| 1231-1808 |
|
Papal Inquisition from before
birth until age 45 |
| |
 |
|
| 1478-1834 |
|
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from
before birth until age 71 |
| |
|
|
| 1754-1763 |
|
French-Indian war from before
birth until age 0 |
| |
|
|
| 1756-1763 |
|
Seven years war from before birth
until age 0 |
| |
|
|
| 1760-1820 |
|
Reign of King George III (Hanover)
from before birth until age 57 |
| |
|
|
| 1765 |
|
Steam Engine at age 2 |
| |
|
|
| 1765 |
|
HMS Victory launched at age 2 |
| |
|
|
| 1770 |
|
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed
when British fire on mob at age 7 |
| |
|
|
| 1772-1775 |
|
Antarctica circumnavigated by
James Cook from age 9 to 12 |
| |
|
|
| 1772 |
|
Judge Murray decrees that slaves
are free on landing in England at age 9 |
| |
|
|
| 1773 |
|
Boston Tea Party at age 10 |
| |
|
|
| 1774 |
|
1st Continental Congress meets at
age 11 |
| |
|
|
| 1775-1783 |
|
American Revolutionary War against the
British from age 12 to 20 |
| |
|
|
| 1775-1782 |
|
British war in India from age 12 to 19 |
| |
|
|
| 1776 |
|
Declaration of Independence at age
13 |
| |
|
|
| 1778 |
|
Congress forbids import of slaves
into America at age 15 |
| |
|
|
| 1778 |
|
France joins war against Britan at
age 15 |
| |
|
|
| 1780 |
|
Benjamin Franklin discovers
lightning is electricity at age 17 |
| |
|
|
| 1781 |
|
Uranus discovered at age 18 |
| |
|
|
| 1783 |
|
1st working hot air balloon at age
20 |
| |
|
|
| 1784 |
|
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban
slavery defeated at age 21 |
| |
|
|
| 1786 |
|
First attempts at indoor lighting
with gas (UK, Germany) at age 23 |
| |
|
|
| 1786 |
|
The Dollar is adopted at age 23 |
| |
|
|
| 1787 |
|
Delaware enters the union - 1st at
age 24 |
| |
|
|
| 1787 |
|
Constitution is approved by the
constitutional congress at age 24 |
| |
|
|
| 1787 |
|
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd
at age 24 |
| |
|
|
| 1787 |
|
Pennsylvania enters the union -
2nd at age 24 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
Maryland enters the union - 7th at
age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
Georgia enters the union - 4th at
age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
Constitution goes into effect at
age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
South Carolina enters the union -
8th at age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
Massachusetts enters the union -
6th at age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
New Hampshire enters the union -
9th at age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
New York enters the union - 11th
at age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
Virginia enters the union - 10th
at age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1788 |
|
Connecticut enters the union - 5th
at age 25 |
| |
|
|
| 1789 |
|
US Army Established at age 26 |
| |
|
|
| 1789-1796 |
|
George Washington selected 1st
President from age 26 to 33 |
| |
|
|
| 1789 |
|
North Carolina enters the union -
12th at age 26 |
| |
|
|
| 1790 |
|
Rhode Island enters the union -
13th at age 27 |
| |
|
|
| 1790 |
|
1st official US census at age 27 |
| |
|
|
| 1790 |
|
Coast Guard Established at age 27 |
| |
|
|
| 1791 |
|
Federal Bill of rights adopted at
age 28 |
| |
|
|
| 1791 |
|
Vermont enters the union -14th at
age 28 |
| |
|
|
| 1792 |
|
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in
slaves at age 29 |
| |
|
|
| 1792 |
|
Kentucky enters the union - 15th
at age 29 |
| |
|
|
| 1792-1815 |
|
Napoleonic war from age 29 to 52 |
| |
|
|
| 1793 |
|
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin
(increases need for slaves) at age 30 |
| |
|
|
| 1793 |
|
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age
30 |
| |
|
|
| 1794 |
|
US Post Office Established at age
31 |
| |
|
|
| 1794 |
|
Slavery abolished in French
colonies at age 31 |
| |
|
|
| 1794 |
|
US Navy Established at age 31 |
| |
|
|
| 1796-1800 |
|
John Adams elected 2nd president
of US from age 33 to 37 |
| |
|
|
| 1796 |
|
Vaccination against Smallpox at
age 33 |
| |
|
|
| 1796 |
|
France's presses get right of free
speech at age 33 |
| |
|
|
| 1796 |
|
Tennesee enters the union - 16th
at age 33 |
| |
|
|
| 1798 |
|
Mississippi organized as a
territory at age 35 |
| |
|
|
| 1798 |
|
Lithography at age 35 |
| |
|
|
| 1798 |
|
