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THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

1801
1801 06 26 Enterprise sails to Mediterranean.
1801 08 01 Enterprise defeats Tripoli
1801 XX XX Thomas Jefferson becomes the third President of the United States of America.

1803
1803 01 01 INDEPENDENCE PROCLAIMED IN HAITI
1803 01 17 Enterprise captures Paulina.
1803 05 22 Enterprise runs 30 ton craft ashore.
1803 05 XX Enterprise bombards coast of Tripoli.
1803 12 23 Enterprise captures Mastico, Lt. Stephen Decatur, Jr. commanding.

1804
1804 03 26 CONGRESS REMOVES OF INDIANS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI TO LOUISIANA
1804 03 26 TERRITORY OF ORLEANS ORGANIZED IN LOUISIANA PURCHASE
1804 07 XX Enterprise attacks Tripoli, destroys captured Philadelphia.
1804 11 23 Franklin Pierce born.
1804 12 01 EMPEROR NAPOLEON MARRIES JOSPHINE OF MARTINIQUE
1804 XX XX Enterprise undergoes rebuilding in Venice.
1804 XX XX Republic of Haiti incorporated.
1804 XX XX U.S. Presidential election

1805
1805 05 XX Enterprise rebuilding completed.
1805 07 XX Enterprise resumes patroling Mediterranean.
1805 08 15 Enterprise is attacked near Spain.
1805 12 23 JS-H 1:3 Joseph Smith born.
1805 12 31 End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism
1805 XX XX Michigan is made a territory separate from the Indiana Territory, with Detroit as its capital.

1807
1807 08 XX Enterprise returns to U.S. cruises costal waters

1808
1808 12 29 Andrew Johnson born.
1808 XX XX U.S. Presidential election

1809
1809 06 XX Enterprise does a brief tour in the Mediterranean, then returns to New York for repairs.
1809 12 12 Abraham Lincoln born.
1809 XX XX James Madison becomes the fourth President of the United States of America.

1811
1811 04 XX Enterprise recommissioned, operations out of Savannah, GA and Charleston SC.
1811 10 02 Enterprise returns to Washington Navy Yard for repairs.
1811 XX XX Paraguay incorporated.

1812
1812 03 14 CONGRESS AUTHORIZES WAR BONDS
1812 03 15 FIRST RUSSIAN SETTLEMENT IN CALIFORNIA, RUSSIAN RIVER
1812 03 26 EARTHQUAKE DESTROYS 90% OF CARACAS; ABOUT 20,000 DIE
1812 05 20 Enterprise sails again.
1812 07 XX U.S. troops invade from Detroit under the command of Gen. William Hull, 59, who is outmaneuvered and defeated by the British.
1812 XX XX War of 1812 begins.

1813
1813 09 05 Enterprise captures HBN Brig Boxer Lt. William Burrows is killed.

1814
1814 02 25 Enterprise forced out of Battle.
1814 03 09 Enterprise reaches Wilmington NC
1814 XX XX War of 1812 ends.

1815
1815 07 XX Enterprise begins a tour in the Mediterranean.
1815 11 XX Enterprise begins cruising the northeastern coast of the US.
1815 XX XX JS-H 1:3 Smith Family moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county NY
1815 XX XX Tambora erupts in Indonesia resulting in 10,000 deaths.

1816
1816 03 14 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ESTABLISH NATIONAL BANK
1816 XX XX Presidential election
1816 XX XX Republic of Argentina incorporated.

1817
1817 11 XX Enterprise begins patroling the Carribean and Gulf of Mexico.
1817 XX XX James Monroe becomes the fifth President of the United States of America.

1818
1818 11 XX FRANKENSTEIN or The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley

1819
1819 XX XX JS-H 1:3-4 Smith Family moves to Manchester
1819 XX XX Republic of Columbia incorporated.

