Gertrudis of Saxony Billung

Female 1030 - 1113  (83 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
0978 
  • 0978—1016: ROYAL: Ethelred II the Unready, Ruler of England.Saxon - 2nd son of Edgar, half-brother of Edward, married Emma of Normandy.
1016 
  • 1016—1017: ROYAL: Edmund II Ironside, Ruler of England.Saxon - Eldest son of Ethelred II, King of London.
1017 
  • 1017—1035: ROYAL: Canute the Dane, Ruler of England.Dane - By conquest and election. Gave Wessex to Edmund, married Emma.
1023 
  • 1023—1023: HISTORY: First paper money printed in China..
1028 
  • 25 Dec 1028—9 Sep 1087: ROYAL: William I the Conqueror, Ruler of England.Norman - Second cousin to Edward the Confessor, by conquest. Defeated Harold at Hastings.
1036 
  • 1036—1040: ROYAL: Harald I, Harefoot, Ruler of England.Dane - Natural son of Canute.
1040 
  • 1040—1042: ROYAL: Hardecanute, Ruler of England.Dane - Son of Canute by Emma, Danish King.
1042 
  • 1042—1066: ROYAL: Edward the Confessor, Ruler of England.Saxon - Son of Ethelred II (Canonized 1161).
1045 
  • 1045—1045: HISTORY: Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China..
10 1050 
  • 1050—1050: HISTORY: Crossbow invented in France..
11 1066 
  • 1066—1066: ROYAL: Harold II, Ruler of England .Saxon - Edward's brother-in-law, last Saxon King.
12 1087 
  • 26 Sep 1087—2 Aug 1100: ROYAL: William II (Rufus), Ruler of England.Norman - 3rd son of William I, accidentally killed by arrow while hunting.
13 1096 
  • 1096—1099: WAR: First Crusade.A military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem. It was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective--the Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule.[more]
14 1100 
  • 5 Aug 1100—1 Dec 1135: ROYAL: Henry I Beauclerc, Ruler of England.Norman - Youngest son of William I.
15 1135 
  • 22 Dec 1135—25 Oct 1154: ROYAL: Stephen, Ruler of England.Norman - Son of Adela, daughter of William I, and Count of Blois.
16 1144 
  • 1144—1144: WAR: Second Crusade begins..
17 1154 
  • 19 Dec 1154—6 Jul 1189: ROYAL: Henry II, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of Godfrey Plantagenet (Angevin) by Matilda, daughter of Henry I.
18 1157 
  • 8 Sep 1157—6 Apr 1199: ROYAL: Richard I the Lionhearted, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Eldest surviving son of Henry II, crusader.
19 1182 
  • 1182—1182: HISTORY: Magnetic compass invented..
20 1189 
  • 1189—1189: WAR: Third Crusade.Richard I (the Lionhearted) succeeds Henry II in England, killed in France (1199), succeeded by King John.
21 1200 
  • 1200—1200: HISTORY: Clothing buttons invented..
22 1202 
  • 1202—1202: HISTORY: Hindu-Arabic numbering system introduced to the west by Italian mathematician Fibonacci..
23 1211 
  • 1211—1211: HISTORY: Genghis Khan.Invades China, captures Peking (1214), conquers Persia (1218), invades Russia (1223), dies (1227).
24 1215 
  • 1215—1215: ROYAL: John Lackland, Ruler of England .John Lackland. Ruler of England. House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Youngest son of Henry II, signed Magna Carta[more]
25 1216 
  • 28 Oct 1216—16 Nov 1272: ROYAL: Henry III, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of John, acceded at 9, under regency until 1227.
26 1231 
  • 1231—1231: RELIGION: Spanish Inquistion.The Inquisition begins as Pope Gregory IX assigns Dominicans responsibility for combating heresy. Torture used (1252). Ferdinand and Isabella establish Spanish Inquisition (1478). Tourquemada, Grand Inquisitor, forces conversion or expulsion of Spanish Jews (1492). Forced conversion of Moors (1499). Inquisition in Portugal (1531). First Protestants burned at the stake in Spain (1543). Spanish Inquisition abolished (1834).
