1800 earthquake in California est at 6



Download 407.33 Kb.
Page6/15
Date05.05.2018
Size407.33 Kb.
#47403
1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   ...   15

1836 Black Alexander Twilight wins seat on VT legislature – first elected in US, Disenfranchisement of blacks in AR, Great Trek of Boers begins in Africa, Siege of the Alamo, Texan independence * Saints support Van Buren against Harrison, death of James Madison #4, death of Austrian composer Johann Schenk, death of Aaron Burr US Statesman and adventurer, death of French poet Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, death of U.S. statesman Edward Livingston, death of Andre Ampere the French physicist, death of German dramatist C.D. Crabbe, end of the voyage of the HMS Beagle, The Alamo – Davy Crockett killed, Texas wins independence from Mexico and becomes republic with General Sam Houston as first president, People’s Charter initiated working-class movement in Britain – Chartism demands universal suffrage and vote by ballot, Arkansas admitted to union, Bestseller – Frederick Marryat writs “Mr. Midshipman Easy”, Carlyle writes, Dickens writes “Pickwick Papers”, German writer J.P. Eckermann writes about Goethe, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature” published, German Catholic writer Joseph von Gorres publishes “Christian Mysticism”, death of James Mill Scottish historian and philosopher, Schopenhauer writes about the will of nature, Corot paints “Diana surprised by Actaeon”, Adolphe Adam composes comic opera in Paris, Glinka composes first Russian opera, death of French-Spanish soprano Maria Malibran, Mendelssohn composes oratorio, death of French physicist A.M. Ampere, John Frederic Daniell develops voltaic cell which prevents polarization, Edmond Davey discovers and identifies acetylene, Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson patents screw propeller, Adelaide S Australia founded, first cricket match in London, “The Lancers” becomes fashionable dance throughout Europe, American patent for manufacture of white phosphorus matches granted to AD Phillips, death of Betsy Ross the reputed maker of the American flag, death of James Madison #4, death of American vice president Aaron Burr, Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte tries to bring about a revolt and is banished to America, Boer farmers launch “Great Trek” across Orange Riber and founds Natal Transvaal and Orange Free State in Africa, death of English novelist and philosopher William Godwin, Golgol writes comedy, Alfred de Musset writes autobiographical novel, Fritz Reuter the novelist condemned to death for high treason but commuted to 30 years imprisonment, death of French poet and soldier CJ Rouget de Lisle who write music and lyrics to “La Marseillaise”, Roger B Taney becomes fifth Chief Justice in US, death of French painter Carle Vernet, Meyerbeer composes opera in Paris, Richard Wagner the composer marries Minna Planer in Magdeburg, Asa Gray publishes first botanical textbook, Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson NY formed, death of British engineer J.L. McAdam that originated crushed-stone (macadam) roads, pepsin recognized by German physiologist Theodor Schwann, German botanist KF Schimper begins research into Pleistocene epoch, California SF quake est. at 6.5, early recorded case of progeria in England – Charles Charlesworth, Mexicans vs. Texas at Alamo, Ralph Waldo Emerson invents transcendentalists movement, Saints support Van Buren against Harrison, The Beagle returns, Madison dies, unofficial Constitutional Convention notes released to public National bank charter not renewed, Jackson decides not to run, Van Buren elected, Jackson issues "Specie Circular" backing all bank notes with gold or silver, sale of public land drops Kirtland safety Society started Nov 2 (Salem Treasure - cch) Mar 27, Kirtland Temple dedicated, LORD at the temple Apr 3, Births, marriages and deaths must be recorded by law, Joseph Smith's grandmother, Mary Duty Smith dies in Kirtland, Martin Van Buren elected 8th president, Specie circular closes banks, bad weather wipes out crops in west, Battle of the Alamo Mar 2, Battle of San Jacinto Apr, Peace treaty signed May 14 TX independence, AR in union #25, Citizens at Liberty MO resolves to expel Saints Jun 29, Apr 3 Savior, Moses and Elijah appear in Kirtland Temple (110), Mar 27 Kirtland temple dedicated, Church membership reaches 10,000 Temple: Kirtland OH 27 Mar, Chopin composes, Dickens writes. Texas gains independence from Mexico at Battle of San Jacinto, Bolivia and Peru form brief confederation, Major road-building program begins in India, Martin Van Buren wins election