US Marine Corps Established at age
35 |
| |
|
|
| 1798-1800 |
|
Undeclared war with France from
age 35 to 37 |
| |
|
|
| 1799 |
|
Rosetta Stone found at age 36 |
| |
|
|
| 1800 |
|
1st Battery (Volta) at age 37 |
| |
|
|
| 1800-1809 |
|
Thomas Jefferson elected president
of US from age 37 to 46 |
| |
|
|
| 1800 |
|
Russia annexes Georgia at age 37 |
| |
|
|
| 1800 |
|
US capital moves from Philadelphia
to Washington DC at age 37 |
| |
|
|
| 1802 |
|
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at
age 39 |
| |
|
|
| 1803 |
|
Louisiana Territory Purchased at
age 40 |
| |
|
|
| 1803 |
|
Fulton propels vessel by
steampower at age 40 |
| |
|
|
| 1803 |
|
Ohio enters the union - 17th at
age 40 |
| |
|
|
| 1804 |
|
Haiti independent - 1st black
country in West. Hemis. at age 41 |
| |
|
|
| 1804-1806 |
|
Lewis and Clark Expedition from
age 41 to 43 |
| |
|
|
| 1805 |
|
Morphine isolated at age 42 |
| |
|
|
| 1805 |
|
Thomas Jefferson re-elected
president of US at age 42 |
| |
|
|
| 1807 |
|
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical
steamboat voyage at age 44 |
| |
|
|
| 1808 |
|
Import of new slaves into US Is
banned at age 45 |
| |
|
|
| 1808 |
|
Pompeii excavation begins in
earnest at age 45 |
| |
|
|
| 1809-1816 |
|
James Madison elected president of
US from age 46 to 53 |
| |
|
|
| 1809 |
|
Charles Darwin born at age 46 |
| |
|
|
| 1810 |
|
Homeopathy founded at age 47 |
| |
|
|
| 1810 |
|
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age
47 |
| |
|
|
| 1812 |
|
Louisiana enters the union - 18th
at age 49 |
| |
|
|
| 1812-1814 |
|
War of 1812 from age 49 to 51 |
| |
|
|
| 1812 |
|
Missouri organized as a territory
at age 49 |
| |
|
|
| 1815 |
|
French outlaw slavery in France at
age 52 |
| |
|
|
| 1815 |
|
Battle of Waterloo at age 52 |
| |
|
|
| 1815 |
|
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia)
erupts; 50,000 killed at age 52 |
| |
|
|
| 1816 |
|
Indiana enters the union - 19th at
age 53 |
| |
|
|
| 1816 |
|
Stethoscope at age 53 |
| |
|
|
| 1816 |
|
Photographic Negative at age 53 |
| |
|
|
| 1817 |
|
Alabama organized as a territory
at age 54 |
| |
|
|
| 1817-1825 |
|
Erie canal constructed from age 54
to 62 |
| |
|
|
| 1817 |
|
Pentrich Revolution - England's last
revolution at age 54 |
| |
|
|
| 1817-1823 |
|
1st Cholera pandemic from age 54
to 60 |
| |
|
|
| 1817-1824 |
|
James Monroe president of US from
age 54 to 61 |
| |
|
|
| 1817 |
|
Mississippi enters the union -
20th at age 54 |
| |
|
|
| 1818 |
|
Illinois enters the union - 21st
at age 55 |
| |
|
|
| 1818 |
|
Savannah 1st steamship to cross
the Atlantic at age 55 |
| |
|
|
| 1819 |
|
Arkansas organized as a territory
at age 56 |
| |
|
|
| 1819 |
|
Oersted discovers
electro-magnetism at age 56 |
| |
|
|
| 1819 |
|
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at
age 56 |
| |
|
|
| 1820-1830 |
|
Reign of King George IV (Hanover)
from age 57 to 67 |
| |
|
|
| 1820 |
|
Maine enters the union - 23rd at
age 57 |
| |
|
|
| 1821 |
|
Missouri enters the union - 24th
at age 58 |
| |
|
|
| 1821 |
|
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age
58 |
| |
|
|
| 1821-1829 |
|
Greek war of Independence from age 58
to 66 |
| |
|
|
| 1821 |
|
1st US women's college at age 58 |
| |
|
|
| 1822 |
|
Florida organized as a territory
at age 59 |
| |
|
|
| 1824-1828 |
|
John Quincy Adams president of US
from age 61 to 65 |
| |
|
|
| 1824 |
|
Erie canal finished at age 61 |
| |
|
|
| 1824 |
|
Internal Combustion Engine at age
61 |
| |
|
|
| 1826 |
|
1st railroad tunnel (England) at
age 63 |
| |
|
|
| 1827 |
|
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 64 |
| |
|
|
| 1827 |
|
1st Black newspaper Freedom's
Journal at age 64 |
| |
|
|
| 1827 |
|
Ohms Law formulated at age 64 |
| |
|
|
| 1828 |
|
1st railroad in the US at age 65 |
| |
|
|
| 1828-1836 |
|
Andrew Jackson president of US
from age 65 to 73 |
| |
|
|
| 1828 |
|
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 65 |
| |
|
|
| 1829 |
|
1st US patent on a typewriter at
age 66 |
| |
|
|
| 1829-1851 |
|
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 66
to 88 |
| |
|
|
| 1830 |
|
Mormons (Latter Day Saints)
founded at age 67 |
| |
|
|
| 1830-1860 |
|
Underground railroad leads 100,000
slaves to freedom in US from age 67 to 97 |
| |
|
|
| 1830-1837 |
|
Reign of King William IV (Hanover)
from age 67 to 74 |
| |
|
|
| 1832 |
|