27 1249 
  • 1249—1249: HISTORY: Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula.
28 1250 
  • 1250—1250: HISTORY: Gun invented in China..
29 1269 
  • 1269—1269: HISTORY: Invention of eyeglasses.
30 1271 
  • 1271—1271: HISTORY: Marco Polo of Venice.Travels to China, in court of Kublai Khan (1275n1292), returns to Genoa (1295) and writes Travels.
31 1272 
  • 1272—1307: ROYAL: Edward I Longshanks, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of Henry III.
32 1280 
  • 1280—1280: HISTORY: Mechanical clocks invented..
33 1290 
  • 1290—1290: HISTORY: Windmills invented..
34 1295 
  • 1295—1295: HISTORY: Modern glassmaking begins in Italy.
35 1307 
  • 1307—1327: ROYAL: Edward II, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Eldest surviving son of Edward I, deposed by Parliament 1327.
36 1326 
  • 1326—1326: WAR: First mention of a handgun.
37 1327 
  • 1327—1377: ROYAL: Edward III of Windsor, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Eldest son of Edward II.
38 1328 
  • 1328—1328: HISTORY: First sawmill.
39 1337 
  • 1337—1453: WAR: Hundred Years' War .English and French kings fight for control of France.
40 1347 
  • 1347—1349: EPEDEMIC: Bubonic Plague.Again in Europe. The Black Death reaches Constantinople, Turkey.
41 1366 
  • 1366—1366: HISTORY: Scales for weighing invented..
42 1377 
  • 1377—1399: ROYAL: .Richard II. Ruler of England. House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of the Black Prince, grandson of Edward III, minor until 1389, deposed 1399 by Parliament.
43 1387 
  • 1387—1387: LITERATURE: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales..Joan of Arc burned.
44 1399 
  • 1399—1413: ROYAL: Henry IV, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - Son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 4th son of Edward III. Chosen by Parliament as successor to Richard II.
45 1400 
  • 1400—1400: HISTORY: .First piano called the Spinet invented.
46 1411 
  • 1411—1411: HISTORY: .Trigger invented.
47 1413 
  • 1413—1422: ROYAL: Henry V, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - Eldest son of Henry IV, victor of Agincourt.
48 1420 
  • 1420—1420: HISTORY: Oil painting invented..
49 1421 
  • 1421—1421: HISTORY: In Florence, hoisting gear invented..
50 1422 
  • 1422—2 Feb 1461: ROYAL: Henry VI, Ruler of England. .House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - 9-month old only son of Henry V, deposed 1461 by Edward IV (Duke of York) after defeat of Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross on Feb 2, 1461. Died in Tower.
51 1431 
  • 1431—1431: POLITICAL: Joan of Arc burned.Some Englishmen see Joan of Arc as truly a witch and as an agent of the devil - a common response to adversity in this age. Joan is captured. The English turn her over to ecclesiastic authorities - the Inquisition -- and at the French town of Rouen, then under English rule, Joan is burned at the stake.
52 1455 
  • 1455—1455: HISTORY: Printing Press.Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type.
53 1461 
  • 1461—1483: ROYAL: .Edward IV. Ruler of England. House of York - Great-great-grandson of Edward III, son of Duke of York.
54 1462 
  • 1462—1505: POLITICAL: Ivan the Great .Rules Russia until 1505 as first czar; ends payment of tribute to Mongols.
55 1465 
  • 1465—1465: HISTORY: In Germany, drypoint engravings invented..
56 1475 
  • 1475—1475: HISTORY: .Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany.
57 1483 
  • 9 Apr 1483—25 Jun 1483: ROYAL: .Edward V. Ruler of England. House of York - Eldest son of Edward IV, murdered in Tower of London.