1820
1820 03 15 MAINE ADMITTED AS 23RD STATE
1820 spring JS-H 1:5-20
1820 JS-H 1:21-26
1820 09 21 JS-H 1:27-
1820 XX XX Presidential election

1821
1821 03 14 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH FOUNDED IN NEW YORK
1821 03 26 DAS GOLDENE VLIESS Franz Grillparzer In Vienna
1821 XX XX Republic of Costa Rica incorporated.
1821 12 01 SANTO DOMINGO PROCLAIMS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN

1822
1822 08 26 Ulysses Simpson Grant born.
1822 10 04 Rutherford Birchard Hayes born.
1822 12 01 DOM PEDRO CROWNED EMPEROR OF BRAZIL
1822 12 01 FRANZ LISZTS (11) DEBUT AS PIANIST ISABELLA COLBRAN
1822 XX XX Federative Republic of Brazil incorporated.

1823
1823 07 09 Enterprise, without injury to her crew, strands and breaks up on Little Curacao Island.
1823 09 23 D & C 2
1823 11 19 JS-H 1:55-56

1824
1824 03 26 MISSA SOLEMNIS by Beethoven first performed.
1824 XX XX Presidential election
1824 12 01 HOUSE OF REPS BEGINS TO END ELECTION DEADLOCK
1824 XX XX Republic of Peru incorporated.

1825
1825 08 06 Republic of Bolivia incorporated. Simn Bolivar is the first president.
1825 XX XX John Quincy Adams becomes the sixth President of the United States of America.
1825 XX XX JS-H 1:56

1826
1826 03 14 GEN. CONGRESS OF SOUTH AMERICAN STATES ASSEMBLES AT PANAM
1826 07 04 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die.
1826 XX XX Antonio Jos de Sucre becomes president of Bolivia.

1827
1827 01 18 JS-H 1:57
1827 03 15 FREEDOM’S JOURNAL, 1ST BLACK NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED
1827 03 15 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO IS CHARTERED
1827 Summer D & C 10
JS-H 1:59-
1827 XX XX Presidential election

1828
1828 07 XX D & C 3
1828 XX XX Jos Miguel de Velasco serves as acting president of Bolivia.
1828 XX XX Pedro Blanco Soto becomes president of Bolivia.

1829
1829 XX XX Andrew Jackson becomes the seventh president of the United States of America.
1829 02 XX D & C 4
1829 03 XX D & C 5
1829 04 05-7 JS-H 1:66-67
1829 04 XX D & C 6, 7, 8, 9
1829 05 0X D & C 11, 12
1829 05 15 D & C 13
JS-H 1:68-75
1829 06 XX D & C 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
1829 XX XX Jos Miguel de Velasco becomes president of Bolivia.
1829 XX XX Andrs de Santa Cruz becomes president of Bolivia.

1830
1830 XX XX Joseph Smith founds THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
1830 03 XX D & C 19
1830 04 XX D & C 20, 21, 22, 23
1830 06 XX D & C 24, 25, 26
1830 08 XX D & C 27
1830 09 XX D & C 28, 29, 30, 31
1830 10 05 Chester Alan Arthur born
1830 10 XX D & C 32, 33
1830 11 XX D & C 34
1830 12 XX D & C 35, 36, 37
1830 XX XX Kingdom of Belgium incorporated.
1830 XX XX Republic of Ecuador incorporated.
1830 XX XX Hellenic Republic (Greece) incorporated.

