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1800

Napoleon Marches Into Austria

First use of the White House

United States Presidential Election

Invention of the Modern Day Battery

Library of Congress

1801

Tsar Paul I Assassinated

Act of Union UK Enacted

The Battle of Copenhagen

Cairo Captured

Ultraviolet Radiation Discovered

Thomas Jefferson Becomes President

1802

West Point Military Academy

1803

The Louisiana Purchase

Railway Before Trains

Ohio Becomes The 17th state in the Union

Britain Prepares For Possible Invasion By The French

1804

The Year New Jersey Abolishes Slavery

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Napoleon Bonaparte Coronation

Twelfth Amendment To The Constitution

First Working Full Size Railway Steam Locomotive

1805

The Battle of Austerlitz

Death Of Admiral Nelson During The Battle of Trafalgar

1806

Bavaria made into a kingdom

Elgin Marbles

Webster American-English Dictionary Published 1807

UK abolished Slave Trade

1808

United States Presidential Election

1809

The Illinois Territory Defined

Man-made electrical lighting

James Madison Becomes President1810

The first Oktoberfest

Beethoven "Fur Elise"

The Tin Can

1811

The Battle of Tippecanoe

New Madrid Earthquake, Missouri

1812

Louisiana Joins The Union

Napoleon Retreats From Moscow

The Indian War of 1812

USS Constitution/Old Iron Sides

Fort Dearborn / Modern Day Chicago Attacked

1813

Pride and Prejudice

1814

British Troops Burn Down Washington D.C.

Napoleon Abdicates the French Throne

Norway Gains Independence

1815

Battle Of Waterloo

1816

Argentina Gains Independence

Indiana becomes the 19th State

1817

Mississippi becomes the 20th State

The First Seminole War

1818

The Modern Prometheus/Frankenstein

Illinois becomes the 21st State

Stars And Stripes U.S. Flag

Modern Fire Extinguisher

1819

Raffles Founding of Modern Singapore

Alabama becomes the 22nd State

Washington Irving Publishes "The Sketch Book"

US Congress enacts First Immigration Law

1820

Joseph Smith's vision/Mormon Church

Maine Becomes the 23rd state

1821

Napoleon dies on Saint Helena

Missouri Becomes the 24th state

1822

The Rosetta Stone

Liberia (denoting "liberty" )

1823

The Monroe Doctrine

Mackintosh or Macintosh

1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs Created

San Felipe de Austin

1825

Aluminum Discovered

New Harmony, Indiana

1826

The first photographs

1827

First African American Newspaper

1828

Wellington as Prime Minister

Democratic Party Created

1829

First Oxford University Boat Race

"Typographer" or Typewriter

First Braille Book Published

1830

The Book of Mormon is published

Indian Removal Act

Sewing Machine

1831

The French Foreign Legion

Underground Railroad

1832

The Treaty of Constantinople

1833

The Falkland Islands retaken

Lock Stitch Sewing Machine

1834

The Whig Party

Sophisticated Mechanical Reaper

1835

Texas takes San Antonio

Second Seminole War Begins

1836

The Alamo

Colt Revolver

Arkansas Becomes the 25th state

Texas San Jacinto

Texas Gains Independence From Mexico

John Deere Steel Plow

1837

Queen Victoria ascends the throne

Michigan Becomes the 26th state

Trail of Tears

1838

Atlantic steamboats begin to cross the Atlantic

1839

The first Henley Regatta

Velocipede/Bicycle

Vulcanized Rubber1840

British Colonists Arrive In New Zealand

First Postage Stamp

1841

The First Afghan War

Wagon Trains Start The Journey To California

1842

Britain takes Hong Kong

Massachusetts Child Employment Laws

1843

The Oregon Trail

1844

Morse's first electronic telegram

1845

The U.S. Naval Academy of Annapolis

Florida Becomes The 27th state

Texas Becomes The 28th state

The Rubber Band

Baseball Rules Defined For First Time

1846

Oregon splits from England

Iowa Becomes The 29th state

U.S. - Mexican War 1846 to 1848

1847

Jane Eyre published

Chloroform used as general anaesthetic

Antiseptic Use In Hospital

Wisconsin Becomes The 30th state

Smithsonian Institution

Mormon Followers Led By Brigham Young Arrive in Utah

1848

The California Gold Rush starts

1849

Hungary splits from Austria

The Safety Pin

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