1837 Continuation of Great Trek of Boers, Shogunate of Tokugawa Ieyoshi begins in Japan until 1853, Frenchman Jules Dumont d’Urville attempts to chart coast of Antarctica until 1840, Death of William IV of England, reign of niece Victoria begins age 18, Cyclone in St. Thomas, Lord Melbourne the PM of Britain and Queen Victoria have mutual fondness and she favors him politically, death of French painter François Gerard, Mar - 10 inches of snow fall in Savannah GA, death of English painter John Constable, death of English composer John Field, death of German author Ludwig Borne, death of Italian author Giacomo Leopardi, Death of Russian poet Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin due to duel, death of German dramatist Georg Buchner, William IV of Great Britain dies – end of union between Britain and Hanover, Michigan becomes state, Mazzini arrives in London as exile, Martin Van Buren inaugurated #8, Benjamin Disraeli delivers maiden speech before House of Commons, USS Caroline set on fire and sunk by Canadians across the Niagara, Ernst Augustus of Hanover cancels constitution of 1833 and dismiss professors who protested him, Constitution revolts in lower and upper Canada, Balzac publishes, Hawthorne writes bestseller, death of German political writer and satirist Ludwig Borne, Lamartine writes epic poem, death of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi, William H Prescott writes about Isabella and Ferdinand, founding of U of Athens, Bernhard Bolzano writes about the philosophy of logic, Thomas Carlyle writes about French revolution, death of English Sanskrit scholar Henry T. Colebrooke, first kindergarten opens by Friedrich Frobel in Blankenburg Thuringia, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary opens with Mary Mason Lyon as founder, Horace Mann begins educational reforms in MA, American Presbyterians split into old and new schools, death of English landscape painter John Constable, death of French portrait painter Baron Francois Gerard, Auber writes opera in Paris, Berlioz writes opus in Paris, death of English pianist and composer John Field, death of Austro-Hungarian composer and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, death of French composer JF Lesueur, Lortzing composes “Zar und Zimmerman” (Czar and Carpenter) in Leipzig, death of Italian composer Nicola Zingarelli, Garman industrialist August Borsig opens iron foundry and engine-building factory in Berlin, Wheatstone and Cooke patent electric telegraph, Samuel Morse exhibits electric telegraph at College of the City of New York, French mathematician Simeon D. Poisson publishes about probability, First boat race sponsored by Castle Garden Boat Club Association in Poughkeepsie NY, First Canadian railroad, England introduces birth registration, death of morganatic Wife of King George IV Mrs. Hitzherbert, Gag Law which suppresses slavery debate passed by US Congress, EP Lovejoy editor of abolitionist paper murdered by mob in IL, Financial and economic panic in America due to inflated land values and speculation, English teacher Isaac Putman publishes manual of “Stenographic soundhand”, Records of 11-mile 220 yard Crick Run Race at Rugby School in Warwickshire England begun, little-known scientist Andrew Crosse “created life” while trying to create crystals – disputed but supposedly repeated, Disenfranchisement of blacks in MI, first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women in NY, Cheney State Training School in PA is first major black college, first enrollment (three females) of black students in Oberlin College OH, Reign of Queen Victoria begins in England, steel plow invented, electric telegraph invented in Britain by Wheatstone and Cooke, Telegraph invented by Bell, first kindergarten opens in Germany, Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company begins circulating notes Jan 6 Anti-LDS paper complains the Church violating the law by running a bank without a charter, and that it would be illegal to trade with the Kirtland safety Society. Jan 21 Feb 10, Ohio senate reviews charter application, charter not granted. Van Buren promises to follow Jackson, but Depression of 1837 due to the speculation in the pet banks, each issuing its own currency Banks stop issuing specie (backed notes) May 10 and banks begin to fail Van Buren opts for non-interference, Oliver Twist published in England, King William IV dies, Queen Victoria reigns Jun 20, Michigan becomes a state, TX recognized as separate nation, MA forms the first state board of education with Horace Mann, John Deere invents first steel plow, Princess Victoria becomes Queen, MI in union #26, Threshing machine invented, First trading post in Utah by Robidoux, Berlioz and Liszt compose, Morse's telegraph, Carlyle does The French Revolution, Natal Republic founded by Afrikaners, First French railroad links Paris with Saint-Germain, first missionaries to Great Britain, Victoria of Britain begins to rule, In Canada, minority rebels flee across US border, Canadian railway opens; panic of 18837 in US as banks collapse; progress on railroads halted; mission to Japan to open trade fails

