Pretty cool personal historical timeline generator. Really helps add historical perspective.
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For Herman A. Thorup
1826 to 19071478-1834: Torquemada’s Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 8
1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 4
1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 3
1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from before birth until age 2
1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 0
1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 1
1827: Ship’s propeller (screw) at age 1
1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom’s Journal at age 1
1828: 1st Webster’s Dictionary at age 2
1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 2
1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 2 to 10
1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 3 to 25
1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 3
1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 4 to 11
1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 4
1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 4 to 34
1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 6
1833: Telegraph at age 7
1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 7
1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 8
1835: Halley’s Comet at age 9
1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of ‘coming of lord’ by 1891 at age 9
1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 9 to 16
1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 10
1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 10
1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 10
1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 11 to 75
1837: Michigan enters the union – 26th at age 11
1837: Depression and Panic in the US – inflation, speculation at age 11
1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 11 to 14
1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 12 to 13
1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 13 to 16
1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 15 to 18
1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 16
1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 18
1845: Texas enters the union – 28th at age 19
1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 19 to 22
1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 19 to 23
1845: Florida enters the union – 27th at age 19
1846: Iowa enters the union – 29th at age 20
1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 20 to 22
1848: Married Mary Christensen at age 22
1848: Wisconsin enters the union – 30th at age 22
1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 22
1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California — Sutters Mill from age 22 to 30
1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 22
1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 23
1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 23 to 26
1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 24
1850: California enters the union – 31st at age 24
1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 24
1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 24
1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 24
1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 25
1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 26 to 33
1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 27
1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 27 to 30
1854-1856: Crimean War from age 28 to 30
1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 28
1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 28
1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 31 to 40
1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 31 to 34
1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 31
1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 32
1858: Minnesota enters the union – 32nd at age 32
1859: Oil Well at age 33
1859: Oregon enters the union – 33rd at age 33
1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 33
1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 34
1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 34
1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 35
1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 35 to 39
1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 35
1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 35
1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 35
1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 35
1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 35
1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 35
1861: Kansas enters the union – 34th at age 35
1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 35 to 39
1861-1865: Civil War from age 35 to 39
1862: US Homestead act at age 36
1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 37
1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 37
1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 37
1863: West Virginia enters the union – 35th at age 37
1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 37
1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 37 to 53
1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 38
1864: Nevada enters the union – 36th at age 38
1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 39
1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 39
1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 39
1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 40 to 42
1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 40
1867: Confederation of Canada at age 41
1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 41
1867: Nebraska enters the union – 37th at age 41
1867: Dynamite at age 41
1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 41
1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 42 to 52
1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 43
1869: Suez canal opened at age 43
1869: Cutty Sark built at age 43
1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 43 to 50
1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 43
1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 44
1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 44 to 45
1870: US black men can vote at age 44
1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 45
1873: Color Photographs at age 47
1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 47 to 52
1876: Colorado enters the union – 38th at age 50
1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 50
1876: Little Big Horn – Battle at age 50
1876: American Centennial at age 50
1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 51 to 54
1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 51
1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 52
1879: Zulu war at age 53
1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 53
1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 55 to 70
1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 55 to 59
1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 55
1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 55
1884: Motorcycle at age 58
1884: 1st subway at age 58
1885: Automobile at age 59
1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 59 to 62
1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 60
1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 61
1888: 70…77 rpm musical records at age 62
1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 – 400 deaths at age 62
1889: Washington enters the union – 42nd at age 63
1889: Montana enters the union – 41st at age 63
1889: South Dakota enters the union – 40th at age 63
1889: North Dakota enters the union – 39th at age 63
1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 63 to 66
1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 63
1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 64
1890: Wyoming enters the union – 44th at age 64
1890: Idaho enters the union – 43rd at age 64
1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 64
1891: Mormon prophesy of ‘coming of lord’ by 1891 unfulfilled at age 65
1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 67 to 71
1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 67 to 70
1893: Movies at age 67
1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 67
1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 67
1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 68 to 69
1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China – 1 million die at age 68
1896: Utah enters the union – 45th at age 70
1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 70
1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 71 to 75
1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 72
1899-1902: Boer war from age 73 to 76
1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 73 until after timeline
1900: Galveston Hurricane – 8,000 killed at age 74
1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 74
1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 74
1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 75
1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 75
1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 75
1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 75
1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 75
1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 75 until after timeline
1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 75 until after timeline
1901: First British submarine launched at age 75
1903: Airplane at age 77
1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 77
1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 78 to 79
1904: Radar at age 78
1907: Oklahoma enters the union – 46th at age 81
1907: Plastic at age 81