1831
1831 01 XX D & C 38, 39, 40
1831 02 XX D & C 41, 42, 43, 44
1831 03 XX D & C 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
1831 05 XX D & C 50, 51
1831 06 XX D & C 52, 53, 54, 55, 56
1831 07 XX D & C 57
1831 08 XX D & C 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
1831 09 XX D & C 64
1931 10 26 Enterprise IV, the fourth ship to bear the name, is launched.
1831 10 XX D & C 65, 66
1831 11 01 D & C 1
1831 11 XX D & C 67, 68, 69, 133, 70
1831 12 01 ERIE CANAL CLOSES FOR ENTIRE MONTH DUE TO COLD WEATHER
1831 12 XX D & C 71, 72

1832
1832 XX XX The first steamboat on Lake Michigan reaches Fort Dearborn.
1832 01 XX D & C 73, 74, 75
1832 02 XX D & C 76
1832 03 XX D & C 77, 78, 79, 80, 81
1832 04 XX D & C 82, 83
1832 08 XX D & C 99
1832 09 XX D & C 84
1832 11 XX D & C 85
1832 12 XX D & C 86, 87, 88
1832 XX XX Presidential election

1833
1833 02 XX D & C 89
1833 03 XX D & C 90, 91, 92
1833 05 XX D & C 93, 94
1833 06 XX D & C 95, 96
1833 08 20 Benjamin Harrison born.
1833 08 XX D & C 97, 98
1833 10 XX D & C 100
1833 12 XX D & C 101

1834
1834 02 XX D & C 102, 103
1834 04 XX D & C 104
1834 06 XX D & C 105
1834 11 XX D & C 106

1835
1835 03 XX D & C 107
1835 08 XX D & C 134
1835 12 01 HANS C. ANDERSEN PUBLISHES 1ST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
1835 12 XX D & C 108

1836
1836 01 XX D & C 137
1836 03 13 HOUSTON RETREATS FROM SANTA ANNA'S ARMY
1836 03 14 HMS BEAGLE/CHARLES DARWIN LEAVES AUSTRALIA
1836 03 XX D & C 109
1836 04 XX D & C 110
1836 06 28 James Madison dies.
1836 08 XX D & C 111
1836 XX XX Presidential election.

1837
1837 03 18 Stephen Grover Cleveland born.
1837 07 XX D & C 112
1837 XX XX Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States of America.
1837 XX XX Michigan is admitted to the Union as the 26th state.

1838
1838 03 XX D & C 113
1838 04 XX D & C 114, 115
1838 05 02 JS-H 1:1-2
1838 05 19 D & C 116

1839
1839 03 26 FIRST HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA
1839 03 XX D & C 121, 122, 123
1839 07 XX D & C 117, 118, 119, 120
1839 XX XX Jos Miguel de Velasco becomes president of Bolivia.
1839 XX XX Republic of Honduras incorporated as a nation.
1839 XX XX Republic of Guatemala incorporated as a nation.

1840
1840 03 14 EL ZAPATERO Y EL REY Jos Zorilla
1840 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election

1841
1841 XX XX William Henry Harrison becomes the ninth President of the United States of America.
1841 01 XX D & C 124
1841 XX XX John Tyler becomes the tenth President of the United States of America.
1841 03 XX D & C 125
1841 04 04 William Henry Harrison dies.
1841 07 XX D & C 126
1841 12 31 Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons.
1841 XX XX Sebastin Greda becomes president of Bolivia.
1841 XX XX Manuel Calvo Cullar becomes acting president of Bolivia.
1841 XX XX Jos Ballivin becomes president of Bolivia.

1842
1842 09 XX D & C 127, 128

1843
1843 01 29 William McKinley born.
1843 02 XX D & C 129
1843 03 14 BOSTON CONDUCTS ITS FIRST TOWN MEETING AT FANEUIL HALL
1843 04 XX D & C 130
1843 05 XX D & C 131
1843 07 XX D & C 132
1843 12 01 1st Chartered Mutual Life Insurance Company Opens
1843 12 19 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens published.
1843 12 24 A Christmas Carol, part 1
1843 12 25 A Christmas Carol, part 2

1844
1844 07 XX D & C 135
1844 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election

1845
1845 03 14 RECORD COLD IN GRONINGEN
1845 03 26 CORRUGATED SHEET-IRON LIFEBOAT PATENTED IN NEW YORK CITY
1845 03 26 ADHESIVE MEDICATED PLASTER, PRECUSOR OF BAND-AID PATENTED
1845 06 08 Andrew Jackson dies.
1845 XX XX James Knox Polk becomes the eleventh President of the United States of America.