1838 Disenfranchisement of blacks in PA, David Ruggles publishes first African-American periodical in NY, Boers found Republic of Natal, Nakayama Miki founds faith healing Tenri sect in Japan, Trail of Tears, Lt. Charles Wilkes leads US expedition to Antarctica, People’s Charter in Britain allows for political reform, Cholera outbreak in India ends after 12 years, death of French statesman Talleyrand, death of French architect Charles Percier, Sep - NJ largest forest fire doused by hurricane rains, death of English composer and organist Thomas Attwood, death of German poet Adelbert von Chamisso, death of Osceola the Indian leader in second Seminole War, Queen Victoria’s coronation, Battle of Blood River in Natal (Boer war) where Boers defeat Zulus, first British Afghan war, Anti-Corn Law League established in Manchester, death of John Rodgers the ranking American naval officer in War of 1812, Elizabeth Barrett Browning writes, Bulwer-Lytton writes, Dickens writes bestsellers “Oliver Twist” and “Nicholas Nickleby”, Victor Hugo writes, J P Kennedy writes novel of colonial Maryland, Rachel’s debut at Theatre Français in Paris, German writer and philosopher Gustav Schwab publishes, death of English diarist Thomas Creevey, death of Nathaniel Bowditch the American mathematician and astronomer, French philosopher Auguste Comte gives sociology its name, death of J A Mohler the German historian of religion, London National Gallery opens, death of French architect under Napoleon and creator of Empire style Charles Percier, Bertel Thorvaldsen completes painting “Christ and the Twelve Apostles” in Copenhagen, Berlioz composes opera in Paris, Chopin’s liaison with George Sand (female) begins, Jenny Lind makes musical debut in Stockholm, Fourth and last volume of Audubon’s “Birds of America” published, German astronomer Bessel makes definite measurements of a fixed star, death of American explorer William Clark, French economist AA Cournot publishes theory of wealth, Daguerre-Niepce photography presented to Academy of Science and Arts in Paris, death of French chemist and physicist Pierre Dulong, death of American inventor and pioneer of steam navigation John Stevens, 703 ton steamer “Sirius” sails from London to New York as 1440 ton steamer “Great Western” also travels to Britain, Navy statistics – Great Britain has 90 ships Russia 50 France 49 and US 15, New York Herald employs European correspondents, First traveling post office between Birmingham and Liverpool, SF CA quake est 6.8, John Ericsson develops screw propeller, Samuel Morse demonstrates telegraph , Jim Crow laws officially on the books, "Trail of Tears" Mar 25-May 19, Adam-ondi Ahman revealed Extermination Order Oct 27 Eng: publish People's Charter, Start Chartism, Cherokee begin Trail of Tears as Indian Removal Act enforced, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua gain independence, MA passes 15 gallon law, Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery, Jul 8 Law of Tithing 119, Jul 6 Exodus from OH begins, May 19 Joseph Smith visits Adam-Ondi-Ahman, Apr 26 Name of Church given (115), Mar 14 Headquarters officially at Far West, First trans- Atlantic steamship service begins Apr 23, Oct 27 Extermination Order issued, Oct 30 Haun's Mill Massacre, Oct 31 Joseph Smith and others imprisoned but Gen. Doniphan refuses to execute, Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail Dec 1, First transatlantic passenger steamship launched, Exodus from Kirtland, Hauns Mill Massacre, Queen Victoria coronated, Chartist movement in Britain seeks to gain power for proletariat

