History of Elisha SARGENT's Life Time

For Elisha SARGENT
1813 to 1866
1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 21

1760-1820 :
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 7

1792-1815 :
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 2

1809-1816 :
James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 3

1812-1814 :
War of 1812 from before birth until age 1

1815 :
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 2

1815 :
Battle of Waterloo at age 2

1815 :
French outlaw slavery in France at age 2

1816 :
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 3

1816 :
Photographic Negative at age 3

1816 :
Stethoscope at age 3

1817-1825 :
Erie canal constructed from age 4 to 12

1817 :
Alabama organized as a territory at age 4

1817 :
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 4

1817-1823 :
1st Cholera pandemic from age 4 to 10

1817 :
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 4

1817-1824 :
James Monroe president of US from age 4 to 11

1818 :
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 5

1818 :
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 5

1819 :
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 6

1819 :
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 6

1819 :
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 6

1820-1830 :
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 7 to 17

1820 :
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 7

1821 :
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 8

1821-1829 :
Greek war of Independence from age 8 to 16

1821 :
1st US women's college at age 8

1821 :
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 8

1822 :
Florida organized as a territory at age 9

1824 :
Erie canal finished at age 11

1824 :
Internal Combustion Engine at age 11

1824-1828 :
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 11 to 15

1826 :
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 13

1827 :
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 14

1827 :
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 14

1827 :
Ohms Law formulated at age 14

1828-1836 :
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 15 to 23

1828 :
1st railroad in the US at age 15

1828 :
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 15

1829-1851 :
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 16 to 38

1829 :
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 16

1830-1860 :
Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 17 to 47

1830-1837 :
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 17 to 24

1830 :
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 17

1832 :
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 19

1833 :
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 20

1833 :
Telegraph at age 20

1834 :
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 21

1835-1842 :
2nd Seminole War from age 22 to 29

1835 :
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 22

1835 :
Halley's Comet at age 22

1836 :
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 23

1836 :
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 23

1836 :
Battle of the Alamo at age 23

1837-1840 :
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 24 to 27

1837 :
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 24

1837-1901 :
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 24 until after timeline

1837 :
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 24

1838-1839 :
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 25 to 26

1839-1842 :
Opium war between China and the English from age 26 to 29

1841-1844 :
John Tyler president of US from age 28 to 31

1842 :
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 29

1844 :
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 31

1845 :
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 32

1845-1849 :
Irish Potato Famine from age 32 to 36

1845 :
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 32

1845-1848 :
James K Polk president of US from age 32 to 35

1846 :
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 33

1846-1848 :
The Mexican-US War from age 33 to 35

1848 :
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 35

1848-1856 :
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 35 to 43

1848 :
Oregon organized as a territory at age 35

1848 :
NY allows women to own real estate at age 35

1849 :
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 36

1849-1852 :
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 36 to 39

1850 :
US pop reaches 23 million at age 37

1850 :
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 37

1850 :
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 37

1850 :
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 37

1850 :
California enters the union - 31st at age 37

1851 :
Gold rush in Australia at age 38

1852-1859 :
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 39 to 46

1853-1856 :
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 40 to 43

1853 :
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 40

1854 :
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 41

1854 :
Kansas organized as a territory at age 41

1854-1856 :
Crimean War from age 41 to 43

1857-1860 :
James Buchanan president of US from age 44 to 47

1857 :
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 44

1857-1866 :
Transatlantic cable laid from age 44 to 53

1858 :
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 45

1858 :
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 45

1859 :
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 46

1859 :
Oil Well at age 46

1859 :
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 46

1860 :
Rifled barrel invented at age 47

1860 :
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 47

1861 :
Colorado organized as a territory at age 48

1861-1865 :
Confederate States of America Exist from age 48 to 52

1861 :
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 48

1861 :
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 48

1861 :
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 48

1861 :
Nevada organized as a territory at age 48

1861 :
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 48

1861-1865 :
Civil War from age 48 to 52

1861-1865 :
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 48 to 52

1861 :
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 48

1861 :
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 48

1862 :
US Homestead act at age 49

1863 :
Idaho organized as a territory at age 50

1863-1879 :
4th Cholera pandemic from age 50 until after timeline

1863 :
Battle of Gettysburg at age 50

1863 :
Arizona organized as a territory at age 50

1863 :
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 50

1863 :
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 50

1864 :
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 51

1864 :
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 51

1865 :
President Lincoln assassinated at age 52

1865 :
Lister invents Disinfection at age 52

1865 :
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 52

1866-1868 :
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 53 until after timeline

1866 :
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 53