Alexandrina Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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Parents husband		Parents wife

Marriage(s)
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ;
Husband			Wife
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha			Alexandrina Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
26 aug 1819 - Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Germany 14 dec 1861 - Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England			24 May 1819 - Kensington Palace, London 22 jan 1901 - Osborne House, Isle of Wight

Children
Edward VII Saxe-coburg Gotha

Chronology

? * * * * Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
0 * Birth * 24 May 1819 * Kensington Palace, London *
0 * Christening * 24 jun 1819 * Kensington Palace, London * Type: CHR, Description: Victoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace.
0 * Birth * 26 aug 1819 * Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Germany * Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
0 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1819 AND 1820 * * Maine was officially separated from Massachusetts in 1819 and became a state in 1820.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * 1820 * Manitoba Canada * The settlement of Manitoba practically ceased for the next fifty years.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * 1820 * * Maine was separated from Massachusetts.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * 1820 * * The Inquisition was suppressed.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * 1820 * * The U.S. Army established Fort Snelling at its permanent location near the future site of St. Paul. It became a nucleus of settlement. Mississippi River steamboats reached Fort Snelling in 1823.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * 1820 * Hawaii * Protestant missionaries from New England brought Christianity to Hawaii.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1813 AND 1827 * Omaha * Trading posts and forts were established near present-day Omaha.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1820 * * High prices for lead attracted settlers to the mines of southern Wisconsin. The Michigan 1820 census lists residents who lived in the Brown and Crawford Counties in what is now Wisconsin.
1 * Global TimeLine Event * 1820 * Cape Breton * Cape Breton was annexed to Nova Scotia.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * Mexico declared its independence from Spain, and the panhandle came under Mexican control.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * Arizona became a part of Mexico. Apache troubles eliminated white settlements except in Tucson.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * The Santa Fe Trail across Kansas was opened. It served as a wagon road from Missouri to the Southwest until 1880, when the railroad was completed.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * When Mexico achieved independence from Spain, New Mexico became a Mexican province, and trade with the United States was opened over the Santa Fe Trail.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * Manitoba Canada * The North West and Hudson's Bay companies were united.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * Texas became part of the new nation of Mexico. Stephen F. Austin brought the first Anglo-American colonists to Texas. They settled the Austin Colony in south central Texas. Several other impresarios soon brought other colonists.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * Manitoba Canada * The building of Fort Garry was begun.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * Missouri became a state.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * Mexico gained Independence from Spain.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * North West Company and the Hudson s Bay Company were united.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * The first genealogically useful census was taken.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * 1821 * * Mexico claimed the area after a successful revolt against Spain.
2 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1821 AND 1822 * * Spain granted Mexico its independence. California was included with Mexico.
4 * Global TimeLine Event * 1823 * Chiapas * Chiapas was incorporated into Mexico.
5 * Global TimeLine Event * 1824 * * Federal Constitution was proclaimed. The Estados Unidos Mexicanos was organized.
5 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1824 AND 1825 * * Russia withdrew her claims
6 * Global TimeLine Event * 1825 * * Russia withdrew her claims.
6 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1810 AND 1840 * * Many more settlers came by steamboat on the Ohio River and Lake Erie and by new canals, roads, and railroads.
6 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1818 AND 1832 * * Settlement was encouraged by improvements in transportation, including the establishment of steamship operation on the Great Lakes from Buffalo to Detroit in 1818, and the completion of the Erie Canal to Buffalo in 1825. The Chicago Road linking Detroit to Chicago was completed in 1832.
6 * Global TimeLine Event * 1825 * * The Erie Canal was completed, stimulating settlement of the Midwestern U.S. By 1842, rail lines connected Albany and Buffalo.
6 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1816 AND 1835 * * A dispute on the border between northern Indiana and southern Michigan was settled in 1835.
6 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1800 AND 1851 * * The population of Wales doubled, bringing about many social changes, particularly increased emigration.
7 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1821 AND 1831 * * A series of revolts, known as the Risorgimento, occurred against local rulers. The rebels sought political unity for Italy. These rebellions were eventually crushed.
7 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1824 AND 1828 * * In treaties with the United States and Great Britain, Russia agreed to recognize latitude 54 40 N as Alaska's southern boundary and longitude 141 W as the eastern boundary. Further boundary adjustments between Alaska and British Columbia were made in 1903.
7 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1803 AND 1850 * * The United States acquired from France the area of Montana east of the mountains. Britain relinquished its claims to the western section in 1846. Until the 1850s, Montana was the domain of Indians, explorers, fur traders, trappers, and missionaries.
8 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1815 AND 1840 * * During this period many Eastern Indians were moved into this area.
10 * Global TimeLine Event * 1829 * * Irish Catholics became free to practice Catholicism without legal persecution. Many Catholic records were begun.
11 * Global TimeLine Event * 1830 * * The first railways appeared in England.
11 * Global TimeLine Event * 1830 * * The area that is now Minnesota was in the Michigan Territory.
11 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1830 * * Heavy settlement began along the Lake Michigan shoreline at the sites of present-day Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha. The Michigan 1830 census lists of residents who lived in Brown and Crawford Counties in what is now Wisconsin.
11 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1820 AND 1840 * * U.S. military expeditions were sent to the area in the 1820s, and Army posts were established in the 1850s. At various times, the area was part of the territories of Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
11 * Global TimeLine Event * 1830 * * The western part of the Louisiana Purchase, including the Arkansas Territory, was designated as the Indian Territory. The Indian Removal Act set aside lands west of the Mississippi River for Indian settlement and allowed for the removal of Indians from the eastern states to in this Territory.
12 * Global TimeLine Event * 1831 * * The Sauk and Fox Indian tribes moved to Iowa from Illinois.
12 * Global TimeLine Event * 1831 * * The people of the former Southern Netherlands rebelled and set up their own government. This was the beginning of the Kingdom of Belgium.
12 * Global TimeLine Event * 26 jun 1831 * Brussels * First King of Belgium
12 * Global TimeLine Event * 21 jul 1831 * Brussels * First King of Belgium sworn in
12 * Global TimeLine Event * 2 aug 1831 * Belgium * Invasion by the Netherlands
13 * Global TimeLine Event * 1832 * * First election held for the local House of Assembly.
13 * Global TimeLine Event * 1832 * * The Black Hawk War ended the last serious Indian threat to white settlements.