1846
1846 XX XX Mexican WarM/b> begins.

1847
1847 01 XX D & C 136
1847 XX XX Eusebio Guilarte becomes interim president of Bolivia.

1848
1848 02 23 John Quincy Adams dies.
1848 XX XX Manuel Isidoro Belzu becomes interim president of Bolivia.
1848 XX XX Jos Miguel de Velasco becomes president of Bolivia.
1848 XX XX Manuel Isidoro Belzu becomes president of Bolivia.
1848 XX XX Mexican War ends.

1849
1849 06 15 James Polk dies.
1849 XX XX Zachery Taylor becomes the twelfth President of the United States of America.
1849 XX XX Gold Rush

1850
1850 07 09 Millard Fillmore becomes the thirteenth President of the United States of America; Zachery Taylor dies.

1851

1852
1852 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election
1852 12 01 TELEGRAPH COMPANY OPENS THROUGHOUT NETHERLANDS
1852 12 31 Mr. & Mrs Rutherford B. Hayes marry

1853
1853 XX XX Franklin Pierce becomes the fourteenth President of the United States of America.

1854

1855
1855 03 15 LOUISIANA ESTABLISHES HEALTH BOARD TO REGULATE QUARANTINE
1855 08 15 Jorge Córdova becomes president of Bolivia.

1856
1856 03 26 NEW SOUTH WALES WINS AGAINST VICTORIA AT MELBOURNE
1856 12 28 Woodrow Wilson born.
1856 XX XX Republic of El Salvador incorporated.
1856 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election

1857
1857 09 15 William Howard Taft born.
1857 XX XX James Buchanan becomes the fifteenth President of the United States of America.
1857 10 21 José Mara Linares becomes president of Bolivia.
1857 12 31 Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada.

1858
1858 10 27 Theodore Roosevelt born.

1859
1859 03 26 SIGHTING OF VULCAN, PLANET THOUGHT TO ORBIT INSIDE MERCURY
1859 12 31 Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves

1860
1860 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election
1860 XX XX Burkina Faso incorporated.
1860 XX XX Central African Republic incorporated.
1860 XX XX Republic of Congo incorporated.

1861
1861 01 14 José Mara de Achá becomes president of Bolivia.
1861 12 31 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record
1861 XX XX Abraham Lincoln becomes the sixteenth President of the United States of America.
1861 XX XX American Civil War begins.

1862
1862 01 17 John Tyler dies.
1862 03 14 GENERAL BURNSIDE CAPTURES NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA
1862 03 14 BATTLE OF NEW BERN NC: GENERAL BURNSIDE CONQUERS NEW BERN
1862 03 15 GENERAL JOHN HUNT MORGAN BEGINS RAIDS NEAR GALLATIN, TN.
1862 03 26 BATTLE OF LA GLORIETA PASS NEW MEXICO TERRITORY
1862 07 24 Martin Van Buren dies.
1862 12 31 President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union
1862 12 31 Battle of Stone’s River TN (Stone River, Murfreesboro)
1862 12 31 Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads TN
1862 12 31 Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sinks off Cape Hatteras NC

1863
1863 01 01 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TAKES EFFECT
1863 01 01 THE FIRST HOMESTEAD CLAIM IN NEBRASKA
1863 03 26 WEST VIRGINIA VOTERS APPROVE GRADUAL EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES

