Event in History during James Irwin Lifetime 1758 to 1847

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Timeline
For James Irwin

1758 to 1847

1231-1808 : Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 50     1478-1834 : Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 76     1727-1760 : Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 2     1754-1763 : French-Indian war from before birth until age 5     1756-1763 : Seven years war from before birth until age 5     1758 : Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 0     1760 : Bifocals at age 2     1760-1820 : Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 2 to 62     1765 : Steam Engine at age 7     1765 : HMS Victory launched at age 7     1769 : San Francisco bay discovered at age 11     1770 : Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 12     1772-1775 : Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 14 to 17     1772 : Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 14     1773 : Boston Tea Party at age 15     1774 : 1st Continental Congress meets at age 16     1775-1783 : American Revolutionary War against the British from age 17 to 25     1775-1782 : British war in India from age 17 to 24     1776 : Declaration of Independence at age 18     1778 : Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 20     1778 : France joins war against Britan at age 20     1780 : Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 22     1781 : Uranus discovered at age 23     1783 : 1st working hot air balloon at age 25     1784 : Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 26     1786 : First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 28     1786 : The Dollar is adopted at age 28     1787 : Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 29     1787 : Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 29     1787 : New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 29     1787 : Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 29     1788 : Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 30     1788 : New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 30     1788 : South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 30     1788 : Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 30     1788 : Constitution goes into effect at age 30     1788 : Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 30     1788 : Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 30     1788 : Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 30     1788 : New York enters the union - 11th at age 30     1789 : US Army Established at age 31     1789-1796 : George Washington selected 1st President from age 31 to 38     1789 : North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 31     1790 : 1st official US census at age 32     1790 : Coast Guard Established at age 32     1790 : Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 32     1791 : Vermont enters the union -14th at age 33     1791 : Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 33     1792 : Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 34     1792-1815 : Napoleonic war from age 34 to 57     1792 : Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 34     1793 : Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 35     1793 : Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 35     1794 : US Post Office Established at age 36     1794 : Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 36     1794 : US Navy Established at age 36     1796 : France's presses get right of free speech at age 38     1796-1800 : John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 38 to 42     1796 : Vaccination against Smallpox at age 38     1796 : Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 38     1798-1800 : Undeclared war with France from age 40 to 42     1798 : Lithography at age 40     1798 : US Marine Corps Established at age 40     1798 : Mississippi organized as a territory at age 40     1799 : Rosetta Stone found at age 41     1800-1809 : Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 42 to 51     1800 : US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 42     1800 : 1st Battery (Volta) at age 42     1800 : Russia annexes Georgia at age 42     1802 : Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 44     1803 : Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 45     1803 : Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 45     1803 : Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 45     1804-1806 : Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 46 to 48     1804 : Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 46     1805 : Morphine isolated at age 47     1805 : Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 47     1807 : Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 49     1808 : Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 50     1808 : Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 50     1809 : Charles Darwin born at age 51     1809-1816 : James Madison elected president of US from age 51 to 58     1810 : US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 52     1810 : Homeopathy founded at age 52     1812 : Missouri organized as a territory at age 54     1812-1814 : War of 1812 from age 54 to 56     1812 : Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 54     1815 : Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 57     1815 : Battle of Waterloo at age 57     1815 : French outlaw slavery in France at age 57     1816 : Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 58     1816 : Photographic Negative at age 58     1816 : Stethoscope at age 58     1817-1825 : Erie canal constructed from age 59 to 67     1817 : Alabama organized as a territory at age 59     1817 : Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 59     1817-1823 : 1st Cholera pandemic from age 59 to 65     1817 : Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 59     1817-1824 : James Monroe president of US from age 59 to 66     1818 : Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 60     1818 : Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 60     1819 : Arkansas organized as a territory at age 61     1819 : Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 61     1819 : Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 61     1820-1830 : Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 62 to 72     1820 : Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 62     1821 : Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 63     1821-1829 : Greek war of Independence from age 63 to 71     1821 : 1st US women's college at age 63     1821 : US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 63     1822 : Florida organized as a territory at age 64     1824 : Erie canal finished at age 66     1824 : Internal Combustion Engine at age 66     1824-1828 : John Quincy Adams president of US from age 66 to 70     1826 : 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 68     1827 : Ship's propeller (screw) at age 69     1827 : 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 69     1827 : Ohms Law formulated at age 69     1828-1836 : Andrew Jackson president of US from age 70 to 78     1828 : 1st railroad in the US at age 70     1828 : 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 70     1829-1851 : 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 71 until after timeline     1829 : 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 71     1830-1860 : Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 72 until after timeline     1830-1837 : Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 72 to 79     1830 : Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 72     1832 : Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 74     1833 : Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 75     1833 : Telegraph at age 75     1834 : Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 76     1835-1842 : 2nd Seminole War from age 77 to 84     1835 : Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 77     1835 : Halley's Comet at age 77     1836 : Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 78     1836 : Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 78     1836 : Battle of the Alamo at age 78     1837-1840 : Martin Van Buren president of US from age 79 to 82     1837 : Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 79     1837-1901 : Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 79 until after timeline     1837 : Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 79     1838-1839 : Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 80 to 81     1839-1842 : Opium war between China and the English from age 81 to 84     1841-1844 : John Tyler president of US from age 83 to 86     1842 : Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 84     1844 : 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 86     1845 : Florida enters the union - 27th at age 87     1845-1849 : Irish Potato Famine from age 87 until after timeline     1845 : Texas enters the union - 28th at age 87     1845-1848 : James K Polk president of US from age 87 until after timeline     1846 : Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 88     1846-1848 : The Mexican-US War from age 88 until after timeline