13 * Global TimeLine Event * 1832 * * The first railway was built in Wales
13 * Global TimeLine Event * 1832 * * The last serious Indian threat to white settlements ended when Sauk and Fox warriors were driven from the state during the Black Hawk War.
13 * Global TimeLine Event * 1832 * * The Black Hawk War took place.
13 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1815 AND 1850 * * The arrival of many immigrants from Great Britain.
14 * Global TimeLine Event * 1833 * * The first permanent white settlements were made in eastern Iowa. Between 1833 and 1851 a series of treaties extinguished Indian claims to the land.
14 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1815 AND 1851 * * Some 55,000 Scottish, Irish, English, and Welsh immigrants came to Nova Scotia.
15 * Global TimeLine Event * 1834 * * Poor law unions took poor relief responsibilities away from parishes. Workhouses were established.
15 * Global TimeLine Event * 1834 * Pittsburgh * The railroad-canal line extended from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
15 * Global TimeLine Event * 1834 * * Fort Laramie was established as a supply depot on the Oregon Trail fur trade route. It became an army post in 1849 and remained in use until 1890.
15 * Global TimeLine Event * 1834 * Pocatello * Fort Hall trading post was founded on the Snake River near the site of present-day Pocatello. During the 1840s and 1850s, it became a major way station for those who passed through Idaho over the Oregon Trail.
15 * Global TimeLine Event * 1834 * * Congress attached the area to the Michigan Territory.
16 * Global TimeLine Event * 1835 * * As a result of the Toledo War with Ohio, Michigan lost land along its southern border to Ohio and gained the Upper Peninsula.
16 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1830 AND 1840 * * As the factory system developed, thousands of foreign laborers began moving to Massachusetts.
16 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1830 AND 1840 * * As the factory system developed, thousands of foreign laborers began moving into Rhode Island.
16 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1830 AND 1840 * * Overseas immigration to South Carolina, which had begun to decline about 1815, virtually ceased in this decade.
16 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1820 AND 1850 * * Many immigrants arrived from Great Britain and Ireland. About 66,000 British immigrants arrived in 1833, some through the port of New York by way of the Erie Canal. In 1847, famine in Ireland caused thousands of immigrants to come.
16 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1835 AND 1836 * * Settlers from the United States led Texas to independence.
17 * Global TimeLine Event * 1836 * * Congress created the Wisconsin Territory, which included lands west of the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. Much of the western portion was later transferred to the Iowa Territory, created in 1838.
17 * Global TimeLine Event * 1836 * * Iowa was transferred to the Wisconsin Territory.
17 * Global TimeLine Event * 1836 * Arkansas * Arkansas became a state.
17 * Global TimeLine Event * 1836 * * All of Minnesota was in the Wisconsin Territory.
17 * Global TimeLine Event * 1836 * * Texas declared independence from Mexico after a military confrontation. Municipalities were soon organized into counties. The Republic of Texas existed until 1845.
17 * Global TimeLine Event * 1836 * * Marcus Whitman established the second white settlement near present-day Walla Walla. Early settlement centered in the Willamette valley.
17 * Global TimeLine Event * 1836 * * The colonial legislature was given control of Crown lands.
18 * Global TimeLine Event * 1837 * * Civil registration began on 1 July. Events were still recorded in church records. Bishop's transcripts became less common, and they completely ceased by 1900.
18 * Global TimeLine Event * 1837 * * Michigan became a state.
18 * Global TimeLine Event * 1837 * Minnesota * The Sioux and Chippewa Indians sold their claim to the St. Croix Valley, opening the way to major white settlements in eastern Minnesota.
18 * Global TimeLine Event * 1837 * * Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began on 1 July. However, events could still be recorded in parish registers. Bishops' transcripts were kept less frequently.Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901.First missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began preaching in the Preston, Lancashire area.
18 * Global TimeLine Event * 1837 * * The Platte Purchase added six northwestern counties to the state.
18 * Global TimeLine Event * 1837 * * The two-year Patriot Rebellion began.
19 * Global TimeLine Event * 1838 * * The Iowa Territory was established. It included all of present-day Iowa, Minnesota, and parts of North and South Dakota.
19 * * 28 jun 1838 * * Type: TITL
19 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1838 AND 1839 * * Some 10,000 troops from Maine were called into service during the Aroostook War to settle a boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick. The dispute was settled by treaty in 1842.
20 * Global TimeLine Event * 1839 * * Belgium was recognized as an independent nation, and border disputes were resolved. Limburg became a province of the Netherlands.
20 * Global TimeLine Event * 19 apr 1839 * London * Treaty of London
21 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1820 AND 1860 * * Kentucky settlers benefited from improvements in transportation, including river steamboats, canals, and railroads.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1820 AND 1860 * * The Champlain Canal opened in 1823, connecting Vermont to New York City. The Erie Canal opened in 1825, carrying Vermont settlers to Ohio and other western areas. Irish laborers came to work on Vermont railroads, the first of which opened in 1848.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1827 AND 1853 * * The United States Army built forts and roads in Kansas for frontier defense and to protect trade along the Santa Fe Trail.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1780 AND 1900 * * The industrial revolution resulted in the growth of towns, the depopulation of many rural areas, and emigration to England and overseas.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1840 * * Americans on the way to California traveled through the region.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1830 AND 1850 * * New roads, canals, and railroads hastened settlement in central Indiana. The National Road reached Indianapolis in 1834. The Wabash and Erie Canal reached Terre Haute in 1850 and was completed to Evansville in 1853. Major railroad building was underway in the 1850s.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * 1840 * * The province of Noord Holland was created by a division of the province of Holland. The remaining part of the province of Holland later came to be known as Zuid Holland.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1840 * * Many families arrived from Germany and New York.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1840 * * As the factory system developed, thousands of foreign laborers began moving into Connecticut.
21 * Global TimeLine Event * 1840 * * The first missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began preaching in Wales at Overton, Flintshire.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * The Act of Union established a single combined legislature for Lower Canada and for Upper Canada.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * Americans began traveling overland to California.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * Upper Canada became Canada West. Lower Canada became Canada East. The Act of Union joined Canada East and Canada West under one government called the Province of Canada.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * The first census of genealogical value was taken.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * The first genealogically useful census was taken.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * The Act of Union established a single combined legislature for Lower Canada and for Upper Canada.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * The first genealogically useful census was taken by the government.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 1841 * * Jesuit priests founded St. Mary's mission. In the 1840s this mission became a center of activity in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana.