1864
1864 03 14 PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE Rossini
1864 03 14 UNION TROOPS OCCUPY FORT DE RUSSY, LOUISIANA
1864 03 15 RED RIVER CAMPAIGN-UNION FORCES REACH ALEXANDRIA LA
1864 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election
1864 12 01 RAID AT STONEMAN: KNOXVILLE TN TO SALTVILLE VIRGINIA
1864 12 01 SKIRMISH AT MILLEN BRUTAL GEORGIA
1864 XX XX Mariano Melgarejo becomes president of Bolivia.
1864 XX XX VOYAGE AU CENTRE DE LA TERRE Jules Verne

1865
1865 03 13 CONFEDERACY APPROVES BLACK SOLDIERS
1865 04 15 Andrew Johnson becomes the seventeenth President of the United States of America, Lincoln assassinated.
1865 11 02 Warren Gameliel Harding born.
1865 XX XX Dominican Republic incorporated.
1865 XX XX American Civil War ends.

1866

1867
1867 03 15 MICHIGAN TAXES PROPERTY TO SUPPORT A UNIVERSITY
1867 XX XX Canada incorporated.

1868
1868 03 13 IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON BEGINS
1868 06 01 James Buchanan born.
1868 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election
1868 12 01 JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER BEGINS ANTI OIL WAR

1869
1869 03 15 CINCINNATI RED STOCKINGS BEAT ANTIOCH 41-7
1869 03 15 CINCINNATI RED STOCKINGS BECOME THE 1ST PRO BASEBALL TEAM
1869 10 08 Franklin Pierce dies.
1869 XX XX Ulysses Simpson Grant becomes the eighteenth President of the United States of America.

1870
1870 03 14 CALIFORNIA APPROVES ACT MAKING GOLDEN GATE PARK POSSIBLE

1871
1871 03 26 PARIS COMMUNE FOUNDED
1871 XX XX P. T. Barnums Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome makes debut under canvas in Brooklyn, N.Y.
1871 XX XX Agustin Morales becomes president of Bolivia.
1871 XX XX Federal Republic of Germany incorporated.

1872
1872 03 26 7.8 EARTHQUAKE SHAKES OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
1872 03 26 THOMAS J. MARTIN PATENTS FIRE EXTINGUISHER
1872 07 04 Calvin Coolidge born.
1872 10 02 LE TOUR DU MONDE EN QUATRE-VINGTS JOURS Jules Verne
1872 XX XX P. T. Barnum calls his circus, which travels by rail, “The Greatest Show on Earth”.
1872 XX XX U.S. Presidential election.
1872 XX XX Joseph May discovers that selenium’s conductivity is enhanced by light.
1872 XX XX Juan de Dios Bosque becomes acting president of Bolivia.
1872 XX XX Tomás Frías becomes president of Bolivia.

1873
1873 XX XX Adolfo Ballivin becomes president of Bolivia.

1874
1874 03 08 Millard Fillmore dies.
1874 08 10 Herbert Clark Hoover born.
1874 XX XX Tomas Fras becomes president of Bolivia.

1875
1875 03 14 VYSEHRAD Smetana
1875 03 15 FIRST U.S. CARDINAL (JOHN MCCLOSKEY) INVESTED
1875 07 31 Andrew Johnson dies.

1876
1876 01 01 FIRST MODERN MUMMERS PARADE
1876 XX XX The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
1876 XX XX Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
1876 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election
1876 XX XX Indian War begins.
1876 XX XX Hilarin Daza becomes president of Bolivia.

1877
1877 XX XX Rutherford Birchard Hayes becomes the ninteenth President of the United States of America.
1877 03 15 COMMENCEMENT OF 1ST TEST CRICKET, AUSTRALIA VS ENGLAND AT MCG
1877 XX XX Thomas Edison invents the phonograph.

1878
1878 03 26 HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW FOUNDED
1878 03 26 SABI GAME RESERVE OPENS
1878 12 01 FIRST WHITE HOUSE TELEPHONE INSTALLED
1878 XX XX Once vast herds of bison on the Great Plains are now significantly diminished due to westward expansion.
1878 XX XX Mr. Senleq proposes FAX transmission using a selenium scanner and telegraphy.

