1798 to 1848

1231-1808:Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 10
1478-1834:Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 36
1760-1820:Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 22
1792-1815:Napoleonic war from before birth until age 17
1796-1800:John Adams elected 2nd president of US from before birth until age 2
1798:Lithography at age 0
1798:US Marine Corps Established at age 0
1798-1800:Undeclared war with France from age 0 to 2
1798:Mississippi organized as a territory at age 0
1799:Rosetta Stone found at age 1
1800:1st Battery (Volta) at age 2
1800-1809:Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 2 to 11
1800:US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 2
1800:Russia annexes Georgia at age 2
1802:Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 4
1803:Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 5
1803:Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 5
1803:Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 5
1804-1806:Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 6 to 8
1804:Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 6
1805:Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 7
1805:Morphine isolated at age 7
1807:Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 9
1808:Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 10
1808:Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 10
1809:Charles Darwin born at age 11
1809-1816:James Madison elected president of US from age 11 to 18
1810:US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 12
1810:Homeopathy founded at age 12
1812:Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 14
1812:Missouri organized as a territory at age 14
1812-1814:War of 1812 from age 14 to 16
1815:French outlaw slavery in France at age 17
1815:Battle of Waterloo at age 17
1815:Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 17
1816:Stethoscope at age 18
1816:Photographic Negative at age 18
1816:Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 18
1817:Alabama organized as a territory at age 19
1817-1823:1st Cholera pandemic from age 19 to 25
1817-1824:James Monroe president of US from age 19 to 26
1817-1825:Erie canal constructed from age 19 to 27
1817:Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 19
1818:Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 20
1818:Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 20
1819:Arkansas organized as a territory at age 21
1819:Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 21
1819:Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 21
1820-1830:Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 22 to 32
1820:Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 22
1821:Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 23
1821-1829:Greek war of Independence from age 23 to 31
1821:1st US women's college at age 23
1821:US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 23
1822:Florida organized as a territory at age 24
1824:Internal Combustion Engine at age 26
1824-1828:John Quincy Adams president of US from age 26 to 30
1824:Erie canal finished at age 26
1826:1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 28
1827:1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 29
1827:Ohms Law formulated at age 29
1827:Ship's propeller (screw) at age 29
1828:1st Webster's Dictionary at age 30
1828-1836:Andrew Jackson president of US from age 30 to 38
1828:1st railroad in the US at age 30
1829:1st US patent on a typewriter at age 31
1829-1851:2nd Cholera pandemic from age 31 until after timeline
1830:Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 32
1830-1860:Underground railroad leads 100,000 slaves to freedom in US from age 32 until after timeline
1830-1837:Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 32 to 39
1832:Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 34
1833:Telegraph at age 35
1833:Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 35
1834:Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 36
1835-1842:2nd Seminole War from age 37 to 44
1835:Halley's Comet at age 37
1836:Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 38
1836:Battle of the Alamo at age 38
1836:Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 38
1837:Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 39
1837-1901:Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 39 until after timeline
1837-1840:Martin Van Buren president of US from age 39 to 42
1837:Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 39
1838-1839:Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 40 to 41
1839-1842:Opium war between China and the English from age 41 to 44
1841-1844:John Tyler president of US from age 43 to 46
1842:Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 44
1844:1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 46
1845:Texas enters the union - 28th at age 47
1845-1848:James K Polk president of US from age 47 to 50
1845:Florida enters the union - 27th at age 47
1845-1846:Irish Potato Famine from age 47 to 48
1846-1848:The Mexican-US War from age 48 to 50
1846:Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 48
1848:1st gold rush in California at age 50
1848:NY allows women to own real estate at age 50
1848:Wisonsin enters the union - 30th at age 50
1848:Oregon organized as a territory at age 50