History of Joseph SARGENT's Life Time

For Joseph SARGENT
1785 to 1865
1231-1808 :
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 23

1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 49

1760-1820 :
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 35

1786 :
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 1

1786 :
The Dollar is adopted at age 1

1787 :
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 2

1787 :
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 2

1787 :
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 2

1787 :
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 2

1788 :
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 3

1788 :
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 3

1788 :
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 3

1788 :
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 3

1788 :
Constitution goes into effect at age 3

1788 :
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 3

1788 :
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 3

1788 :
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 3

1788 :
New York enters the union - 11th at age 3

1789 :
US Army Established at age 4

1789-1796 :
George Washington selected 1st President from age 4 to 11

1789 :
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 4

1790 :
1st official US census at age 5

1790 :
Coast Guard Established at age 5

1790 :
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 5

1791 :
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 6

1791 :
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 6

1792 :
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 7

1792-1815 :
Napoleonic war from age 7 to 30

1792 :
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 7

1793 :
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 8

1793 :
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 8

1794 :
US Post Office Established at age 9

1794 :
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 9

1794 :
US Navy Established at age 9

1796 :
France's presses get right of free speech at age 11

1796-1800 :
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 11 to 15

1796 :
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 11

1796 :
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 11

1798-1800 :
Undeclared war with France from age 13 to 15

1798 :
Lithography at age 13

1798 :
US Marine Corps Established at age 13

1798 :
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 13

1799 :
Rosetta Stone found at age 14

1800-1809 :
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 15 to 24

1800 :
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 15

1800 :
1st Battery (Volta) at age 15

1800 :
Russia annexes Georgia at age 15

1802 :
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 17

1803 :
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 18

1803 :
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 18

1803 :
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 18

1804-1806 :
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 19 to 21

1804 :
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 19

1805 :
Morphine isolated at age 20

1805 :
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 20

1807 :
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 22

1808 :
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 23

1808 :
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 23

1809 :
Charles Darwin born at age 24

1809-1816 :
James Madison elected president of US from age 24 to 31

1810 :
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 25

1810 :
Homeopathy founded at age 25

1812 :
Missouri organized as a territory at age 27

1812-1814 :
War of 1812 from age 27 to 29

1812 :
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 27

1815 :
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 30

1815 :
Battle of Waterloo at age 30

1815 :
French outlaw slavery in France at age 30

1816 :
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 31

1816 :
Photographic Negative at age 31

1816 :
Stethoscope at age 31

1817-1825 :
Erie canal constructed from age 32 to 40

1817 :
Alabama organized as a territory at age 32

1817 :
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 32

1817-1823 :
1st Cholera pandemic from age 32 to 38

1817 :
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 32

1817-1824 :
James Monroe president of US from age 32 to 39

1818 :
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 33

1818 :
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 33

1819 :
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 34

1819 :
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 34

1819 :
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 34

1820-1830 :
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 35 to 45

1820 :
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 35

1821 :
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 36

1821-1829 :
Greek war of Independence from age 36 to 44

1821 :
1st US women's college at age 36

1821 :
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 36

1822 :
Florida organized as a territory at age 37

1824 :
Erie canal finished at age 39

1824 :
Internal Combustion Engine at age 39

1824-1828 :
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 39 to 43

1826 :
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 41

1827 :
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 42

1827 :
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 42

1827 :
Ohms Law formulated at age 42

1828-1836 :
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 43 to 51

1828 :
1st railroad in the US at age 43

1828 :
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 43

1829-1851 :
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 44 to 66

1829 :
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 44

1830-1860 :
Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 45 to 75

1830-1837 :
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 45 to 52

1830 :
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 45

1832 :
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 47

1833 :
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 48

1833 :
Telegraph at age 48

1834 :
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 49

1835-1842 :
2nd Seminole War from age 50 to 57

1835 :
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 50

1835 :
Halley's Comet at age 50

1836 :
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 51

1836 :
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 51

1836 :
Battle of the Alamo at age 51

1837-1840 :
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 52 to 55

1837 :
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 52

1837-1901 :
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 52 until after timeline

1837 :
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 52

1838-1839 :
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 53 to 54

1839-1842 :
Opium war between China and the English from age 54 to 57

1841-1844 :
John Tyler president of US from age 56 to 59

1842 :
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 57

1844 :
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 59

1845 :
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 60

1845-1849 :
Irish Potato Famine from age 60 to 64

1845 :
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 60

1845-1848 :
James K Polk president of US from age 60 to 63

1846 :
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 61

1846-1848 :
The Mexican-US War from age 61 to 63

1848 :
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 63

1848-1856 :
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 63 to 71

1848 :
Oregon organized as a territory at age 63

1848 :
NY allows women to own real estate at age 63

1849 :
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 64

1849-1852 :
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 64 to 67

1850 :
US pop reaches 23 million at age 65

1850 :
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 65

1850 :
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 65

1850 :
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 65

1850 :
California enters the union - 31st at age 65

1851 :
Gold rush in Australia at age 66

1852-1859 :
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 67 to 74

1853-1856 :
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 68 to 71

1853 :
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 68

1854 :
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 69

1854 :
Kansas organized as a territory at age 69

1854-1856 :
Crimean War from age 69 to 71

1857-1860 :
James Buchanan president of US from age 72 to 75

1857 :
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 72

1857-1866 :
Transatlantic cable laid from age 72 until after timeline

1858 :
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 73

1858 :
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 73

1859 :
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 74

1859 :
Oil Well at age 74

1859 :
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 74

1860 :
Rifled barrel invented at age 75

1860 :
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 75

1861 :
Colorado organized as a territory at age 76

1861-1865 :
Confederate States of America Exist from age 76 to 80

1861 :
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 76

1861 :
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 76

1861 :
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 76

1861 :
Nevada organized as a territory at age 76

1861 :
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 76

1861-1865 :
Civil War from age 76 to 80

1861-1865 :
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 76 to 80

1861 :
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 76

1861 :
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 76

1862 :
US Homestead act at age 77

1863 :
Idaho organized as a territory at age 78

1863-1879 :
4th Cholera pandemic from age 78 until after timeline

1863 :
Battle of Gettysburg at age 78

1863 :
Arizona organized as a territory at age 78

1863 :
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 78

1863 :
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 78

1864 :
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 79

1864 :
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 79

1865 :
President Lincoln assassinated at age 80

1865 :
Lister invents Disinfection at age 80

1865 :
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 80