1879
1879 01 01 E. M Forster born.
1879 03 14 Albert Einstein is born Ulm, Germany.
1879 12 31 Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
1879 12 31 Gilbert/Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” premieres in New York NY
1879 XX XX Great London Circus, owned by James E. Cooper and James A. Bailey, uses open-arc electric lighting.
1879 XX XX Uladislao Silva becomes president of Bolivia.

1880
1880 XX XX The American West is settled.
1880 XX XX First articles appear in Scientific American about the possibility of television.
1880 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election
1880 XX XX Narciso Campero becomes president of Bolivia.
1880 XX XX Aniceto Arce becomes acting president of Bolivia.
1880 XX XX Narciso Campero becomes president of Bolivia.

1881
1881 XX XX James Abram Garfield becomes the twentieth President of the United States of America.
1881 03 13 ALEXANDER III BECOMES CZAR OF RUSSIA
1881 07 02 President Garfield is shot.
1881 09 19 President Garfield dies and Chester Alan Arthur becomes the twenty-first President of the United States of America.
1881 XX XX P. T. Barnums production, the Barnum & London Circus, presents a three-ring format in New York City.

1882
1882 01 30 Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born.
1882 XX XX P. T. Barnum brings Jumbo the Elephant to America.

1883
1883 XX XX Krakatoa erupts in Indonesia and causes a reduction in the suns intensity. The result is 36,000 deaths.
1883 XX XX Standard time is adopted across the UnitedStates.
1883 XX XX Brooklyn Bridge opens.
1883 XX XX Jumbo the Elephant walks across the Brooklyn Bridge to test its sturdiness.

1884
1884 05 08 Harry S Truman born.
1884 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election
1884 XX XX The five Ringling brothers, living in Baraboo, Wisconsin, produce their first circus.
1884 XX XX Paul Nipkow patents the television scanning disk.
1884 XX XX Gregorio Pacheco becomes president of Bolivia.

1885
1885 01 01 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 03 14 MIKADO Gilbert & Sullivan
1885 03 15 LESSON DJINNS César Franck
1885 03 04 Stephan Grover Cleveland becomes the twenty-second President of the United States of America.
1885 03 26 FIRST COMMERCIAL MOTION PICTURE FILM MANUFACTURED
1885 03 26 LOUIS RIEL DEFEATS CANADIA AT DUCK LAKE, SASKATCHEWAN
Ulysses S. Grant dies.
1885 09 01 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 09 02 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 09 03 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 09 04 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 09 05 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 09 06 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 09 07 BACK TO THE FUTURE
1885 XX XX The first modern bicycle is manufactured in England.
1885 XX XX The gasoline powered automobile is invented.

1886
1886 03 26 FIRST CREMATION IN ENGLAND
1886 11 08 Chester A. Arthur dies.
1886 XX XX The Statue of Liberty is unveiled.

1887
1887 03 14 Sylvia Beach is born in Baltimore, Maryland
1887 03 15 MICHIGAN APPOINTS FIRST SALARIED GAME & FISH WARDEN IN U.S.
Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: A Study In Scarlet
1887 12 01 SINO-PORTUGUESE TREATY RECOGNIZES PORTUGAL’S CONTROL OF MACAO

1888
1888 03 14 21” OF SNOW FALL IN NEW YORK CITY
1888 XX XX The Barnum & London Circus become known as Barnum & Bailey Circus.
1888 XX XX Aniceto Arce becomes president of Bolivia.
1888 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election

1889
1889 03 14 FROKEN JULIE August Strindberg
1889 03 15 6 US & GERMAN WARSHIPS PERISH IN HARBOR OF APIA SAMOA
1889 03 26 SOUTH AFRICA VS. ENGLAND
1889 03 26 JOHNNY BRIGGS VS. SOUTH AFRICA AT NEWLANDS
1889 XX XX Benjamin Harrison becomes the twenty-third President of the United States of America.