1839 Ottoman sultan Abdul Majid starts the “Tanzimat” program for modernization and rules Turkey, First Afghan War with British starts until 1842, Start of Opium War in China until 1842 * Saints meet with Van Buren – says he cannot help them, legislator Lincoln writes about “strange new sect” possible meeting between Lincoln and Smith in Springfield Illinois, British begin war with China due to trade restrictions, Albert arrives in England – Victoria finds him beautiful, death of German painter Joseph Anton Koch, Uruguay declares war against Argentina, Treaty of London settles the dispute between the Dutch and former Belgian subjects, outbreak of First Opium War between Britain and China, death of Frederick IV King of Denmark – nephew Christian VIII rules, Independent republic of Natal founded by the Boers, death of Indian ruler Ranjit Singh founder of Sikh kingdom, death of American politician Stephen Van Rensselaer, Jared Sparks writes bestseller “Life of Washington”, death of Scottish novelist John Galt, Longfellow writes, Poe writes “The Fall of the House of Usher”, death of English poet WM Praed, death of author James Smith, Stendhal writes, German philologist Franz Bopp identifies Celtic as part of Indo-European language family, death of French cardinal and half uncle of Napoleon Joseph Fesch, death of English geologist William Smith, American traveler John Lloyd Stephens examines antiquities of the ancient Maya culture with Frederick Catherwood, death of English portrait painter Sir William Beechey, death of German landscape painter Joseph Anton Koch, Karl Spitzweg paints “The Poor Poet”, Mendelssohn conducts Schubert’s symphony, Two British ships “Erebus” and “Terror” set out on cross-Antarctic voyage, Charles Goodyear discovers vulcanization of rubber, Moritz Jacobi of Russia announces process of electrotyping and makes duplicate plates for relief printing, Metallic element lanthanum discovered by Carl Gustav Mosander, German-Swiss chemist Christian F Schonbein discovers and names ozone, Theodor Schwann promotes cell-growth theory, Swiss physicist Carl August Steinheil builds first electric clock, American army officer Abner Doubleday lays out first baseball field and conducts first game, First bicycle constructed by Scottish inventor Kirkpatrick Macmillan, French political leader Louis Blanc publishes essay which included “to each according to his needs, from each according to his abilities”, Detroit Boat Club formed, Samuel Cunard starts British and North-American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, First Grand National run at Aintree England, Prussia restricts juvenile labor to a maximum of 10 hours per day, Lowell institute in Boston founded to provide free lectures by scholars, death of Lady Hester Stanhope the English eccentric who settled among the Druses of Lebanon, WH Fox Talbot claims invention of photography before Daguerre and submits evidence to Royal Society, George D Weed publishes antislavery pamphlet, Cyclone hits India killing over 300000 – 5th worst disaster ever, Liberty (Anti-slavery) Party established in NY, Charles Goodyear discovers vulcanization, End of Sikhs uprising under Ranjit Singh of N India, Daguerreotype in France, Paul Cézanne born, Saints meet with Van Buren – says he cannot help them, legislator Lincoln writes about “strange new sect” possible meeting between Lincoln and Smith in Springfield Illinois, Schumann and Berlioz compose, Daguerre make first positive image - Daguerrotype, Whig party convention Anti-Jackson/Van Buren nominates Harrison who wins, Joseph Smith in Liberty, Mar, Longfellow publishes first volume of poetry, Opium War begins in China, MO expel Mormons who move to IL, Nov 29 Joseph Smith meets with Pres Van Buren who says he can do nothing to help the Saints, Jun 11 Joseph Smith begins publishing History of the Church, Elder Young moves saints to Quincey, Commerce Ill purchased May 1 and renamed Nauvoo, Apr 20 last Saint s leave Far West, Apr 16 Joseph Smith allowed to escape, Mar 20 Joseph Smith receives sections 121-23 in Liberty Jail, Jan 26 Brigham Young helps organize migration of Saints from MO, Chopin Berlioz and Schumann compose, Poe writes, New York Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic founded, Dutch recognize Belgian independence, British Parliament rejects the first People's Charter, Belgian Independence internationally guaranteed, First Opium War fought between Britain and China coercing foreign trade, Britain fights First Afghan War to stop southern spread of Russian influence, Disastrous Afghan War fought by India to counter perceived Russian threat, Lord Durham, governor of British North America plans a unified state, Imperial Chinese commissioner Lin Zexu sent to Guangzhou to stop Opium trade, first Anglo-Chinese War opens up "Treaty ports", Louis Daguerre introduces photography, US investigates reports of Canadian injustices; China confiscates opium from British - British withdraw to Macao and Opium War starts

