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For Thomas Bradley Roth:1810 to 1878
- 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 24
- 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 10
- 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 5
- 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 6
- 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 0
- 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 0
- 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 2 to 4
- 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 2
- 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 2
- 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 5
- 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 5
- 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 5
- 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 6
- 1816: Stethoscope at age 6
- 1816: Photographic Negative at age 6
- 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 7 to 13
- 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 7
- 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 7
- 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 7 to 14
- 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 7 to 15
- 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 8
- 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 8
- 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 9
- 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 9
- 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 9
- 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 10
- 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 10 to 20
- 1821: 1st US women's college at age 11
- 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 11
- 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 11 to 19
- 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 11
- 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 12
- 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 14 to 18
- 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 14
- 1824: Erie canal finished at age 14
- 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 16
- 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 17
- 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 17
- 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 17
- 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 18
- 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 18
- 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 18 to 26
- 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 19
- 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 19 to 41
- 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 20
- 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 20 to 27
- 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 20 to 50
- 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 22
- 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 23
- 1833: Telegraph at age 23
- 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 24
- 1835: Halley's Comet at age 25
- 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 25 to 32
- 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 26
- 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 26
- 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 26
- 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 27 until after death
- 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 27
- 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 27
- 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 27 to 30
- 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 28 to 29
- 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 29 to 32
- 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 31 to 34
- 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 32
- 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 34
- 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 35
- 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 35
- 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 35 to 38
- 1845-1846: Irish Potato Famine from age 35 to 36
- 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 36
- 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 36 to 38
- 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 38
- 1848: 1st gold rush in California at age 38
- 1848: Wisonsin enters the union - 30th at age 38
- 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 38
- 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 39
- 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 39 to 42
- 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 40
- 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 40
- 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 40
- 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 40
- 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 40
- 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 41
- 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 42 to 49
- 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 43 to 46
- 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 43
- 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 44
- 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 44
- 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 44 to 46
- 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 47
- 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 47 to 50
- 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 47 to 56
- 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 48
- 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 48
- 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 49
- 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 49
- 1859: Oil Well at age 49
- 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 50
- 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 50
- 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 51
- 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 51 to 55
- 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 51
- 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 51 to 55
- 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 51
- 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 51
- 1861-1865: Civil War from age 51 to 55
- 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 51
- 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 51
- 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 51
- 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 51
- 1862: US Homestead act at age 52
- 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 53
- 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 53 until after death
- 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 53
- 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 53
- 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 53
- 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 53
- 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 54
- 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 54
- 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 55
- 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 55
- 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 55
- 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 56 to 58
- 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 56
- 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 57
- 1867: Dynamite at age 57
- 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 57
- 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 57
- 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 58 to 68
- 1869-1870: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 59 to 66
- 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 59
- 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 59
- 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 59
- 1869: Suez canal opened at age 59
- 1870: US black men can vote at age 60
- 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 60
- 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 60 to 61
- 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 61
- 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 63 to 68
- 1873: Color Photographs at age 63
- 1876: American Centennial at age 66
- 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 66
- 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 66
- 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 66
- 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 67
- 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 67 until after death
- 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 68