1890
1890 10 14 Dwight David Eisenhower born.
1890 10 XX OD 1
1890 12 31 Ellis Island (New York NY) opens as a US immigration depot
1890 XX XX Ringling Bros. Circus begins to travel by rail.
1890 XX XX Indian War ends.

1891
1891 12 01 JAMES NAISMITH CREATES THE GAME OF BASKETBALL
1891 XX XX P. T. Barnum dies; James A. Bailey continues the day-to-day running of Barnum & Bailey Circus, but now without his famed partner’s creative vision.
1891 XX XX Charles Montgomery Burns born.

1892
1892 03 15 FIRST ESCALATOR PATENTED IN NEW YORK CITY
1892 03 15 NEW YORK STATE UNVEILS AUTOMATIC BALLOT BOOTH
1892 XX XX Mariano Baptista becomes president of Bolivia.
1892 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election

1893
1893 01 17 Rutherford B. Hayes dies.
Stephen Grover Cleveland becomes the twenty-fourth President of the United States of America.

1894

1895
1895 03 17 Samuel Horwitz born.
1895 03 26 KING ALFONSO STARTS ARBOR DAY IN MADRID, SPAIN
1895 10 02 William “Bud” Abbott born.
1895 XX XX Marconi pioneers radio.
1895 XX XX TIME MACHINE (Chapters 1-2, 12) H.G. Wells

1896
1896 03 14 SUTRO BATHS OPENS IN SAN FRANCISCO
1897 03 15 FLY CASTING TOURNAMENT OPENS, AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
1896 05 XX First commercial motion picture.
1896 12 01 1ST CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES (NEW YORK)
1896 12 31 25th auto built in US
1896 XX XX Barnum & Bailey exhibits a Duryea automobile.
1896 XX XX Severo Fernndez Alonso becomes president of Bolivia.
1896 XX XX U.S. Presidential Election

1897
1897 06 19 Moses Horwitz born.
1897 XX XX William McKinley becomes President of the United States of America.
1897 21 31 Brooklyn’s last day as a city
1897 XX XX Ringling Brothers features a black top tent under which Thomas Edisons kinetoscope films are shown.

1898
1898 01 01 Brooklyn incorporate into New York City
1898 XX XX TIME MACHINE (Chapter 13) H.G. Wells
1898 XX XX War with Spain

1899
1899 03 14 STANLEY CUP: MONTRAL SHAMROCKS 6, WINNIPEG VICTORIAS 2
1899 XX XX Serapio Reyes Ortiz becomes president of Bolivia.
1899 XX XX Manuel Pando becomes president of Bolivia.
1899 XX XX Detroit Automobile Company is formed

1900
1900 03 14 HUGO DE VRIES REDISCOVERS MENDEL'S LAWS OF GENETICS
1900 03 14 US CURRENCY GOES ON GOLD STANDARD
1900 03 26 THE (FREE) PEOPLE FIRST PUBLISHED IN NETHERLANDS
1900 05 17 Ayatollah Khomeini born.
1900 05 28 A solar eclipse occurs
1900 06 XX WAR I HO CH'UAN OCCUPY BEIJING FOR 8 WEEKS
1900 07 30 EARTHQUAKE NEARLY DESTROYS ACUPULCO, MEXICO
1900 08 XX WAR BRITISH, FRENCH, RUSSIANS, AMERICANS, GERMANS, AND JAPANESE DEFEAT I HO CH'UAN
1900 09 08 GALVESTON HURRICANE KILLS 8000
1900 11 06 U.S. Presidential Election McKinley defeats Bryan
1900 12 01 SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT PAUL KRUGER VISITS FLANDERS
1900 XX XX THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ L. Frank Baum
1900 XX XX THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS Sigmund Freud
1900 XX XX Astronef George Griffith
1900 XX XX Paris Exhibition First known use of the word “television”.

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