| 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 4 |
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| 1861-1865: |  |  |  | Abraham Lincoln president of US from before birth until age 3 |
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| 1861-1865: |  |  |  | Confederate States of America Exist from before birth until age 3 |
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| 1861-1865: |  |  |  | Civil War from before birth until age 3 |
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| 1862: |  |  |  | US Homestead act at age 0 |
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| 1863: |  |  |  | West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 1 |
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| 1863: |  |  |  | Idaho organized as a territory at age 1 |
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| 1863: |  |  |  | Arizona organized as a territory at age 1 |
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| 1863-1879: |  |  |  | 4th Cholera pandemic from age 1 to age 17 |
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| 1863: |  |  |  | Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 1 |
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| 1863: |  |  |  | Battle of Gettysburg at age 1 |
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| 1864: |  |  |  | Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 2 |
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| 1864: |  |  |  | Louisiana organized as a territory at age 2 |
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| 1865: |  |  |  | Lister invents Disinfection at age 3 |
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| 1865: |  |  |  | President Lincoln assassinated at age 3 |
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| 1865: |  |  |  | Ku Klux Klan founded at age 3 |
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| 1866-1868: |  |  |  | Andrew Johnson president of US from age 4 to age 6 |
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| 1866: |  |  |  | Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 4 |
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| 1867: |  |  |  | Alaska purchased from Russia at age 5 |
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| 1867: |  |  |  | Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 5 |
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| 1867: |  |  |  | Confederation of Canada at age 5 |
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| 1867: |  |  |  | Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 5 |
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| 1868-1878: |  |  |  | War between Cuba and Spain from age 6 to age 16 |
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| 1869: |  |  |  | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 7 |
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| 1869-1876: |  |  |  | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 7 to age 14 |
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| 1869: |  |  |  | Cutty Sark built at age 7 |
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| 1869: |  |  |  | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 7 |
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| 1869: |  |  |  | Suez canal opened at age 7 |
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| 1870: |  |  |  | US black men can vote at age 8 |
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| 1870-1871: |  |  |  | Franco-Prussian war from age 8 to age 9 |
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| 1870: |  |  |  | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 8 |
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| 1871: |  |  |  | Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 9 |
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| 1873-1878: |  |  |  | Depression, banks fail from age 11 to age 16 |
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| 1873: |  |  |  | Color Photographs at age 11 |
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| 1876: |  |  |  | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 14 |
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| 1876: |  |  |  | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 14 |
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| 1876: |  |  |  | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 14 |
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| 1876: |  |  |  | American Centennial at age 14 |
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| 1877-1880: |  |  |  | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 15 to age 18 |
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| 1877: |  |  |  | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 15 |
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| 1878: |  |  |  | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 16 |
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| 1879: |  |  |  | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 17 |
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| 1881: |  |  |  | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 19 |
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| 1881: |  |  |  | James A Garfield president of US at age 19 |
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| 1881-1885: |  |  |  | Chester Arthur president of US from age 19 to age 23 |
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| 1881-1896: |  |  |  | 5th Cholera pandemic from age 19 until after line end |
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| 1885-1888: |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 23 until after line end |
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| 1886: |  |  |  | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 24 |
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| 1887: |  |  |  | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 25 |
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