58 1485 
  • 1485—1485: HISTORY: Leonardo DaVinci designed the first parachute.
59 1486 
  • 1486—1486: HISTORY: First known copyright granted.In Venice, the first known copyright granted.
60 1487 
  • 1487—1487: HISTORY: .Bell chimes invented.
61 1492 
  • 1492—1492: HISTORY: Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines.
  • 1492—1492: HISTORY: Columbus becomes first European to encounter Caribbean islands.Returns to Spain (1493). [more]
62 1493 
  • 1493—1496: HISTORY: Columbus Second Voyage.Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico (1493-1496).
63 1494 
  • 1494—1494: HISTORY: .Whiskey invented in Scotland.
64 1498 
  • 1498—1498: HISTORY: Columbus Third Voyage.Third voyage to Orinoco (1498).
65 1500 
  • 1500—1500: : First flush toilets appeared..
  • 1500—1500: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches become their own nation.Comanches seperate from Eastern Shoshone near Wind River to form their own nation.
66 1501 
  • 1501—1501: HISTORY: First black slaves in America .Brought to Spanish colony of Santo Domingo.
67 1502 
  • 1502—1504: HISTORY: Columbus Fourth Voyage.Fourth voyage to Honduras and Panama (1502-1504).
68 1504 
  • 1504—1504: : Moors conquered in Spain .Moors conquered in Spain by troops of Ferdinand and Isabella.
69 1508 
  • 1508—1508: ROYAL: .Henry VII Gaunt. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, whose father had married the widow of Henry V; descended from Edward III through his mother, Mary Beaufort, via John of Gaunt. By marriage with daughter of Edward IV he united Lancaster and York.
70 1509 
  • 1509—1509: : Henry VIII ascends English throne..
  • 1509—1509: LITERATURE: Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
71 1510 
  • 1510—1510: HISTORY: Leonardo da Vinci designs a horizontal water wheel..
72 1513 
  • 1513—1513: HISTORY: .Urs Graf invents etching.
73 1520 
  • 1520—1520: HISTORY: Henry VIII of England and King Francis of France Summit.Henry VIII of England and King Francis of France, each with army behind him, meet, dismount and embrace in one of the world's earlier summit meetings. (June 7.) There will be celebrations and sermons on the virtues of peace.
74 1522 
  • 1522—1522: RELIGION: Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X.Suleiman I (ithe Magnificenti) becomes Sultan of Turkey, invades Hungary (1521), Rhodes (1522), attacks Austria (1529), annexes Hungary (1541), Tripoli (1551), makes peace with Persia (1553), destroys Spanish fleet (1560), dies (1566). Magellan reaches the Pacific, is killed by Philippine natives (1521). One of his ships under Juan Sebasti.n del Cano continues around the world, reaches Spain (1522).
75 1535 
  • 1535—1535: ROYAL: Reformation begins as Henry VIII makes himself head of English Church.Excommunicated by Pope. Sir Thomas More executed as traitor for refusal to acknowledge king's religious authority. Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence River, basis of French claims to Canada.
76 1540 
  • 1540—1540: HISTORY: Coronado Expedition into the Southern Plains..
  • 1540—1540: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches known to be using dogs for transport.
77 1547 
  • 1547—1547: ROYAL: Ivan IV (ithe Terrible) crowned as czar of Russia.Begins conquest of Astrakhan and Kazan (1552), battles nobles (boyars) for power (1564), kills his son (1580), dies, and is succeeded by his weak and feeble-minded son, Fyodor I.
  • 1547—1547: ROYAL: .Henry VIII. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Only surviving son of Henry VII by Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV.
78 1551 
  • 1551—1551: HISTORY: In France, the works of Martin Luther, John Calvin and others considered heretics are prohibited. .In the cites of Paris, Toulouse, Grenoble, Rouen, Bordeaux, and Agners, various heretics and those selling forbidden books have been burned at the stake. And another massacre of Protestant occurs. More than 3,000 Protestants are to be reported as having been killed, 763 houses, 89 stables and 31 warehouses destroyed
79 1553 
  • 1553—1553: ROYAL: .Edward VI. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Son of Henry VIII, by Jane Seymour, his 3rd queen. Ruled under regents.