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York
at age 69 |
| |
|
|
| 1833 |
|
Slavery abolished in British
Empire (home and colonies) at age 70 |
| |
|
|
| 1833 |
|
Telegraph at age 70 |
| |
|
|
| 1834 |
|
Modern computer conceived by
Charles Babbage at age 71 |
| |
|
|
| 1835 |
|
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies
of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 72 |
| |
|
|
| 1835 |
|
Halley's Comet at age 72 |
| |
|
|
| 1835-1842 |
|
2nd Seminole War from age 72 to 79 |
| |
|
|
| 1836 |
|
Texas war for independence from Mexico
at age 73 |
| |
|
|
| 1836 |
|
Arkansas enters the union -25th at
age 73 |
| |
|
|
| 1836 |
|
Battle of the Alamo at age 73 |
| |
|
|
| 1837 |
|
Depression and Panic in the US -
inflation, speculation at age 74 |
| |
|
|
| 1837-1840 |
|
Martin Van Buren president of US
from age 74 to 77 |
| |
|
|
| 1837-1901 |
|
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
from age 74 until after timeline |
| |
|
|
| 1837 |
|
Michigan enters the union - 26th
at age 74 |
| |
|
|
| 1838-1839 |
|
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age
75 to 76 |
| |
|
|
| 1839-1842 |
|
Opium war between China and the
English from age 76 to 79 |
| |
|
|
| 1841-1844 |
|
John Tyler president of US from
age 78 to 81 |
| |
|
|
| 1842 |
|
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the
English at age 79 |
| |
|
|
| 1844 |
|
1st telegraph line message,
Washington to New York at age 81 |
| |
|
|
| 1845-1849 |
|
Irish Potato Famine from age 82 to
86 |
| |
|
|
| 1845 |
|
Florida enters the union - 27th at
age 82 |
| |
|
|
| 1845-1848 |
|
James K Polk president of US from
age 82 to 85 |
| |
|
|
| 1845 |
|
Texas enters the union - 28th at
age 82 |
| |
|
|
| 1846-1848 |
|
The Mexican-US War from age 83 to 85 |
| |
|
|
| 1846 |
|
Iowa enters the union - 29th at
age 83 |
| |
|
|
| 1848 |
|
NY allows women to own real estate
at age 85 |
| |
|
|
| 1848-1856 |
|
1st gold rush in California from
age 85 to 93 |
| |
|
|
| 1848 |
|
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th
at age 85 |
| |
|
|
| 1848 |
|
Oregon organized as a territory at
age 85 |
| |
|
|
| 1849 |
|
Fizeau measures speed of light at
age 86 |
| |
|
|
| 1849-1852 |
|
Zachary Taylor president of the US
from age 86 to 89 |
| |
|
|
| 1850 |
|
Utah (included Nevada) organized
as a territory at age 87 |
| |
|
|
| 1850 |
|
California enters the union - 31st
at age 87 |
| |
|
|
| 1850 |
|
New Mexico organized as a
territory at age 87 |
| |
|
|
| 1850 |
|
US pop reaches 23 million at age
87 |
| |
|
|
| 1850 |
|
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at
age 87 |
| |
|
|
| 1851 |
|
Gold rush in Australia at age 88 |
| |
|
|
| 1852-1859 |
|
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 89
to 96 |
| |
|
|
| 1853-1856 |
|
Franklin Pierce president of US
from age 90 to 93 |
| |
|
|
| 1853 |
|
Washington (included pt. of Idaho)
organized as a territory at age 90 |
| |
|
|
| 1854-1856 |
|
Crimean War from age 91 to 93 |
| |
|
|
| 1854 |
|
Nebraska organized as a territory
at age 91 |
| |
|
|
| 1854 |
|
Kansas organized as a territory at
age 91 |
| |
|
|
| 1857 |
|
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could
not be US citizens at age 94 |
| |
|
|
| 1857-1866 |
|
Transatlantic cable laid from age
94 to 103 |
| |
|
|
| 1857-1860 |
|
James Buchanan president of US
from age 94 to 97 |
| |
|
|
| 1858 |
|
India bill transfers government of
India to England at age 95 |
| |
|
|
| 1858 |
|
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd
at age 95 |
| |
|
|
| 1859 |
|
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at
age 96 |
| |
|
|
| 1859 |
|
Oil Well at age 96 |
| |
|
|
| 1859 |
|
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at
age 96 |
| |
|
|
| 1860 |
|
South Carolina Secedes from the
Union at age 97 |
| |
|
|
| 1860 |
|
Rifled barrel invented at age 97 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
Kansas enters the union - 34th at
age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1861-1865 |
|
Confederate States of America
Exist from age 98 to 102 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
Transcontinental Telegraph
completed at age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
South Dakota organized as a
territory at age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
North Dakota organized as a