22 * Global TimeLine Event * 10 feb 1841 * Canada * The Act of Union established a single combined legislature for Lower Canada and for Upper Canada.
22 * Birth * 9 NOV 1841 * London, Uk * Edward VII Saxe-coburg Gotha
23 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1830 AND 1854 * * Kansas was part of Indian Territory, where 20 tribes from the east were relocated. The Indian Territory was closed to white settlement.
23 * Global TimeLine Event * 1842 * * At the close of the Seminole Wars, most of the Indians were removed west to present-day Oklahoma, but a few hundred escaped into the swamps.
23 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1830 AND 1854 * * Nebraska was part of an area designated as Indian Territory. Between 1833 and 1876, Indian tribes ceded all Nebraska claims to the United States government.
23 * Global TimeLine Event * 1842 * * The Webster-Ashburton Treaty settled the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.
23 * Global TimeLine Event * 1842 * * The boundary between New Hampshire and the province of Quebec was settled. At about this time, farm workers and overseas immigrants began moving to New Hampshire cities to work in the textile and shoe factories.
23 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1839 AND 1846 * * Mormons from Missouri and Ohio built the city of Nauvoo before their westward exodus.
24 * Global TimeLine Event * 1843 * Fort Bridger * Fort Bridger was established.
24 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1839 AND 1847 * * The Anti-Rent Movement led to the end of the manorial system.
24 * Global TimeLine Event * 1843 * * A provisional government was established by the first American settlers. About 900 more Americans arrived the same year.
24 * Global TimeLine Event * 1843 * Columbia Canada * The Hudson s Bay Company founded Fort Victoria.
25 * Global TimeLine Event * 1844 * * The property qualification for voting was removed.
26 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1840 AND 1850 * * Emigrants went west over the Oregon Trail through what is now central Wyoming. In 1850, more than 40,000 emigrants passed through Fort Laramie.
26 * Global TimeLine Event * 1845 * * The United States annexed the Republic of Texas, including the present-day Oklahoma panhandle.
26 * Global TimeLine Event * 1845 * * Florida became a state.
26 * Global TimeLine Event * 1845 * * The United States acquired Texas as the 28th state.
26 * Global TimeLine Event * 1845 * * Civil registration of non-Catholic marriages began.
26 * Global TimeLine Event * 1845 * * The United States annexed Texas.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * War broke out between the United States and Mexico. U.S. settlers in California set up a republic.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * The present boundary between the United States and Canada, (except for the boundary with Alaska), was established.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * St. John's * St. John s was destroyed by fire.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * The Mormon Battalion built Cooke's Wagon Road, south of the Gila River. The road became a favorite route into Arizona and California for early prospectors and pioneers.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * The present boundary between the United States and Canada was established.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * Columbia Canada * The 49th Parallel Treaty was created.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * The portion originally given by Virginia was returned to that state.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * Iowa, with its present boundaries, became a state.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * Fort Benton, the only Montana trading post to become a permanent settlement, was established on the Missouri River.
27 * Global TimeLine Event * 1846 * * A law to abolish slavery made all children born to slaves free from birth, but those already in bondage became apprentices to their former masters for life. There was still some slavery until the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
28 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1846 AND 1848 * * There was a dispute over the boundary of Texas, with the Mexicans desiring the Nueces River; the Americans, the Rio Grande. When the Mexicans sent troops over the Rio Grande, President Polk declared War on Mexico on May 13, 1846. Over 6,000 Texas citizens served in the Mexican AND American War. Mexico gave up its claim to Texas.
28 * Global TimeLine Event * 1847 * Salt Lake Valley, Utah * Brigham Young led the first wagon train of pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley.
28 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1845 AND 1849 * * Potato Famine. Blight destroyed the potato crop for several consecutive years, resulting in starvation and disease. Over a million died and millions more emigrated.
28 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1838 AND 1856 * Vandalia * Improvements in transportation hastened immigration to the northern counties. The National Road reached Vandalia in 1838. The Illinois-Michigan Canal opened in 1848. The Illinois Central Railroad was completed in 1856.
28 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1846 AND 1848 * * Mexico and the United States fought a war, which ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * Nevada was part of the area ceded by Mexico to the United States.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * Idaho became part of the Oregon Territory.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * The United States acquired the rest of present day Colorado from Mexico.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * Sutter's Mill * Mexico ceded California to the United States. Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * Mexico ceded New Mexico to the United States. The Santa Fe Trail soon became a favorite route of those heading to the California gold fields.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * Nova Scotia was the first British colony where the principle of responsible government was recognized.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * The Oregon Territory was created, including what is now Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * At the end of the Mexican War, the region that included present-day Utah and parts of several surrounding states became part of the United States.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * The Oregon Territory was created. It included what is now Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * 1848 * * Wisconsin, with its present boundaries, became a state.
29 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1848 AND 1849 * * Revolts began in every major Italian city opposing Austrian rule. New governments were established. Austria put down the revolts and regained control of the Italian cities. The pope, backed by the French army, won back Rome.
30 * Global TimeLine Event * 1849 * * In Canada West, the counties became functioning governmental units when the old districts were abolished. However, townships within counties remained the basic building block of local government in Ontario until after 1954.
30 * Global TimeLine Event * 1849 * * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized the Provisional State of Deseret, which provided Church settlers with a constitution and a system of government until Utah became a territory in 1850. The State of Deseret included parts of present-day California, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
30 * Global TimeLine Event * 1849 * * Settlers went farther north into the Puget Sound area to obtain lumber needed for the construction of the growing cities, influenced by the discovery of gold, in California.
30 * Global TimeLine Event * 1849 * Vancouver Island * Vancouver Island became a Crown colony, with Victoria as the capital.
30 * Global TimeLine Event * 1849 * * Congress created the Minnesota Territory.
30 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1848 AND 1850 * * German Revolution. Emigration to the United States increased.
30 * Global TimeLine Event * 1849 * Genoa * The first non-Indian settlement was made at Mormon Station (Genoa).