  • 10 Jul 1553—1553: ROYAL: Edward VI was forced to name Lady Jane Grey his successor.Council of State proclaimed her queen. Mary Tudor won Council, was proclaimed queen July 19, 1553. Mary had Lady Jane Grey beheaded for treason, Feb 1554.
80 1554 
  • Feb 1554—1554: ROYAL: Mary had Lady Jane Grey beheaded for treason..
81 1558 
  • 1558—1603: ROYAL: Queen Elizabeth I ascends the throne.Restores Protestantism, establishes state Church of England (Anglicanism). Renaissance will reach height in Englando Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser.
  • 1558—1558: ROYAL: .Mary I. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Daughter of Henry VIII, by Catherine of Aragon.
82 1560 
  • 1560—1560: EPEDEMIC: Europe is still suffering from periodic epidemics and famines.One-half of all infants born alive are dying before twelve months (as in the poorest countries today). The wealthy might live to between 48 and 56, and the poor, who do not eat as well, might live to 40.
83 1568 
  • 1568—1568: HISTORY: .Bottled beer invented in London.
84 1569 
  • 1569—1569: HISTORY: .Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection.
85 1570 
  • 1570—1570: WAR: Japan permits visits of foreign ships.Japan permits visits of foreign ships.
  • 1570—1570: RELIGION: Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope. .
86 1571 
  • 1571—1571: WAR: Turks attack Cyprus and war on Venice. .Turkish fleet defeated at Battle of Lepanto by Spanish and Italian fleets (1571).
87 1572 
  • 1572—1572: WAR: Peace of Constantinople (1572) ends Turkish attacks on Europe..
88 1587 
  • 1587—1587: ROYAL: Philip II of Spain plots to have the Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, replace Elizabeth I on the throne of England. .Mary has been a rallying point for all in England opposed to Elizabeth. Elizabeth solves her problem with Mary by having her beheaded
89 1589 
  • 1589—1589: HISTORY: .Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine.
90 1590 
  • 1590—1590: HISTORY: .Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope.
91 1593 
  • 1593—1593: HISTORY: .Galileo invents a water thermometer.
92 1598 
  • 1598—1598: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spain builds colony in New Mexico and starts enslaving Indians..
93 1601 
  • 1601—1601: NATIVE AMERICAN: Don Juan de Onate encounters Plains Apache at Canadian River while looking for the seven sities of gold (Cibola)..Don Juan de Onate encounters Plains Apache at Canadian River while looking for the seven sities of gold (Cibola).
94 1602 
  • 1602—1602: LITERATURE: William Shakespeare writes .Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven.(From All's Well that Ends Well, first performed in 1602.)
95 1603 
  • 1603—1603: ROYAL: .Elizabeth I. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn.
  • 1603—1625: ROYAL: .James I. Ruler of England. House of Stuart - Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret. First to call himself King of Great Britain. This became official with the Act of Union, 1707.
96 1608 
  • 1608—1608: HISTORY: .Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope.
97 1611 
  • 1611—1611: HISTORY: Galileo exhibits the wonders of the telescope to the pontifical court. .He tries to produce scriptural confirmation of the view that the earth revolves around the sun, but he is rebuffed.
98 1617 
  • 1617—1617: HISTORY: Cigars & Cigarettes are born..Ships carrying 50,000 pounds of cured tobacco annually from Virginia to England. Smoking has become a fad in England, with King James describing it as loathsome
99 1620 
  • 1620—1620: HISTORY: .Earliest human-powered submarine invented.
100 1624 
  • 1624—1624: HISTORY: .William Oughtred invents a slide ruler.
101 1625 
  • 1625—1625: HISTORY: .Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion.