territory at age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
Nevada organized as a territory at
age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1861-1865 |
|
Civil War from age 98 to 102 |
| |
|
|
| 1861-1865 |
|
Abraham Lincoln president of US
from age 98 to 102 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
Colorado organized as a territory
at age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
The Apache Declare War on the US
at age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1861 |
|
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 98 |
| |
|
|
| 1862 |
|
US Homestead act at age 99 |
| |
|
|
| 1863 |
|
Arizona organized as a territory
at age 100 |
| |
|
|
| 1863-1879 |
|
4th Cholera pandemic from age 100
to 116 |
| |
|
|
| 1863 |
|
Idaho organized as a territory at
age 100 |
| |
|
|
| 1863 |
|
Battle of Gettysburg at age 100 |
| |
|
|
| 1863 |
|
Emancipation Proclamation frees
southern slaves at age 100 |
| |
|
|
| 1863 |
|
West Virginia enters the union -
35th at age 100 |
| |
|
|
| 1864 |
|
Louisiana organized as a territory
at age 101 |
| |
|
|
| 1864 |
|
Nevada enters the union - 36th at
age 101 |
| |
|
|
| 1865 |
|
Lister invents Disinfection at age
102 |
| |
|
|
| 1865 |
|
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 102 |
| |
|
|
| 1865 |
|
President Lincoln assassinated at
age 102 |
| |
|
|
| 1866-1868 |
|
Andrew Johnson president of US
from age 103 to 105 |
| |
|
|
| 1866 |
|
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US
black officials (Massachusetts) at age 103 |
| |
|
|
| 1867 |
|
Nebraska enters the union - 37th
at age 104 |
| |
|
|
| 1867 |
|
Confederation of Canada at age 104 |
| |
|
|
| 1867 |
|
Dynamite at age 104 |
| |
|
|
| 1867 |
|
Alaska purchased from Russia at
age 104 |
| |
|
|
| 1867 |
|
Diamonds discovered in South
Africa at age 104 |
| |
|
|
| 1868-1878 |
|
War between Cuba and Spain from
age 105 to 115 |
| |
|
|
| 1869 |
|
Suez canal opened at age 106 |
| |
|
|
| 1869-1876 |
|
Ulysses S Grant president of US
from age 106 to 113 |
| |
|
|
| 1869 |
|
Cutty Sark built at age 106 |
| |
|
|
| 1869 |
|
Financial black friday caused by
attempt to corner gold at age 106 |
| |
|
|
| 1869 |
|
Trans-continental railroad
completed at age 106 |
| |
|
|
| 1870-1871 |
|
Franco-Prussian war from age 107 to
108 |
| |
|
|
| 1870 |
|
US black men can vote at age 107 |
| |
|
|
| 1870 |
|
1st black US senator (Hiram
Revels) at age 107 |
| |
|
|
| 1871 |
|
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age
108 |
| |
|
|
| 1873-1878 |
|
Depression, banks fail from age
110 to 115 |
| |
|
|
| 1873 |
|
Color Photographs at age 110 |
| |
|
|
| 1876 |
|
Colorado enters the union - 38th
at age 113 |
| |
|
|
| 1876 |
|
Little Big Horn - Battle at age
113 |
| |
|
|
| 1876 |
|
American Centennial at age 113 |
| |
|
|
| 1876 |
|
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age
113 |
| |
|
|
| 1877 |
|
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at
age 114 |
| |
|
|
| 1877-1880 |
|
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US
from age 114 to 117 |
| |
|
|
| 1878 |
|
1st commercial telephone exchange
in US at age 115 |
| |
|
|
| 1879 |
|
Zulu war at age 116 |
| |
|
|
| 1879 |
|
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at
age 116 |
| |
|
|
| 1881 |
|
President Garfield assassinated
(dies of med. care) at age 118 |
| |
|
|
| 1881 |
|
James A Garfield president of US
at age 118 |
| |
|
|
| 1881-1885 |
|
Chester Arthur president of US
from age 118 to 122 |
| |
|
|
| 1881-1896 |
|
5th Cholera pandemic from age 118
to 133 |
| |
|
|
| 1884 |
|
1st subway at age 121 |
| |
|
|
| 1884 |
|
Motorcycle at age 121 |
| |
|
|
| 1885-1888 |
|
Grover Cleveland president of US
from age 122 to 125 |
| |
|
|
| 1885 |
|
Automobile at age 122 |
| |
|
|
| 1886 |
|
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T.
Woods) at age 123 |
| |
|
|
| 1887 |
|
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!)
at age 124 |
| |
|
|
| 1888 |
|
70...77 rpm musical records at age
125 |
| |
|
|
| 1888 |
|
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400
deaths at age 125 |
| |
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| 1889 |
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South Dakota enters the union -
40th at age 126 |
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| 1889 |