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * Texas relinquished its claims to Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * AFT 1850 * * Agriculture declined, and farmers left for the cities or better farms in the Midwest.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1850 * * French Canadians and Europeans settled mostly in cities to work in factories. Burlington grew rapidly because of lumber. The granite industry boomed in Barre. The textile industry declined, and many mills were moved to the South.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * The Oregon Donation Act was passed, which guaranteed settlers land ownership if they would settle on and cultivate land in the territory.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * The United States government purchased the panhandle lands from Texas. The panhandle became No Man's Land, and was unattached to any state or territory.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * California became the 31st state
31 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1850 * * Large scale immigration began when the railroad reached the Mississippi River.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1800 AND 1900 * Manitoba Canada * Manitoba s population grew due to the flood of settlers from Ontario, the British Isles, the Ukraine, Germany, Iceland, and other countries.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * Hamburg * The Hamburg passenger lists began to document the origins or places of residence of Europeans leaving for the Americas, Africa, and Australia.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * The Oregon Donation Act was passed. This guaranteed land to those who settled and cultivated land in the territory before 1855. This attracted an estimated 30,000 new settlers.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * The Hamburg passenger lists began to document the origins or places of residence of Europeans leaving for the Americas, Africa, and Australia.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * The Reform Act was passed, basing the right to vote on occupation rather than on property ownership.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * One-fourth of all native North Carolinians had left the state and were living in other states or territories.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1840 AND 1860 * * Pioneer wagons heading west passed through the Platte Valley over the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * 1850 * * When Utah Territory was organized, almost all of present-day Nevada was included except the southern tip, which was then part of the New Mexico Territory.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1848 AND 1853 * Gila River * Mexico ceded the portion of Arizona north of the Gila River to the United States. This became part of New Mexico Territory in 1850. In 1853, the Gadsden Purchase added the area south of the Gila.
31 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1849 AND 1852 * * The Gold Rush attracted many settlers to California. By 1852 the population increased to 250,000.
32 * Global TimeLine Event * 1851 * * Hispanic families from New Mexico founded San Luis, the oldest continually occupied town in Colorado.
32 * Global TimeLine Event * 1851 * * The island had its first representative government.
32 * Global TimeLine Event * 1851 * * Baltimore City became an independent city and started keeping court, land, and probate records separately from the county.
33 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1847 AND 1857 * * Church settlers founded approximately 100 towns in present-day Utah, Nevada, Idaho, California, and Wyoming.
34 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1851 AND 1855 * * The Indians gave up their rights to millions of acres of land west of the Mississippi River.
34 * Global TimeLine Event * 1853 * * Washington Territory was created from the northern part of Oregon Territory.
34 * Global TimeLine Event * 1853 * * The Washington Territory was organized, reducing the size of the Oregon Territory by about half.
35 * Global TimeLine Event * 1854 * * The Kansas-Nebraska Act created two territories extending from the Missouri border westward to the tops of the Rocky Mountains and opened the area to white settlement. Migration to Kansas was stimulated by rivalry between the North and South over the slavery issue and over the choice of a railroad route to the Pacific.
35 * Global TimeLine Event * 1854 * * The Kansas-Nebraska Act established the Nebraska Territory. The creation of the Colorado and Dakota territories in 1861 and the Idaho Territory in 1863 reduced Nebraska to nearly its present size. Lands in Boyd and Thurston counties were received from South Dakota in 1890.
35 * Global TimeLine Event * 1854 * * The Indian Territory was limited to the area of what is now Oklahoma.
36 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1854 AND 1856 * * Crimean War. 225,000 troops were involved in the Crimea (Russian Black Sea).
36 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1850 AND 1860 * * The population of Iowa nearly tripled as immigrants poured in from the older midwestern states and Europe.
36 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1854 AND 1856 * * 225,000 troops were involved in the Crimean war (by the Black Sea).
36 * Global TimeLine Event * 1855 * * Newfoundland became a self-governing colony.
36 * Global TimeLine Event * 1855 * * Civil registration of all births, marriages, and deaths began.
36 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1854 AND 1856 * * Crimean War. 225,000 troops were involved in the Crimea (Russian Black Sea).
37 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1850 AND 1863 * * Congress created the New Mexico Territory in 1850, and the first counties were established. The territory was enlarged somewhat with the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico in 1853, but it was greatly reduced by the creation of Colorado Territory in 1861 and Arizona Territory in 1863.
38 * Global TimeLine Event * 1857 * Ottawa * Ottawa became the capital of the Province of Canada.
38 * Global TimeLine Event * 1857 * * The Matrimonial Causes Act created divorce courts and made it easier for unhappy couples to obtain a divorce.
38 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1857 AND 1858 * * President James Buchanan ordered United States Troops to the Utah Territory to challenge an alleged rebellion. Brigham Young recalled settlers from outlying communities. The crisis was settled peacefully, and in June 1858 federal troops established Camp Floyd 40 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
38 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1857 AND 1858 * * The Indian Mutiny occured. Many of the troops discharged after the Crimean War were recalled to quell the revolt in India.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * Vancouver Island * The mainland became a Crown colony, with New Westminster as the capital.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * * Denver and other mining towns were organized by Colorado's early gold seekers. In 1858 the miners also organized Arapahoe County of Kansas Territory.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * * Principal Probate Registry began handling all Welsh probates.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * * The Colorado area was divided politically among the territories of Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * * Principal Probate Registry began handling all English probates.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * * Minnesota gained statehood.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * * Yankton Sioux Indians ceded their claim to southeastern Dakota to the United States. Permanent white settlements were established at Yankton and Vermillion. For several years, settlement was confined to the area between the Big Sioux and the Missouri rivers.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1856 AND 1860 * * Approximately 8,000 immigrants came to Utah with the handcart companies.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * 1858 * * The Principle Probate Registry began proving Irish probates.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1857 AND 1860 * * Indian Mutiny. Many of the troops discharged after the Crimean War were recalled to quell the revolt in India.
39 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1858 AND 1859 * * Count Cavour, prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardegna, and Napoleon III of France signed a defense agreement. To maintain its Italian holdings, Austria declared war on the Kingdom of Sardegna. French and Italian troops defeated the Austrians. Much of northern Italy was united under the Kingdom of Sardegna.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * 1859 * * Benito Juarez proclaimed the Reform Laws, which separated church and state.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * 1859 * * Colorado pioneers created what they called Jefferson Territory without the sanction of Congress. It was to have included all of present day Colorado and some areas of Utah and Wyoming.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * 1859 * * Idaho became part of the Washington Territory.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * 1859 * * Oregon became the 33rd state.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * 1859 * * Oregon became a state. Washington Territory was enlarged to include the remaining Oregon territory not included in the new state.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * 1859 * Fort Benton * Steamboats first reached Fort Benton.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * 1859 * * The Comstock Lode of gold and silver was discovered at Virginia City, and many miners began coming from California.