102 1629 
  • 1629—1629: HISTORY: .Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
103 1634 
  • 1634—1638: WAR: Pequot War .An armed conflict between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies
104 1636 
  • 1636—1636: HISTORY: .W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
105 1642 
  • 1642—1642: HISTORY: .Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
106 1643 
  • 1643—1643: HISTORY: .Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
107 1649 
  • 1649—30 Jan 1649: ROYAL: .Charles I. Ruler of England. House of Stuart - Only surviving son of James I beheaded Jan 30, 1649.
  • 1649—1658: ROYAL: .Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
108 1650 
  • 1650—1650: HISTORY: .Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
109 1656 
  • 1656—1656: HISTORY: .Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
110 1657 
  • 1657—1657: EPEDEMIC: Measles - Boston.
111 1658 
  • 1658—25 May 1659: ROYAL: .Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England. Commonwealth & Proctorate - 3rd son of Oliver.
112 1660 
  • 1660—1660: HISTORY: Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region..
113 1661 
  • 1661—1661: ROYAL: Charles II is crowned King of England.
  • 1661—1661: ROYAL: Louis XIV begins personal rule as absolute monarch; starts to build Versailles.
114 1663 
  • 1663—1663: HISTORY: .James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
115 1667 
  • 1667—1667: LITERATURE: Milton's Paradise Lost, widely considered the greatest epic poem in English..
116 1668 
  • 1668—1668: HISTORY: .Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
117 1670 
  • 1670—1670: HISTORY: .Dom Perignon invents Champagne.
118 1671 
  • 1671—1671: HISTORY: .Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
119 1675 
  • 1675—1675: HISTORY: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch..
120 1676 
  • 1676—1676: HISTORY: .Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
  • 1676—1676: WAR: King Philip's War.New England colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians.
121 1679 
  • 1679—1679: HISTORY: .Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
122 1680 
  • 1680—1680: NATIVE AMERICAN: Puebloe Rebellion.Comanche obtain horses which changes their culture.
123 1685 
  • 1685—1685: ROYAL: .Charles II. Ruler of England. House of Stuart (restored) - Eldest son of Charles I, died without issue.
  • 1685—1689: ROYAL: .James II. Ruler of England. House of Stuart (restored) - 2nd son of Charles I. Deposed 1688, interregnum Dec 11, 1688, to Feb 13, 1689.
124 1687 
  • 1687—1687: NATIVE AMERICAN: Sieur de La Salle Encounters Comanches near Trinity River..Comanches and Utes trade at Taos New Mexico.
125 1689 
  • 1689—1689: HISTORY: .Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia attempts to westernize nation and build Russia as a military power. Defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava (1709). Beginning of the French and Indian Wars (to 1763), campaigns in America linked to a series of wars between France and England for domination of Europe.
126 1690 
  • 1690—1690: EPEDEMIC: Yellow Fever.New York
127 1692 
  • 1692—1692: NATIVE AMERICAN: Picuris relocate with Plains Apache in West Kansas..
128 1697 
  • 1697—1697: WAR: King William's War.English Colonies vs France.
129 1698 
  • 1698—1698: HISTORY: .Englishman, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump.
130 1700 
  • 1700—1700: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche and Ute trade at Taos New Mexico..
131 1701 
  • 1701—1701: HISTORY: .Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
132 1702 
  • 1702—1702: ROYAL: .William III and Mary II. Rulers of England. House of Stuart (restored) - Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I. Mary eldest daughter of James II. She died 1694.
  • 1702—1713: WAR: Queen Anne's War.English Colonies vs France.
133 1706 
  • 1706—1706: HISTORY: Picuris return to the Rio Grande Valley Area..
134 1709 
  • 1709—1709: HISTORY: .Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano.
135 1711 
  • 1711—1711: HISTORY: .Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork.
136 1712 
  • 1712—1712: HISTORY: Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine..
137 1713 
  • 1713—1713: EPEDEMIC: Measles - Boston.
