History of Thomas SARGENT's Life Time

For Thomas SARGENT
1760 to 1820
1231-1808 :
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 48

1478-1834 :
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until after timeline

1727-1760 :
Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 0

1754-1763 :
French-Indian war from before birth until age 3

1756-1763 :
Seven years war from before birth until age 3

1760 :
Bifocals at age 0

1760-1820 :
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 0 to 60

1765 :
Steam Engine at age 5

1765 :
HMS Victory launched at age 5

1769 :
San Francisco bay discovered at age 9

1770 :
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 10

1772-1775 :
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 12 to 15

1772 :
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 12

1773 :
Boston Tea Party at age 13

1774 :
1st Continental Congress meets at age 14

1775-1783 :
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 15 to 23

1775-1782 :
British war in India from age 15 to 22

1776 :
Declaration of Independence at age 16

1778 :
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 18

1778 :
France joins war against Britan at age 18

1780 :
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 20

1781 :
Uranus discovered at age 21

1783 :
1st working hot air balloon at age 23

1784 :
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 24

1786 :
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 26

1786 :
The Dollar is adopted at age 26

1787 :
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 27

1787 :
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 27

1787 :
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 27

1787 :
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 27

1788 :
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 28

1788 :
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 28

1788 :
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 28

1788 :
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 28

1788 :
Constitution goes into effect at age 28

1788 :
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 28

1788 :
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 28

1788 :
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 28

1788 :
New York enters the union - 11th at age 28

1789 :
US Army Established at age 29

1789-1796 :
George Washington selected 1st President from age 29 to 36

1789 :
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 29

1790 :
1st official US census at age 30

1790 :
Coast Guard Established at age 30

1790 :
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 30

1791 :
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 31

1791 :
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 31

1792 :
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 32

1792-1815 :
Napoleonic war from age 32 to 55

1792 :
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 32

1793 :
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 33

1793 :
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 33

1794 :
US Post Office Established at age 34

1794 :
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 34

1794 :
US Navy Established at age 34

1796 :
France's presses get right of free speech at age 36

1796-1800 :
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 36 to 40

1796 :
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 36

1796 :
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 36

1798-1800 :
Undeclared war with France from age 38 to 40

1798 :
Lithography at age 38

1798 :
US Marine Corps Established at age 38

1798 :
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 38

1799 :
Rosetta Stone found at age 39

1800-1809 :
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 40 to 49

1800 :
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 40

1800 :
1st Battery (Volta) at age 40

1800 :
Russia annexes Georgia at age 40

1802 :
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 42

1803 :
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 43

1803 :
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 43

1803 :
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 43

1804-1806 :
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 44 to 46

1804 :
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 44

1805 :
Morphine isolated at age 45

1805 :
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 45

1807 :
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 47

1808 :
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 48

1808 :
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 48

1809 :
Charles Darwin born at age 49

1809-1816 :
James Madison elected president of US from age 49 to 56

1810 :
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 50

1810 :
Homeopathy founded at age 50

1812 :
Missouri organized as a territory at age 52

1812-1814 :
War of 1812 from age 52 to 54

1812 :
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 52

1815 :
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 55

1815 :
Battle of Waterloo at age 55

1815 :
French outlaw slavery in France at age 55

1816 :
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 56

1816 :
Photographic Negative at age 56

1816 :
Stethoscope at age 56

1817-1825 :
Erie canal constructed from age 57 until after timeline

1817 :
Alabama organized as a territory at age 57

1817 :
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 57

1817-1823 :
1st Cholera pandemic from age 57 until after timeline

1817 :
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 57

1817-1824 :
James Monroe president of US from age 57 until after timeline

1818 :
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 58

1818 :
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 58

1819 :
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 59

1819 :
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 59

1819 :
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 59

1820-1830 :
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 60 until after timeline

1820 :
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 60