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Holerith invents the punch card at
age 126 |
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| 1889-1892 |
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Benjamin Harrison president of US
from age 126 to 129 |
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| 1889 |
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North Dakota enters the union -
39th at age 126 |
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| 1889 |
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Montana enters the union - 41st at
age 126 |
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| 1889 |
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Washington enters the union - 42nd
at age 126 |
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| 1890 |
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Oklahoma organized as a territory
at age 127 |
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| 1890 |
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Idaho enters the union - 43rd at
age 127 |
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| 1890 |
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Battle of Wounded Knee at age 127 |
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| 1890 |
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Wyoming enters the union - 44th at
age 127 |
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| 1891 |
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Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by
1891 unfulfilled at age 128 |
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| 1893 |
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Movies at age 130 |
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| 1893 |
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New Zealand is 1st to grant women
right to vote at age 130 |
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| 1893-1897 |
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US Financial panic, depression
from age 130 to 134 |
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| 1893-1896 |
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Grover Cleveland president of US
from age 130 to 133 |
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| 1893 |
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Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not
Marconi!) at age 130 |
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| 1894-1895 |
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Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 131
to 132 |
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| 1894 |
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Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1
million die at age 131 |
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| 1896 |
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Utah enters the union - 45th at
age 133 |
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| 1896 |
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Supreme court approves separate
but equal segregation at age 133 |
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| 1897-1904 |
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William McKinley president of US
from age 134 until after timeline |
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| 1898 |
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Spanish American 1-year war at age 135 |
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| 1899-1902 |
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Boer war from age 136 until after
timeline |
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| 1899-1923 |
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6th Cholera pandemic from age 136
until after timeline |
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| 1900 |
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Hawaii organized as a territory at
age 137 |
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| 1900 |
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Boxer rebellion in China at age
137 |
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| 1900 |
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Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed
at age 137 |
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