138 1714 
  • 1714—1714: ROYAL: .Anne. Ruler of England. House of Stuart (restored) - 2nd daughter of James II. Died with no living heirs.
  • 1714—1727: ROYAL: .George I. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sohia, grand-daughter of James I. Proclaimed King under Act of Settlement.
139 1716 
  • 1716—1716: NATIVE AMERICAN: Jicarilla Apache forced into mountians of New Mexico by repeated Comanche and Ute raids.
  • 1716—1716: NATIVE AMERICAN: During summer Comanche and Ute trade at villages in New Mexico.
  • 1716—1716: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish attack a Comanche Ute Village.North of Santa Fe, prisoners were taken and sold as slaves.
140 1717 
  • 1717—1717: HISTORY: .Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.
141 1719 
  • 1719—1719: NATIVE AMERICAN: First recorded Comanche Raids.New Mexico for raids for horses.
  • 1719—1719: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish send soldiers as far north as Pueblo Colorado only to find abandoned campsites..
142 1720 
  • 1720—1720: NATIVE AMERICAN: Apache Bands retreat from Comanche.APACHE BANDS RETREAT INTO MEXICO FROM REPEATED COMANCHE ATTACKS.War between Comanches Utes and Plains Apache
  • 1720—1720: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish send military exepedition to investigate rumors of french trade and are destroyed by the Pawnee..
143 1722 
  • 1722—1722: HISTORY: French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher..
144 1723 
  • 1723—1723: NATIVE AMERICAN: War between Comanches Utes and Plains Apache.Two military expeditions sent to help the Apache fail to locate Comanche and Ute Tribes.
  • 1723—1726: WAR: Drummer's War.
145 1724 
  • 1724—1724: HISTORY: .Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer.
  • 1724—1724: WAR: Great Mountain of Iron War.Comanches fight a 9 day war at Great Mountain of Iron, it results in major defeat for the Apache.
  • 1724—1724: NATIVE AMERICAN: French Trader Bourgmont trades with Padoucah in Kansas..
146 1725 
  • 1725—1725: NATIVE AMERICAN: Last Apache settlement on the upper Arkansas river disappeared..
147 1727 
  • 1727—1760: ROYAL: .George II. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg.
148 1728 
  • 1728—1728: NATIVE AMERICAN: Plains Apache settle on Rio Grande with Pueblo Tribes..
149 1729 
  • 1729—1729: EPEDEMIC: Measles - Boston.
150 1730 
  • 1730—1730: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche control of Texas.Comanches control Texas Panhandle, Central Texas and Northeastern New Mexico.
  • 1730—1730: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche/Ute alliance collapses. .Fifty year war begins between Comanches and Utes.
151 1732 
  • 1732—1732: EPEDEMIC: Influenza - Worldwide.
152 1733 
  • 1733—1733: HISTORY: .John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
153 1738 
  • 1738—1738: EPEDEMIC: Smallpox - SC.
154 1739 
  • 1739—1739: EPEDEMIC: Measles - Boston.
155 1740 
  • 1740—1740: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche obtain firearms.Fom French Traders.
156 1742 
  • 1742—1742: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish Expedition North seeking Comanches.Spanish send another failed expedition as far as Wichita Villages without encountering Comanche.
157 1743 
  • 1743—1743: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches visit San Antonio de Bexar..
158 1744 
  • 1744—1748: WAR: King George's War.French Colonies vs Great Britain.
159 1745 
  • 1745—1745: HISTORY: .E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
  • 1745—1745: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches force Utes from the plains and Utes run and hide into the mountains..
  • 1745—1745: NATIVE AMERICAN: Kotsoteka Comanches cross Arkansas river and move into New Mexico..
160 1746 
  • 1746—1746: WAR: Comanche, Osage & Pawnee War.MAJOR WAR BETWEEN COMANCHE AND THE OSAGE AND PAWNEE.
