| Ralph Emerson Jr. |
| Generation: | 9 |
| Born: | September 25th, 1866 |
| Died: | August 25th, 1889, aged about 23 years |
| Cause of death: | killed while fighting fire |
| Father: | Ralph Emerson |
| Mother: | Adaline Elizabeth (Talcott) Emerson |
| Occupation(s): | --- |
| Marriages: | None known |
| Children: | None known |
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Ralph Emerson |
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1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) 1857-1866 Transatlantic cable laid 1863-1879 4th Cholera pandemic 1866 Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) 1866-1868 Andrew Johnson president of US 1867 Confederation of Canada 1867 Diamonds discovered in South Africa 1867 Dynamite 1867 Nebraska enters the union - 37th 1867 Alaska purchased from Russia 1868-1878 War between Cuba and Spain 1868 Helium discovered (Norman Lockyer) 1869 Suez canal opened 1869 Trans-continental railroad completed 1869-1876 Ulysses S Grant president of US 1869 Cutty Sark built 1869 Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold 1870 US black men can vote 1870 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian war 1871 Great Fire destroys Chicago 1873 Color Photographs 1873-1878 Depression, banks fail 1876 Colorado enters the union - 38th 1876 Little Big Horn - Battle 1876 Telephone (Bell, Latimer) 1876 US Centennial 1877 Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings 1877-1880 Ruthorford B Hayes president of US 1878 1st commercial telephone exchange in US 1879 Electric Light Bulb (Edison) 1879 Zulu war 1881 James A Garfield president of US 1881-1885 Chester Arthur president of US 1881 President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) 1881-1896 5th Cholera pandemic 1884 1st subway 1884 Motorcycle 1885 Automobile 1885-1888 Grover Cleveland president of US 1886 Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) 1887 X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) 1888 Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths 1888 70...77 rpm musical records 1889 Holerith invents the punch card 1889 Washington enters the union - 42nd 1889-1892 Benjamin Harrison president of US 1889 Montana enters the union - 41st 1889 South Dakota enters the union - 40th 1889 North Dakota enters the union - 39th |