1837-1901: | | | | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end |
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1857-1866: | | | | Transatlantic cable laid from before birth until age 1 |
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1861-1865: | | | | Confederate States of America Exist from before birth until age 0 |
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1861-1865: | | | | Civil War from before birth until age 0 |
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1861-1865: | | | | Abraham Lincoln president of US from before birth until age 0 |
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1863-1879: | | | | 4th Cholera pandemic from before birth until after line end |
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1865: | | | | President Lincoln assassinated at age 0 |
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1865: | | | | Lister invents Disinfection at age 0 |
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1865: | | | | Ku Klux Klan founded at age 0 |
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1866-1868: | | | | Andrew Johnson president of US from age 1 to age 3 |
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1866: | | | | Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 1 |
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1867: | | | | Alaska purchased from Russia at age 2 |
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1867: | | | | Confederation of Canada at age 2 |
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1867: | | | | Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 2 |
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1867: | | | | Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 2 |
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1868-1878: | | | | War between Cuba and Spain from age 3 to age 13 |
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1869: | | | | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 4 |
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1869: | | | | Suez canal opened at age 4 |
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1869-1876: | | | | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 4 to age 11 |
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1869: | | | | Cutty Sark built at age 4 |
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1869: | | | | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 4 |
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1870: | | | | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 5 |
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1870: | | | | US black men can vote at age 5 |
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1870-1871: | | | | Franco-Prussian war from age 5 to age 6 |
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1871: | | | | Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 6 |
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1873: | | | | Color Photographs at age 8 |
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1873-1878: | | | | Depression, banks fail from age 8 to age 13 |
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1876: | | | | American Centennial at age 11 |
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1876: | | | | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 11 |
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1876: | | | | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 11 |
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1876: | | | | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 11 |
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1877-1880: | | | | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 12 until after line end |
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1877: | | | | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 12 |
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1878: | | | | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 13 |
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