  • 1746—1746: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche raids.Comanche raids Pecos, New Mexico under siege, for next 40 years Comanches attack virtually all places in Spanish New Mexico.
161 1747 
  • 1747—1747: EPEDEMIC: Measles - CT, NY, PA, SC.
  • 1747—1747: NATIVE AMERICAN: French barter peace between Comanche and Wichita..
162 1749 
  • 1749—1749: NATIVE AMERICAN: French barter peace with Comanche.The French barter a peace between the Comanche and Wichita, Comanches break alliance with the Utes.
  • 1749—1749: NATIVE AMERICAN: Utes beg Spanish for protection from Comanche.
163 1750 
  • 1750—1750: NATIVE AMERICAN: First permanent Comanche settlements in Texas.Comanches settle in the Llano Estacado or Staked Plains of Texas Panhandle.
  • 1750—1750: NATIVE AMERICAN: French trade for horses increase with the Comanche for Firearms.
  • 1750—1750: NATIVE AMERICAN: Utes make alliance with Jicarilla against the Comanche..
  • 1750—1750: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches raid Pecos again..
  • 1750—1750: NATIVE AMERICAN: Wichita barters a peace between the Comanche and the Osage & Pawnee..
  • 1750—1750: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches drive Apaches out of the Southern Plains, Jicarillas, Carlanas, Mescaleros, Faraones, Lipans..
164 1751 
  • 1751—1751: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches and Pawnee defeat the Osage..
  • 1751—1751: NATIVE AMERICAN: Pawnee leave the plains and settle in the Platte Valley..
165 1752 
  • 1752—1752: HISTORY: .Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
166 1754 
  • 1754—1754: NATIVE AMERICAN: Blackfoot Tribe acquires horse from Comanches..
167 1755 
  • 1755—1755: LITERATURE: Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary..
168 1756 
  • 1756—1763: WAR: Seven Years' War .(French and Indian Wars in America) (to 1763), in which Britain and Prussia defeat France, Spain, Austria, and Russia. France loses North American colonies; Spain cedes Florida to Britain in exchange for Cuba. In India, over 100 British prisoners die in iBlack Hole of Calcutta.i
169 1757 
  • 1757—1757: HISTORY: .John Campbell invents the sextant.
  • 1757—1757: NATIVE AMERICAN: Lipan Apaches ask Spanish to build a mission on Comanche Territory to result in war between the Spanish and Comanche..
170 1758 
  • 1758—1758: HISTORY: .Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
  • 1758—1758: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches and Wichita attack San Saba Presido and mission and kill all..
171 1759 
  • 1759—1759: EPEDEMIC: Measles - North America .(areas inhabited by white people)
  • 1759—1759: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish army defeated by Comanches and Wichita at Red River..
172 1760 
  • 1760—1760: NATIVE AMERICAN: Crow tribe acquires horse from Comanches.
  • 1760—1760: NATIVE AMERICAN: Taos attacked by Comanches.
  • 1760—1820: ROYAL: .George III. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
173 1761 
  • 1761—1761: HISTORY: .Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
  • 1761—1761: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches attack Lipan mission on Nueces River.
  • 1761—1761: WAR: Cherokee War.English Colonists vs Cherokee Indians.
174 1763 
  • 1763—1763: POLITICAL: France transfers Louisana to Spanish control..
  • 1763—1763: WAR: French and Indian War.Also known as the Seven Years War. French Colonies vs Great Britain.
175 1764 
  • 1764—1764: HISTORY: .James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
176 1765 
  • 1765—1765: NATIVE AMERICAN: Prior to this date the Kiowa lived in the Black Hills, driven out by Lakota Sioux moving westward from Minnesota..
177 1767 
  • 1767—1767: HISTORY: .Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
178 1768 
  • 1768—1768: HISTORY: Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame..
  • 1768—1768: NATIVE AMERICAN: Ute/Jicarilla alliance defeated by Comanches.
