakes
  • Lewis Nixon Invents The First Sonar Like Device
  • Lee Deforest Invents Electronic Amplifying Tube (Triode)
73 1907 
  • President ~ Theodore Roosevelt
  • Leo Baekeland Invents The First Synthetic Plastic Called Bakelite
  • Color Photography Invented By Auguste And Louis Lumiere
  • The Very First Piloted Helicopter Was Invented By Paul Cornu
74 1908 
  • President ~ Theodore Roosevelt
  • The Gyrocompass Invented By Elmer A Sperry
  • Cellophane Invented By Jacques E Brandenberger
  • Model T First Sold
  • J W Geiger And W Müller Invent The Geiger Counter
  • Fritz Haber Invents The Haber Process For Making Artificial Nitrates
75 1909 
  • Instant Coffee Invented By G Washington
  • 4 Mar 1909: President ~ William Taft
76 1910 
  • President ~ William Taft
  • Thomas Edison Demonstrated The First Talking Motion Picture
  • Georges Claude Displayed The First Neon Lamp To The Public On December 11 ~ 1910 ~ In Paris
77 1911 
  • President ~ William Taft
  • Charles Franklin Kettering Invents The First Automobile Electrical Ignition System
78 1912 
  • President ~ William Taft
  • Motorized Movie Cameras Invented ~ Replaced Hand ~ Cranked Cameras
  • The First Tank Patented By Australian Inventor De La Mole
  • Clarence Crane Created Life Savers Candy In 1912
79 1913 
  • The Crossword Puzzle Invented By Arthur Wynne
  • The Merck Chemical Company Patented ~ What Is Now Know As ~ Ecstasy
  • Mary Phelps Jacob Invents The Bra
  • Gideon Sundback Invents The Modern Zipper
  • 4 Mar 1913: President ~ Woodrow Wilson ~ He Was The Only President To Date With A Ph D
80 1914 
  • President ~ Woodrow Wilson
  • Garrett A Morgan Invents The Morgan Gas Mask
81 1915 
  • President ~ Woodrow Wilson
  • Eugene Sullivan And William Taylor Co ~ Invented Pyrex In New York City
82 1916 
  • President ~ Woodrow Wilson
  • Radios Tuners Invented ~ That Received Different Stations
  • Stainless Steel Invented By Henry Brearly
83 1917 
  • President ~ Woodrow Wilson
  • Gideon Sundback Patented The Modern Zipper (Not The First Zipper)
84 1918 
  • President ~ Woodrow Wilson
  • The Superheterodyne Radio Circuit Invented By Edwin Howard Armstrong
  • Charles Jung Invented Fortune Cookies

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