| 1837-1901: |
|
|
Reign
of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
from before birth to age 34 |
| 1863-1879: |
|
|
4th
Cholera pandemic from before
birth to age 12 |
| 1866-1868: |
|
|
Andrew
Johnson president of US from
before birth to age 1 |
| 1867: |
|
|
Alaska
purchased from Russia in
birth year |
| 1867: |
|
|
Confederation
of Canada in birth year |
| 1867: |
|
|
Nebraska
enters the union - 37th in
birth year |
| 1867: |
|
|
Diamonds
discovered in South Africa
in birth year |
| 1867: |
|
|
Dynamite
in birth year |
| 1867-1948: |
|
|
Born
Walton, Derbyshire, England
from birthyear to age 81 |
| 1868-1878: |
|
|
War
between Cuba and Spain from
age 1 to age 11 |
| 1869: |
|
|
Cutty
Sark built at age 2 |
| 1869: |
|
|
Trans-continental
railroad completed at age 2 |
| 1869: |
|
|
Financial
black friday caused by
attempt to corner gold at
age 2 |
| 1869: |
|
|
Suez
canal opened at age 2 |
| 1869-1876: |
|
|
Ulysses
S Grant president of US from
age 2 to age 9 |
| 1870: |
|
|
1st
black US senator (Hiram
Revels) at age 3 |
| 1870: |
|
|
US
black men can vote at age 3 |
| 1870-1871: |
|
|
Franco-Prussian
war from age 3 to age 4 |
| 1871: |
|
|
Great
Fire destroys Chicago at age
4 |
| 1873: |
|
|
Color
Photographs at age 6 |
| 1873-1878: |
|
|
Depression,
banks fail from age 6 to age
11 |
| 1876: |
|
|
American
Centennial at age 9 |
| 1876: |
|
|
Colorado
enters the union - 38th at
age 9 |
| 1876: |
|
|
Little
Big Horn - Battle at age 9 |
| 1876: |
|
|
Telephone
(Bell, Latimer) at age 9 |
| 1877: |
|
|
Wax
Cylinder Musical Recordings
at age 10 |
| 1877-1880: |
|
|
Ruthorford
B Hayes president of US from
age 10 to age 13 |
| 1878: |
|
|
1st
commercial telephone
exchange in US at age 11 |
| 1879: |
|
|
Zulu war
at age 12 |
| 1879: |
|
|
Electric
Light Bulb (Edison) at age
12 |
| 1880-1948: |
|
|
Emigrated
to US, Lived in UT from age
13 to age 81 |
| 1881: |
|
|
James
A Garfield president of US
at age 14 |
| 1881: |
|
|
President
Garfield assassinated (dies
of med. care) at age 14 |
| 1881-1885: |
|
|
Chester
Arthur president of US from
age 14 to age 18 |
| 1881-1896: |
|
|
5th
Cholera pandemic from age 14
to age 29 |
| 1884: |
|
|
1st
subway at age 17 |
| 1884: |
|
|
Motorcycle
at age 17 |
| 1885: |
|
|
Automobile
at age 18 |
| 1885-1888: |
|
|
Grover
Cleveland president of US
from age 18 to age 21 |
| 1885-1900: |
|
|
Married
Erastus Beman Snow from age
18 to age 33 |
| 1886: |
|
|
Induction
Telegraph (Grandville T.
Woods) at age 19 |
| 1887: |
|
|
X-Rays
(Tesla, not
Rontgen!) at age 20 |
| 1888: |
|
|
Great
Blizzard of 1888 - 400+
deaths at age 21 |
| 1888: |
|
|
70...77
rpm musical records at age
21 |
| 1889: |
|
|
Montana
enters the union - 41st at
age 22 |
| 1889: |
|
|
North
Dakota enters the union -
39th at age 22 |
| 1889: |
|
|
South
Dakota enters the union -
40th at age 22 |
| 1889: |
|
|
Washington
enters the union - 42nd at
age 22 |
| 1889: |
|
|
Holerith
invents the punch card at
age 22 |
| 1889-1892: |
|
|
Benjamin
Harrison president of US
from age 22 to age 25 |
| 1890: |
|
|
Idaho
enters the union - 43rd at
age 23 |
| 1890: |
|
|
Oklahoma
organized as a territory at
age 23 |
| 1890: |
|
|
Wyoming
enters the union - 44th at
age 23 |
| 1890: |
|
|
Battle
of Wounded Knee at age 23 |
| 1891: |
|
|
Mormon
prophesy of coming of lord
by 1891 unfulfilled at age
24 |
| 1891-1948: |
|
|
Son
Eldon Stafford Snow,
Bunkerville, NV from age 24
to age 81 |
| 1893: |
|
|
New
Zealand is 1st to grant
women right to vote at age
26 |
| 1893: |
|
|
Movies
at age 26 |
| 1893: |
|
|
Nikola
Tesla invents Radio (not
Marconi!) at age 26 |
| 1893-1896: |
|
|
Grover
Cleveland president of US
from age 26 to age 29 |
| 1893-1897: |
|
|
US
Financial panic, depression
from age 26 to age 30 |
| 1894: |
|
|
Plague
in Hong Kong and China - 1
million die at age 27 |
| 1894-1895: |
|
|
Chinese-Japanese
war (1) from age 27 to age
28 |
| 1896: |
|
|
Utah
enters the union - 45th at
age 29 |
| 1896: |
|
|
Supreme
court approves separate but
equal segregation at age 29 |
| 1897-1901: |
|
|
William
McKinley president of US
from age 30 to age 34 |
| 1897-1948: |
|
|
Son
Harold Stafford Snow, St.