1840 Census reveals African-American population at 2.87 million, Bad year for tornadoes in US, Mohammed Ali of Egypt stops ruling Syria, Imam Sayyid Said ruler of Oman makes Zanzibar his capital, Penny postage stamp introduced in Britain, postage stamps reform postal systems, Upper and Lower Canada unites, End of attempt to chart coast of Antarctica, British and Maoris in New Zealand sign Treaty of Waitangi, Kamehameha III begins constitutional monarchy in Hawaii and first written constitution, Tornado hits Natchez MS killing 300, major disease outbreaks in New Zealand 20 years * Saints meet with Van Buren again – he comments that if he helps them,. He’ll lost the Missouri vote, saints throw support behind Whig Harrison, Lincoln writes to friend about Smith, Saints split vote to support Democrats, Lincoln helps Saints in getting Nauvoo Charter, Victoria marries Albert in England and conceives within days – industrial revolution starts amping up creating middle class – morality appeals to middle class and hence the Victorian ideals, death of English novelist Fanny Burney (Mme. D’Arblay), death of American philosopher Thomas Cooper, death of German landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich, death of Lucien Bonaparte future prince of Canino and most gifted Bonaparte, death of Nicolo Paganini the Italian composer and violinist, death of German author Karl Immermann, First postage stamp issued in Britain, death of Frederick William III King of Prussia and Frederick William IV succeeds to the throne, London Conference on Turko-Egyptian conflict signs Protocol des Droits – straits closed to warships of all powers – Black Sea to Russian warships, Lower and Upper Canada united by act of parliament, New Conspiracy of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte followerd by imprisonment at fortress of Ham, death of Jose Francia dictator of Paraguay, death of Napoleonic marshal Alexandre Macdonand the Duc de Taranto, William II ascends throne of Netherlands after abdication of father William I, Afghan forces surrender to British Army – end of Afghan war, ashes of Napoleon I deposited at Invalides in Paris, death of first Governor General of Canada Lord Durham, death of English admiral in Napoleonic wars Sir WS Smith, James Feinmore Cooper publishes bestseller “The Pathfinder”, Robert Browning writes, death of English novelist Fanny Burney, Friedrich Hebbel Writes tragedy in Berlin, death of French dramatist LLJ Lemerdier, Lermontov writes poetry, Manzoni republishes romantic novel, Prosper Merimee writes Corsican short story, Fritz Reuter the German poet and political prisoner set free by general amnesty, death of German botanist and originator of physical anthropology JF Blumenbach, London Library opened, death of German astronomer HWM Olbers, French socialist writer Pierre Joseph Proudhom proposes idea that property is theft, Sir Charles Barry begins the building of Houses of Parliament in London, Delacroix paints “Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople”, death of German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, death of Scottish landscape painter Alexander Nasmyth, Nelson’s Column erected in Trafalgar Swuare in London, French instrument maker AF Debain constructs the harmonium, Donizetti composes in Paris, Fanny Elssler the Viennese dancer tours the US until 1842, death of Italian violinist and composer Nicolo Paganini, Robert Schumann the musician marries Clara Wieck, The Swabian merchant Max Schneckenburger writes poem later set to music “Watch on the Rhine”, Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz publishes about glaciers, German physician Karl A von Basedow describers goiters associated with Graves Disease, Liebig discovers fundamentals of artificial fertilizer, death of Beau Brummell the English man of fashion and wit, Blue Riband (ribbon) for fastest crossing of Atlantic awarded to SS Britannia, Botanical Gardens at Kew London opened, Transportation of criminals from England to New South Wales comes to end, Game of ninepins reaches peak of favor in America, Penny postage established in Great Britain, over 2800 miles of railroad in operation in US and over 1300 in England, Washington Temperance Society founded, Great Swell (tsunami) hits Delaware River, Manifest Destiny, Unification of upper and Lower Canada, Goodyear vulcanizes rubber, British novelist Thomas hardy born, Saints meet with Van Buren again – he comments that if he helps them,. He’ll lost the Missouri vote, saints throw support behind Whig Harrison, Lincoln writes to friend about Smith, Saints split vote to support Democrats, Lincoln helps Saints in getting Nauvoo Charter, Victoria of England marries Albert (German and her cousin), de Tocqueville writes Democracy in America, Election - Harrison wins, 9th president, Upper and lower CAN united, Federal treasury established, World anti-slavery convention in London excludes women speakers, Union Act unites upper and lower Canada Q Victoria marries Prince Albert, Penny post introduced in Eng, end of the fur-trapping era, Charter of Nauvoo granted Dec 16, Antarctica discovered Jan, first incandescent light, Schumann and Donizetti compose, Treaty of Waitangi gives Britain sovereignty of New Zealand, Postage stamps introduced in England, White settlement grows in N Zealand, first wave of mass immigration of W Europeans to the US, European converts migrate to US, "Nauvoo Charter" signed into law by Gov. Carlin, Brazilian king Dom Pedro II comes of age and country unites around him, US passes Union Act to unite Canada and try and Free Canada from Britain, but neither party is interested, Boers of South Africa cease migration once British rule was extended into their new territory - some of the Boers (Dutch) migrated further; Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison wins and dies; vulcanization of rubber by Goodyear; first wave of US prohibition; public school movement begins in US with Horace Mann