40 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1814 AND 1905 * * Norway united with Sweden. The Norwegian parliament ruled under constitution, but there was only one king for Norway and Sweden.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * 1860 * * The Mormon community of Franklin in Cache Valley became the first permanent white settlement in Idaho.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1830 AND 1890 * Hawaii * Thousands of settlers and laborers came to Hawaii, mostly from the Orient.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * 1860 * * The discovery of gold near Walla Walla attracted many prospectors.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * 1860 * * Giuseppe Garibaldi freed Sicilia, southern Italy, and the city of Napoli from the French.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * 1860 * * Greer County was created by Texas in present-day Oklahoma. This sparsely settled area was claimed by Texas and the United States until it was added to Oklahoma in 1896.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * 1860 * Vancouver Island * The Cariboo gold rush began.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * 1860 * * South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. The Civil War began there in 1861. About 63,000 men from the state served in the Confederate armed forces.
41 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1860 * * Montana west of the continental divide was designated Missoula County, Washington Territory, in 1860. In 1861 the unsettled eastern portion was attached to Dakota Territory. In 1863 and 1864 all of Montana was included in Idaho Territory.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Kansas, with its present boundaries, was admitted to the Union as a free state.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Mississippi seceded from the Union. It was readmitted in 1870.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Louisiana seceded from the Union. It was readmitted in 1868.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Congress organized the Colorado Territory. The first seventeen counties were organized the same year.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Congress created Dakota Territory, which included all of present-day North and South Dakota, Montana, and northern Wyoming. The first counties were established in southeastern Dakota in 1862. The creation of Montana Territory in 1864 and Wyoming Territory in 1868 reduced Dakota Territory to the area included in the two Dakotas today.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Tennessee seceded from the Union. It was readmitted in 1866. About 110,000 Tennesseans served in the Confederate armed forces and 30,000 mostly from East Tennessee fought for the Union.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Texas seceded from the Union during the Civil War. In 1870 it was readmitted to the Union.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Florida seceded from the Union. It was readmitted in 1868.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Georgia seceded from the Union. It was readmitted in 1870.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * North Carolina seceded from the Union. It was readmitted in 1868. About 125,000 men served in the Confederate armed forces, more than from any other Confederate state.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * After a nationwide vote, the Kingdom of Italy was formed with Vittorio Emmanuele II as king. The kingdom united all of Italy except the city of Rome, the region of Venezia, and the country of San Marino.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Congress created Nevada Territory. In 1862 the territory was enlarged by shifting the eastern boundary.
42 * Global TimeLine Event * 1861 * * Arkansas seceded from the Union. It was readmitted in 1868.
42 * Death * 14 dec 1861 * Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England * Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
42 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1860 AND 1863 * * Gold discoveries in the river valleys of northern Idaho attracted temporary settlement.
43 * Global TimeLine Event * 1862 * * Rhode Island gained the town of East Providence and part of the town of Pawtucket from Massachusetts. Massachusetts received Fall River, which earlier had been the northern part of Tiverton.
43 * Global TimeLine Event * 1862 * * French invasion began with support of Mexican conservatives.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * Kentucky was officially neutral in the Civil War, but its soldiers served on both sides.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * During the Civil War, 25,000 men from Rhode Island served in the Union armed forces.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * Maryland soldiers fought on both sides during the Civil War.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * During the Civil War 146,000 men from Massachusetts served in the Union Army.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * In the Civil War, over 20,000 of the 30,000 Kansas men of military age served in the Union armed forces. Kansas suffered the highest mortality rate of any state in the Union.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * About 72,000 men from Maine served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * Connecticut furnished 60,000 troops to the Union Army during the Civil War.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * The Five Civilized Tribes sided primarily with the Confederacy and raised the Confederate Indian Brigade and the Indian Home Guard. They fought in battles in the Arkansas and Oklahoma area. Some Indians enlisted in Union regiments early in the war.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * About 250,000 Illinois men served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * 310,000 Ohio men served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * About 39,000 New Hampshire men served in the Union Army.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * 1863 * * Mining began in earnest. Recurrent mineral discoveries brought prospectors to Utah throughout the latter part of the 1800s and into the twentieth century.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1858 AND 1868 * * Another wave of Church settlement saw communities established in Utah and what is now southern Idaho, southeastern Nevada, and northern Arizona.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * The Civil War and Indian wars involved 22,000 men.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * 1863 * * The Idaho Territory was created from lands in eastern Washington Territory.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * In a dispute over secession, fifty western counties broke off to form the restored government of Virginia, which remained loyal to the Union. The state of West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863. During the Civil War, about 32,000 West Virginia soldiers enlisted in the Union Army, while 9,000 served the Confederacy.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * Over 90,000 men from Wisconsin served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * 1863 * Prague * Denmark goes to war against Prussia and Austria. In the Treaty of Prague (1866), Denmark cedes Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia (Germany).
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * During the Civil War, Delaware was a Union state.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * Although defended by federal troops during the Civil War, Washington was several times threatened by Confederates. The civilian population of Washington more than doubled during the 1860s.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1865 * * During the Civil War most of the citizens supported the Union, although several counties seceded. Troops from Missouri served in both the Confederate and the Union forces.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1862 AND 1864 * * The discovery of gold in western Montana brought an influx of miners to Bannack, Virginia City, and Helena. Many of the miners began farming and set up supply centers such as Missoula, Deer Lodge, and Bozeman.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * 1863 * * The first claim under the Homestead Act was staked near Beatrice.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * 1863 * * Free land was offered under the first Homestead Act, but the Civil War and Indian wars delayed settlement.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * 1863 * * The Idaho Territory was created out of the Washington and Dakota Territories. In 1864, the Montana Territory was cut away from the Idaho Territory. In 1868, a small part of Idaho Territory was transferred to the new Wyoming Territory.
44 * Marriage * 10 MAR 1863 * Windsor, Uk * Edward VII Saxe-coburg Gotha
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1862 AND 1865 * * 750 volunteer soldiers came from California during the Civil War. Fort Douglas was established in 1862.