George, UT from age 30 to
age 81 |
| 1898: |
|
|
Spanish
American 1-year war at age
31 |
| 1899-1902: |
|
|
Boer war
from age 32 to age 35 |
| 1899-1923: |
|
|
6th
Cholera pandemic from age 32
to age 56 |
| 1900: |
|
|
Hawaii
organized as a territory at
age 33 |
| 1900: |
|
|
Boxer
rebellion in China at age 33 |
| 1900: |
|
|
Galveston
Hurricane - 8,000 killed at
age 33 |
| 1900-1948: |
|
|
Widow
of Erastus Beman Snow from
age 33 to age 81 |
| 1901: |
|
|
Commonwealth
of Australia founded at age
34 |
| 1901: |
|
|
First
British submarine launched
at age 34 |
| 1901: |
|
|
Oil
discovered in Texas in
significant amounts at age
34 |
| 1901: |
|
|
US
President William McKinley
assassinated at age 34 |
| 1901: |
|
|
Max
Planck formulates the Laws
of Radiation at age 34 |
| 1901: |
|
|
Third
law of thermodynamics
postulated (W. H. Nernst) at
age 34 |
| 1901-1908: |
|
|
Theodore
Roosevelt president of US
from age 34 to age 41 |
| 1901-1910: |
|
|
Reign
of King Edward VII
(Saxe-Coburg) from age 34 to
age 43 |
| 1903: |
|
|
Nikola
Tesla patents logic gates at
age 36 |
| 1903: |
|
|
Airplane
at age 36 |
| 1904: |
|
|
Radar
at age 37 |
| 1904-1905: |
|
|
Russian-Japanese
war from age 37 to age 38 |
| 1906-1910: |
|
|
Married
George Condie, Hamilton
Fort, UT from age 39 to age
43 |
| 1907: |
|
|
Oklahoma
enters the union - 46th at
age 40 |
| 1907: |
|
|
Plastic
at age 40 |
| 1908: |
|
|
Tunguska
atmospheric object explosion
at age 41 |
| 1909: |
|
|
North
pole reached by Matthew
Henson of Robert Pearys exp.
at age 42 |
| 1909: |
|
|
Union
of South Africa formed at
age 42 |
| 1909-1912: |
|
|
William
Howard Taft president of US
from age 42 to age 45 |
| 1910: |
|
|
Japan
annexes Korea at age 43 |
| 1910: |
|
|
Halleys
Comet at age 43 |
| 1910-1936: |
|
|
Reign
of King George V (Windsor)
from age 43 to age 69 |
| 1910-1948: |
|
|
Widow
of George Condie from age 43
to age 81 |
| 1911: |
|
|
South
pole reached by Roald
Amundsen at age 44 |
| 1912: |
|
|
Alaska
organized as a territory at
age 45 |
| 1912: |
|
|
Arizona
enters the union - 48th at
age 45 |
| 1912: |
|
|
New
Mexico enters the union -
47th at age 45 |
| 1912: |
|
|
Titanic
sinks at age 45 |
| 1913-1920: |
|
|
Woodrow
Wilson president of US from
age 46 to age 53 |
| 1914: |
|
|
The
Bra at age 47 |
| 1914-1918: |
|
|
World War
I from age 47 to age 51 |
| 1915: |
|
|
Einsteins
Theory of Relativity at age
48 |
| 1916: |
|
|
Irish
Easter Rebellion at age 49 |
| 1916: |
|
|
Sonar
at age 49 |
| 1917: |
|
|
Russian
revolution at age 50 |
| 1917: |
|
|
US
enters WWI at age 50 |
| 1918-1920: |
|
|
Flu
epidemic - 25 million plus
die from age 51 to age 53 |
| 1918-1933: |
|
|
Prohibition
from age 51 to age 66 |
| 1919: |
|
|
League
of Nations instantiated at
age 52 |
| 1919: |
|
|
Shortwave
Radio at age 52 |
| 1920: |
|
|
Women
receive right to vote (US
Suffrage) at age 53 |
| 1920: |
|
|
Palestine
established at age 53 |
| 1920-1929: |
|
|
Roaring
20s from age 53 to age 62 |
| 1921-1924: |