1841 Frederick Douglass delivers anti-slavery speech, End of reign of Minh Mang of Vietnam, Nationalist leader Lajos Kossuth founds Hungarian liberal reform newspaper, St. Jo Florida cyclone, Earthquake in Puerto Rico, Cyclone in Hong Kong * Joseph Smith receives section 124 – asking leaders to assist Saints, President Harrison dies of pneumonia – Tyler president and lists anti-Mormons as some asking for his attention, death of German sculptor J.H. von Dannecker, death of #9 William Henry Harrison, death of US Secretary of State to Jackson and Van Buren John Forsyth, death of German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, death of Scottish painter David Wilkie, death of Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov, Populations – Great Britain 18.5 million, America 17 million, Ireland 8 million, New York Tribune appears, First university degrees granted to women in America, Swiss embryologist Rudolf Albert von Kolliker describes sperm and contributes evidence about neuron doctrine, German economist Friedrich List writes about economics, Viennese mathematician Joseph Petzval produces higher-speed photo lens, English mechanical engineer Sir Joseph Whitworth proposes standardized screw threads, Barnum opens “American Museum” with exhibition of freaks and curios in New York, First issue of George Bradshaw’s railway guide, English travel agent Thomas Cook arranges first excursion to a temperance meeting, death of English surgeon Sir Astley Cooper who treated aneurisms, American boxer Tom Hyer becomes first recognized champion, CJ Fritzsche shows how to get oil from indigo by using potassium hydroxide, Carlyle writes about history, Emerson writes essays, Ludwig Feuerbach writes about Christianity, death of German philosopher and educator Johann Friedrich Herbart, death of German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, death of Scottish genre painter Sir David Wilkie, death of English prolific musician TJ Dibdin, Rossini composes in Paris, Adolphe Sax invents the saxophone in Belgium, Schumann writes symphony in Leipzig, Bessel deduces the ellipticity of earth, Scottish surgeon James Braid discovers hypnosis, death of Swiss botanist Austin de Candolle, death of French revolutionary leader Bertrand Barere de Vieuzac, Britain claims sovereignty over Hong Kong, John Tyler becomes president #10, General Baldomero Espartero becomes Regent of Spain, USS Creole carrying slaves from Virginia to Louisiana seized by slaves and sails into Nassau where they become free, New Zealand becomes British colony, Tyler’s cabinet resigns but Daniel Webster remains as Secretary of State, Lord Melbourne (Whig) resigns as British Prime Minister – Sir Robert Peel (Tory) leads, Lajos Kossuth becomes Hungarian nationalist leader, Turkey’s sovereignty guaranteed by five Great Powers, Robert Browning writes, James Feinmore Cooper writes “The Deerslayer”, Dickens writes bestseller “The Old Curiosity Shop”, Jeremias Gotthelf writes Swiss folk tale, death of British humorist Theodore Hock, Victor Hugo elected to Academie Francaise, James Russell Lowell writes, Frederick Marryat writes adventure novel, Poe writes “Murders in the Rue Morgue”, London humorous periodical “Punch” debuts, Charles Sealsfield the Austrian writer publishes novel about Texas, death of British poet and theologian Joseph Blanco White, EA Poe publishes first detective story “Murders in the Rue Morgue”, Governorship of Egypt made hereditary in Mohammed Ali's line, Joseph Smith receives section 124 – asking leaders to assist Saints, President Harrison dies of pneumonia – Tyler president and lists anti-Mormons as some asking for his attention, Dorthea Dix tours correctional institutions and advocated for mentally ill, Temple at Nauvoo commanded Jan 19 (D&C 124), Sir Robert Peel prime Minister, President Harrison dies, Apr 4 Tyler becomes 10th president, Dorthea Dix reforms prisons, John Griffiths designs clipper ship, Nov 21, first Baptisms for the Dead, Oct 24, Palestine dedicated, Feb 4 Nauvoo Legion organized, Jan 24 Hyrum Smith patriarch, Saxophone invented, Schumann composes Ibadan empire expands in W Africa, Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Brooke, Baptisms for the dead introduced a stemple ordinance, Sir Robert Peel's second rule as Britain's Prime Minister begins; Death of Harrison in US office, Tyler becomes president;

1842 End of First Afghan War – a British army annihilated, End of Opium War in China, France annexes Marquesas Islands and makes Tahiti a protectorate * Lincolns dine with Willard Richards and other Saints, death of U.S. Statesman Robert Smith,



Download 407.33 Kb.

Share with your friends:
1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   ...   15




The database is protected by copyright ©ininet.org 2024
send message

    Main page