44 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1862 AND 1865 * * More than 34,000 Vermonters served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * Schleswig-Holstein * Preu en conquered Schleswig-Holstein.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * * Preu en conquered Schleswig-Holstein.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * * Civil registration of births and deaths began. Marriage registration began to include Catholics.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * * Slaves in Maryland were emancipated.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * Mexico * Maximilian arrived in Mexico and became its Emperor.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * * Nevada became a state. In 1866 and 1867 more eastern land was gained from Utah Territory, and the southern tip was acquired from Arizona Territory.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1863 AND 1865 * * 90,000 men served the Union in the Civil War. Of these, 14,000 died in the war.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * * Montana Territory was established with nine counties.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * 1864 * Charlottetown * A meeting was held in Charlottetown to discuss regional union.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1868 * * The Dakota Territory was established. It included all of present-day North and South Dakota and most of Montana and Wyoming. In 1867 all of the Wyoming portion was included in Laramie County, which was divided early in 1868 by the creation of Carter County (later renamed Sweetwater County).
45 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1868 * Dakotas * The Dakota Territory was organized. When the Montana Territory was created in 1864 and the Wyoming Territory in 1868, Dakota Territory boundaries were reduced to the area of the two present day Dakotas.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1864 AND 1865 * * Indiana remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War and contributed about 224,000 federal troops, although the southern heritage of some communities caused trouble. Former slaves coming north began to settle in Indiana.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1868 * * Alabama seceded from the Union but was readmitted in 1868. Nearly 100,000 men from Alabama served in the Civil War.
45 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1863 AND 1866 * * Arizona was organized as a separate territory. The first four counties were organized in 1864. In 1866, the northwestern part of Arizona Territory was transferred to the new state of Nevada.
46 * Global TimeLine Event * 1865 * * The first railroad to the Pacific Coast was begun at Omaha. It was completed in 1869.
46 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1865 AND 1865 * * Over 75,000 Iowans served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War.
46 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1861 AND 1870 * * Most of Virginia joined the Confederacy, although fifty western counties broke off and were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia in 1863. Virginia was readmitted to the Union in 1870.
47 * Global TimeLine Event * 1866 * * In exchange for Venezia, Italy supported Prussia in its war against Austria. A month later, Prussia defeated Austria, and Venezia became part of the Kingdom of Italy. Civil registration became law.
47 * Global TimeLine Event * 1866 * Vancouver Island * The colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia were united.
47 * Global TimeLine Event * 1866 * * New treaties with the Five Civilized Tribes realigned boundaries and allowed the federal government to move other tribes there. Almost two million acres were designated as Unassigned Lands in central Oklahoma.
47 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1865 AND 1867 * * Approximately 100 settlers and an unknown number of Native Americans were killed during the Black Hawk Indian War. Attacks were primarily centered in the Sanpete and Sevier valleys, causing the temporary abandonment of a number of settlements.
47 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1866 AND 1867 * * French troops were withdrawn from Mexico.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * The Dominion of Canada was created, uniting the four provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * The Province of Ontario was formed from Canada West and joined the Confederation when the Dominion of Canada was created, uniting Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * Nebraska became a state.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * Canada * The Dominion of Canada was created, uniting the four provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * Canada East was renamed Qu bec and became one of the four original provinces of the Dominion of Canada.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * The United States purchased Alaska from Russia.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * The Province of Nova Scotia was formed, being one of the original four provinces to join the Confederation.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * Many of the remaining Indian tribes agreed to leave Kansas and move to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. Indian skirmishes continued in Kansas until 1878.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * The first railroad was built from the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs.
48 * Global TimeLine Event * 1867 * * The Province of New Brunswick was formed, being one of the original four provinces to join the Confederation.
49 * Global TimeLine Event * 1868 * Victoria * Victoria became the capital of both former colonies.
49 * Global TimeLine Event * 1868 * * South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. Districts were now called counties.
49 * Global TimeLine Event * 1868 * * Wyoming Territory was created, primarily from Dakota Territory. It included small portions from Utah and Idaho territories.
49 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1867 AND 1869 * * The transcontinental Union Pacific Railway was built through southern Wyoming. The towns of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, and Evanston sprang up along its route.
50 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1858 AND 1880 * * A series of Indian conflicts continued until the Indians were assigned to reservations.
50 * Global TimeLine Event * 1869 * Canada * Rupert's Land was bought from the Hudson s Bay Company and organized into the Northwest Territories. The problems over the terms of this transfer caused the Red River Rebellion under Louis Riel.
50 * Global TimeLine Event * 1869 * * The first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Point near Brigham City, bringing an influx of settlers to Utah.
50 * Global TimeLine Event * 1869 * * Completion of the transcontinental railroad gave California a direct connection with the East. Great numbers of Chinese were imported to work on this railroad.
50 * Global TimeLine Event * 1869 * * The Church of Ireland ceased to be recognized as the state church.
51 * Global TimeLine Event * 1870 * * The Franco-Prussian War forced France to withdraw its troops from Rome. Italian troops conquered all of Rome except for the Vatican.
51 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1870 * Prince Edward Island * The Dominion of Canada stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans as new lands and territories were added. The provinces of British Columbia (1871) and Prince Edward Island (1873) joined the confederation.
51 * Global TimeLine Event * 1870 * Winnipeg * The Province of Manitoba was formed, comprising only the vicinity of Winnipeg.
51 * Global TimeLine Event * 1870 * * Railroad links between Denver and Cheyenne and between Denver and Kansas City connected Colorado with the east and west coasts.
51 * Global TimeLine Event * 1870 * Alsace-Lorraine * Franco-Prussian War. Alsace-Lorraine annexed by Germany.
52 * Global TimeLine Event * 1871 * Georgetown * Congress changed the city's status to a federal territory. Georgetown was merged into the city of Washington. The boundaries of Washington became coextensive with those of the District of Columbia.
52 * Global TimeLine Event * 1871 * Elsas-Lothringen * Franco-Prussian War. Elsa -Lothringen came under German rule.
52 * Global TimeLine Event * 1871 * Duluth, Minnesota * White settlement began in earnest in northern Dakota when railroads reached the Red River from St. Paul and Duluth, Minnesota.
52 * Global TimeLine Event * 1871 * * The capital of Italy moves from Florence to Rome.
52 * Global TimeLine Event * 1871 * * Fire destroyed much of Chicago and its public records.