|
|
Warren
G Harding president of US
from age 54 to age 57 |
| 1922: |
|
|
Insulin
made available to diabetics
at age 55 |
| 1925: |
|
|
Scopes
trial on Evolutionary Theory
at age 58 |
| 1925-1928: |
|
|
Calvin
Coolidge president of US
from age 58 to age 61 |
| 1926: |
|
|
Sound
in Movies at age 59 |
| 1927: |
|
|
1st
transAtlantic solo flight -
Lindbergh at age 60 |
| 1927: |
|
|
Holland
Tunnel opens (New York City)
at age 60 |
| 1928: |
|
|
Geiger
Counter at age 61 |
| 1928: |
|
|
Penicillin
discovered by Sir Alexander
Fleming at age 61 |
| 1928: |
|
|
Television
at age 61 |
| 1928: |
|
|
Video
Recordings at age 61 |
| 1929: |
|
|
Stock
Market Crash at age 62 |
| 1929-1932: |
|
|
Herbert
Hoover president of US from
age 62 to age 65 |
| 1929-1939: |
|
|
Great
Depression from age 62 to
age 72 |
| 1930: |
|
|
Pluto
Discovered at age 63 |
| 1931-1933: |
|
|
Chinese-Japanese
war (2) from age 64 to age
66 |
| 1933: |
|
|
Soviet
communist party purge at age
66 |
| 1933: |
|
|
Armstrong
invents FM modulation at age
66 |
| 1933: |
|
|
Radio
Astronomy at age 66 |
| 1933-1945: |
|
|
Franklin
D Roosevelt president of US
from age 66 to age 78 |
| 1934: |
|
|
Longshoremans
strike - 35,000 on strike
for 83 days at age 67 |
| 1935: |
|
|
Dustbowl
at age 68 |
| 1935-1936: |
|
|
Abyssinian
war from age 68 to age 69 |
| 1936: |
|
|
Reign
of King Edward VIII
(Windsor) at age 69 |
| 1936: |
|
|
Spanish
Civil War at age 69 |
| 1936: |
|
|
Helicopter
at age 69 |
| 1936-1952: |
|
|
Reign
of King George VI (Windsor)
from age 69 until after
timeline |
| 1937: |
|
|
Nylon
(by DuPont) at age 70 |
| 1937-1945: |
|
|
Chinese-Japanese
war (3) from age 70 to age
78 |
| 1938: |
|
|
Germany
annexes Austria at age 71 |
| 1939: |
|
|
Aircraft
Jet Engine invented (by
Ohain) at age 72 |
| 1939: |
|
|
Digital
Computer at age 72 |
| 1939-1945: |
|
|
World War
II from age 72 to age 78 |
| 1940: |
|
|
1st
black general in US army at
age 73 |
| 1940: |
|
|
Color
Television at age 73 |
| 1941-1945: |
|
|
Manhattan
Project from age 74 to age
78 |
| 1942: |
|
|
Magnetic
Recording Tape at age 75 |
| 1942: |
|
|
Nuclear
Reactor at age 75 |
| 1945: |
|
|
United
Nations formed at age 78 |
| 1945: |
|
|
US
drops the bomb on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki at age 78 |
| 1945: |
|
|
Hypertext
at age 78 |
| 1945-1952: |
|
|
Harry
S Truman president of US
from age 78 until after
timeline |
| 1946: |
|
|
The
Bikini at age 79 |
| 1946-1989: |
|
|
The
Cold War from age 79 until
after timeline |
| 1947: |
|
|
India
and Pakistan emerge from
ex-British India at age 80 |
| 1947: |
|
|
UN
partitions Palestine to
Jewish and Arab sections at
age 80 |
| 1947: |
|
|
Transistor
at age 80 |
| 1948: |
|
|
Died
and Buried, St. George, UT
at age 81 |
| 1948: |
|
|
NATO
formed at age 81 |
| 1948: |
|
|
Arabs
attack Israel on the day it
is inaugurated at age 81 |
| 1948: |
|
|
Israel
inaugurated as state at age
81 |
| 1948: |
|
|
33
1/3 rpm musical recordings
at age 81 |
