| 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 0 | 
 
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  | 1863-1879: |   |   |   | 4th Cholera pandemic  from before birth until age 13 | 
 
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  | 1866: |   |   |   | Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts)  at age 0 | 
 
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  | 1866-1868: |   |   |   | Andrew Johnson president of US  from age 0 to age  2 | 
 
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  | 1867: |   |   |   | Alaska purchased from Russia  at age 1 | 
 
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  | 1867: |  | 
  | 1867: |   |   |   | Nebraska enters the union - 37th  at age 1 | 
 
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  | 1867: |   |   |   | Diamonds discovered in South Africa  at age 1 | 
 
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  | 1867: |   |   |   | Confederation of Canada  at age 1 | 
 
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  | 1868-1878: |   |   |   | War between Cuba and Spain  from age 2 to age  12 | 
 
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  | 1869: |   |   |   | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold  at age 3 | 
 
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  | 1869: |   |   |   | Cutty Sark built  at age 3 | 
 
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  | 1869: |   |   |   | Suez canal opened  at age 3 | 
 
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  | 1869-1876: |   |   |   | Ulysses S Grant president of US  from age 3 to age  10 | 
 
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  | 1869: |   |   |   | Trans-continental railroad completed  at age 3 | 
 
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  | 1870-1871: |   |   |   | Franco-Prussian war  from age 4 to age  5 | 
 
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  | 1870: |   |   |   | US black men can vote  at age 4 | 
 
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  | 1870: |   |   |   | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels)  at age 4 | 
 
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  | 1871: |   |   |   | Great Fire destroys Chicago  at age 5 | 
 
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  | 1873: |   |   |   | Color Photographs  at age 7 | 
 
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  | 1873-1878: |   |   |   | Depression, banks fail  from age 7 to age  12 | 
 
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  | 1876: |   |   |   | American Centennial  at age 10 | 
 
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  | 1876: |   |   |   | Colorado enters the union - 38th  at age 10 | 
 
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  | 1876: |   |   |   | Telephone (Bell, Latimer)  at age 10 | 
 
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  | 1876: |   |   |   | Little Big Horn - Battle  at age 10 | 
 
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  | 1877-1880: |   |   |   | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US  from age 11 to age  14 | 
 
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  | 1877: |   |   |   | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings  at age 11 | 
 
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  | 1878: |   |   |   | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US  at age 12 | 
 
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  | 1879: |  | 
  | 1879: |   |   |   | Electric Light Bulb (Edison)  at age 13 | 
 
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  | 1881-1885: |   |   |   | Chester Arthur president of US  from age 15 to age  19 | 
 
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  | 1881: |   |   |   | James A Garfield president of US  at age 15 | 
 
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  | 1881-1896: |   |   |   | 5th Cholera pandemic  from age 15 until after line end | 
 
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  | 1881: |   |   |   | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care)  at age 15 | 
 
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  | 1885-1888: |   |   |   | Grover Cleveland president of US  from age 19 to age  22 | 
 
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  | 1886: |   |   |   | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods)  at age 20 | 
 
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  | 1887: |   |   |   | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!)  at age 21 | 
 
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  | 1888: |   |   |   | Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths  at age 22 | 
 
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  | 1888: |   |   |   | 70...77 rpm musical records  at age 22 | 
 
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  | 1889-1892: |   |   |   | Benjamin Harrison president of US  from age 23 until after line end | 
 
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  | 1889: |   |   |   | North Dakota enters the union - 39th  at age 23 | 
 
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  | 1889: |   |   |   | South Dakota enters the union - 40th  at age 23 | 
 
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  | 1889: |   |   |   | Montana enters the union - 41st  at age 23 | 
 
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  | 1889: |   |   |   | Washington enters the union - 42nd  at age 23 | 
 
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  | 1889: |   |   |   | Holerith invents the punch card  at age 23 | 
 
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