52 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1871 * * Church settlers established additional communities in the adjacent states of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona. The coal mining industry that began in the 1870s and steadily increased until the 1920s attracted thousands of new immigrants to eastern Utah.
52 * Global TimeLine Event * 20 jul 1871 * Columbia Canada * The Province of British Columbia was formed on 20 July 1871.
53 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1872 * * Industrial expansion in West Virginia attracted Black immigrants from southern states and European immigrants from overseas.
53 * Global TimeLine Event * 1872 * * Railroads crossed the territory.
54 * Global TimeLine Event * 1873 * * Iowa, known as the Hawkeye State and the Corn State, experienced financial depressions.
54 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1873 * * The Dominion of Canada stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans as new lands and territories were added. The provinces of British Columbia (1871) and Prince Edward Island (1873) joined confederation.
54 * Global TimeLine Event * 1873 * Winnipeg * Winnipeg was incorporated as a city.
54 * Global TimeLine Event * 1873 * * The Province of Prince Edward Island was formed and became part of the Dominion of Canada.
54 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1850 AND 1896 * * The Utah Territory was organized to include parts of what is now Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. The area was reduced by the creation of the territories of Nevada and Colorado in 1861 and Wyoming in 1868.
55 * Global TimeLine Event * 1874 * * Discovery of gold in the Black Hills led to the opening of that area to white settlement in 1876. About 20,000 people came to South Dakota, but many left after a few months or years. The peak year of the gold rush was 1877.
55 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1874 * * Most Indians were removed to the Indian Territory in present-day eastern Oklahoma. Some escaped to Mexico.
55 * Global TimeLine Event * 1874 * * Preu en introduced civil registration
55 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1874 AND 1875 * Alberta Canada * North West Mounted Police established Fort Macleod and Fort Calgary.
55 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1862 AND 1887 * * A series of federal laws were passed to discourage the practice of polygamy. These had a tremendous impact on the people of Utah and their record keeping practices. They included the Morrill Act of 1862, the Poland Act of 1874, the Edmunds Act of 1882, and the most far-reaching act, the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887.
56 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1840 AND 1910 * * Germans, Irish, Scandinavians, Mennonites, and Poles came to rural Indiana for good, inexpensive farmland.
56 * Global TimeLine Event * 1875 * * The Land Purchase Act ended the tenure system of 1767.
56 * Global TimeLine Event * 1875 * * The territories were organized under the federal government.
57 * Global TimeLine Event * 1876 * * Civil registration was required throughout Germany and began wherever it was not already in effect.
57 * Global TimeLine Event * 1876 * * Civil registration was required throughout Germany and began wherever it was not already in effect.
57 * Global TimeLine Event * 1876 * * A law was passed requiring Church of Ireland registers to be stored in the Public Record Office, Dublin.
57 * Global TimeLine Event * 1876 * * The railway linking St. John with Montreal and Halifax was completed.
57 * Global TimeLine Event * 1876 * Halifax * The railway from Halifax to Quebec was completed.
57 * Global TimeLine Event * 1876 * * Colorado became a state.
57 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1876 AND 1877 * Alberta Canada * Territorial rights acquired from the Indians by treaty.
58 * Global TimeLine Event * 1877 * Manitoba Canada * The University of Manitoba was founded.
58 * Global TimeLine Event * 1877 * * A great fire in St. John left many homeless.
59 * Global TimeLine Event * 1878 * * The 1876 storage law was amended to allow Church of Ireland ministers with suitable storage facilities to retain their records.
59 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1876 AND 1880 * * Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico.
61 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1870 AND 1890 * * A period of rapid settlement occurred as homesteaders, chiefly from Germany, Sweden, and Norway, moved into the western and southwestern parts of Minnesota.
61 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1870 AND 1890 * * Nebraska's greatest population growth occurred in the post-Civil War boom as settlers arrived from the eastern United States and northern Europe.
61 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1880 * * Mining booms in the north and the coming of the railroads to the south brought new settlers.
61 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1870 AND 1890 * * The post-Civil War boom brought thousands of settlers to obtain land under the Homestead Act, which was passed in 1862.
62 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1881 * * Railroads first crossed Montana. The population of the territory was about 40,000.
62 * Global TimeLine Event * 1881 * Spokane * The Northern Pacific Railway reached Spokane.
62 * Global TimeLine Event * 1881 * Manitoba Canada * The original province was enlarged, comprising the southern portion of today s Manitoba.
62 * Global TimeLine Event * 1881 * * Western Colorado was officially opened to white settlement after most of the Ute Indians had been moved to reservations in Utah.
63 * Global TimeLine Event * 1882 * Alberta Canada * The southern region of the Northwest Territories was divided into four districts; one was named Alberta.
63 * Global TimeLine Event * 1882 * * Married women were given the right to use and dispose of their own property.
63 * Global TimeLine Event * 1882 * Regina * The North West Mounted Police headquartered at Regina.
63 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1850 AND 1914 * * Emigration continued, which helped to stabilize the economy.
63 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1878 AND 1886 * * The eastern region was settled in the first Dakota boom era.
63 * Global TimeLine Event * 1882 * * Studebaker wagon factory began to attract foreign workers to South Bend.
63 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1878 AND 1887 * * The building of railroads in the region stimulated the great Dakota land boom, bringing settlers to most of the area east of the Missouri River.
64 * Global TimeLine Event * 1883 * Alberta Canada * Canadian Pacific Railway's main line was completed across Alberta.
64 * Global TimeLine Event * 1883 * Oregon * The Northern Pacific Railway reached Oregon.
65 * Global TimeLine Event * 1884 * * Congress passed the first Organic Act, providing a governor and federal courts for Alaska.
65 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1862 AND 1907 * * Twenty-four counties in southern and western North Carolina suffered major losses of records, mostly due to fire and war.
66 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1880 AND 1890 * * Members of the Church, primarily from Utah, Idaho, and Arizona, established communities in Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, and Alberta, Canada.
66 * Global TimeLine Event * 1 jan 1885 * Berlin * Congo Free State
66 * Global TimeLine Event * 1885 * * The Northwest Rebellion began.
66 * Global TimeLine Event * 1885 * Canada * The Northwest Rebellion occurred.
66 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1870 AND 1900 * * The post-Civil War boom brought many settlers to Florida, as developers from the North built railroads and resorts.
66 * Global TimeLine Event * 1885 * Canada * The Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed to the coast. Many immigrants began to settle in southern Saskatchewan.
66 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1880 AND 1890 * * As the Comstock Lode declined, the state's population fell from 62,000 to 47,000.
66 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1884 AND 1887 * * A railroad rate war (1884) and a California real estate boom caused a new wave of overland immigration.
67 * Global TimeLine Event * 1886 * Manitoba Canada * Canadian Pacific Railway s main line reached Manitoba.
69 * Global TimeLine Event * 1888 * * The transcontinental railroads reached Washington and brought a great influx of settlers.
70 * Global TimeLine Event * 1889 * * Washington became a state. Seattle was the largest city and the chief supply point for the gold rush to the Yukon territory in Alaska.
70 * Global TimeLine Event * 1889 * * South Dakota was separated from North Dakota and became a state.
70 * Global TimeLine Event * 1889 * * The Dakota Territory was divided, and both North and South Dakota were admitted to the Union.
70 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1877 AND 1901 * * South African (Boer) Wars. The first Anglo-Boer War led to South African independence in 1881. The second Anglo-Boer War (1898-1901) led to the unification of South Africa in 1910.
70 * Global TimeLine Event * 1889 * * The federal government purchased the Unassigned Lands from the Indians and opened them for white settlement. The first land rush attracted about 50,000 people. For historical accounts of the land run of 1889, see Stan Hoig, The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1984; FHL book 976.6 H2hs).
70 * Global TimeLine Event * 1889 * * Montana became a state.
70 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1877 AND 1902 * * The Boer Wars occured. The first Anglo-Boer War led to South African independence in 1881. The second Anglo-Boer War (1899 1902) led to the unification of South Africa in 1910.
71 * Global TimeLine Event * 1890 * * Wilford Woodruff, President of the Church, made a proclamation that became known as the Manifesto. This advised Latter-day Saints to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land (Official Declaration 1).
71 * Global TimeLine Event * ABT 1890 * * Oil and gas development in Indiana increased the shift away from rural agriculture toward an urban, industrial economy.
71 * Global TimeLine Event * 1890 * * Wyoming became a state.
71 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1870 AND 1910 * * The non-Indian population of Arizona increased from fewer than 10,000 to over 200,000 as settlers moved in from many states and countries.
71 * Global TimeLine Event * 1890 * * Colorado's population exceeded 400,000 when the last major gold strike was made at Cripple Creek.
71 * Global TimeLine Event * 1890 * * The Canadian Pacific Railway from Moncton to Montreal was completed.
71 * Global TimeLine Event * 1890 * * Idaho became a state.
72 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1870 AND 1912 * Canada * Large portions of the Northwest Territories were later removed to create the provinces of Manitoba (1870), Saskatchewan (1905), Alberta (1905), and the Yukon Territory (1898) and to add to the areas of Manitoba (1880, 1912), Ontario (1912), and Quebec (1912).
72 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1879 AND 1904 * * The coming of the railroad stimulated settlement in eastern and southern New Mexico. Conflicting land claims led to disputes among ranchers, homesteaders, and the old Spanish families. The claims were finally settled in 1904.
73 * Global TimeLine Event * 1892 * St. John's * St. John s was destroyed by a second great fire.
74 * Global TimeLine Event * 1893 * * 100,000 immigrants were attracted to northwestern Oklahoma when the Cherokee Outlet lands were opened.
74 * Global TimeLine Event * 1893 * * Iowa, known as the Hawkeye State and the Corn State, experienced financial depressions.
75 * Global TimeLine Event * 1894 * Hawaii * The Republic of Hawaii was established after the Monarchy was dethroned in 1893.
77 * Global TimeLine Event * 1896 * * Utah was admitted on 4 January as the forty-fifth state. At this time the probate courts were abolished, and the responsibilities of the federal district courts were transferred to state district courts.
77 * Global TimeLine Event * 1896 * * The Klondike Gold Strike started a rush to the Canadian Yukon Territory. Gold was discovered at Nome in 1899 and at Fairbanks in 1902.
78 * Global TimeLine Event * 1897 * * A railroad was completed across the island.
78 * Global TimeLine Event * 1897 * * An oil boom began at Bartlesville, and thousands of new settlers arrived.
78 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1884 AND 1911 * * Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico.
79 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1890 AND 1906 * * The Organic Act of 1890 established the Oklahoma Territory. This act organized seven counties in the Unassigned Lands and the Oklahoma panhandle (No Man's Land) and provided for the organization of additional counties as Indian governments were discontinued and surplus land was opened to settlers. During this time, the Oklahoma Territory expanded to fill western Oklahoma by gradually absorbing the following areas: Several reservations in central Oklahoma (1891) Cheyenne and Arapaho land (1892) The Cherokee Outlet (1893) Greer County (1896) Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache lands (1901 and 1906) The eastern portion of the area continued as Indian Territory.
79 * Global TimeLine Event * 1898 * * Brooklyn (Kings), established in 1683; New York (Manhattan), established in 1683; Queens, established in 1683; and Staten Island (Richmond), established in 1683. All these areas were incorporated as boroughs of New York City.
79 * Global TimeLine Event * 1898 * USA * Over 300,000 men were involved in the Spanish-American War, which was fought mainly in Cuba and the Philippines.
79 * Global TimeLine Event * 1898 * Hawaii * Hawaii was annexed by the United States.
80 * Global TimeLine Event * 1899 * * More than seven thousand Doukhobors from the Crimea immigrated into southern Saskatchewan.
81 * Global TimeLine Event * 1900 * * The discovery of silver at Tonopah, soon followed by gold strikes at Goldfield and the discovery of copper at Ely, led to a new mining boom that lasted until after World War I.
81 * Global TimeLine Event * 1900 * Hawaii * The Territory of Hawaii was established.
81 * Global TimeLine Event * 1900 * * The glass industry near Muncie started to attract thousands of skilled Walloon glass workers from Belgium.
82 * Global TimeLine Event * BET 1882 AND 1920 * * The southern region of the Northwest Territories was divided into four districts; two were named Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. They covered the southern half of today s Saskatchewan.
82 * Global TimeLine Event * 1901 * * The oil boom attracted many new residents.
82 * Death * 22 jan 1901 * Osborne House, Isle of Wight *
82 * Burial * 2 feb 1901 * Frogmore, Windsor * Type: BURI

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