179 1769 
  • 1769—1769: HISTORY: .James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
180 1772 
  • 1772—1772: EPEDEMIC: Measles - North America.
181 1773 
  • 1773—1773: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches raid Pecos a 3rd time..
182 1774 
  • 1774—1774: HISTORY: Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph..
  • 1774—1774: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish soldiers with help of Pueblo Indians attack a Comanche Village near Raton and capture over 100 Comanche Prisoners..
183 1775 
  • 1775—1775: HISTORY: .Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
  • 1775—1775: NATIVE AMERICAN: YAMPARIKA COMANCHES FIGHTING LAKOTA AND CHEYENNE IN THE BLACK HILLS..
  • 1775—1775: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches raid Pecos 4th time..
  • 1775—1775: NATIVE AMERICAN: Yamprika Comanches fighting Lakota and Cheyenne in the Black Hills..
  • 1775—1775: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches fight Arikara, frequent wars with the Osage, Pawnee and Kansa Indians..
184 1776 
  • 1776—1776: POLITICAL: Declaration of Independence..
185 1777 
  • 1777—1777: NATIVE AMERICAN: New Spain holds council of war and seeks alliance with the Nations of the North, Comanche and Wichita..
186 1779 
  • 1779—1779: HISTORY: .Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
  • 1779—1779: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish send 500 man army with 200 Utes and Apache attack a large Comanche village and kill Chief Green Horn..
187 1780 
  • 1780—1780: HISTORY: .Benjamin Franklin invents bifocal eyeglasses.
  • 1780—1780: NATIVE AMERICAN: Due to the Kiowa being forced to move south by the Lakota, war breaks out between the Comanche and Kiowa..
  • 1780—1780: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE UTE ALLIANCE COLLAPSE, 50-YEAR WAR BEGINS BETWEEN COMANCHES AND UTES.
  • 1780—1780: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE RAIDS PECOS, NEW MEXICO UNDER SIEGE, FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS, COMANCHES ATTACK VIRTUALLY ALL PLACES IN SPANISH NEW MEXICO..
188 1781 
  • 1781—1781: EPEDEMIC: Influenza - Worldwide.
  • 1781—1781: NATIVE AMERICAN: EPIDEMIC Smallpox decimates both Wichita and Comanche tribes, many people die..
189 1783 
  • 1783—1783: HISTORY: .Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production.
  • 1783—1783: WAR: American Revolution English Colonists vs Great Britain.
190 1784 
  • 1784—1784: HISTORY: .Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine.
191 1785 
  • 1785—1785: HISTORY: .Charles Augustus Coulomb invents the torsion balance.
  • 1785—1785: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish propose treaty with the Texas Comanche, signed in the fall..Spanish propose treaty with the Texas Comanche, signed in the fall.
192 1786 
  • 1786—1786: HISTORY: .John Fitch invents a steamboat.
  • 1786—1786: WAR: Kotsotekas kill Chief White Bull.In New Mexico because of his stance against peace, his followers are scattered.
  • 1786—1786: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish barter a peace between the Comanche and Ute Tribes, and sign treaty with Comanche..
193 1787 
  • 7 Dec 1787—1787: POLITICAL: Delaware statehood.
194 1788 
  • 1788—1788: EPEDEMIC: Measles - PA, NY.
195 1789 
  • 1789—1789: HISTORY: .Guillotine is invented.
  • 1789—1789: NATIVE AMERICAN: Spanish and Comanche defeat the Lipan Apache..
196 1790 
  • 1790—1790: HISTORY: United States issued its first patent to William Pollard of Philadelphia for a machine that roves and spins cotton..
  • 1790—1790: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche & Pawnee war for 3 years, Pawnee defeated..
197 1791 
  • 1791—1791: HISTORY: .John Barber invents the gas turbine.
  • 1791—1791: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche and Osage war, Osage again defeated by the Comanche..
198 1792 
  • 1792—1792: HISTORY: .William Murdoch invents gas lighting.
199 1793 
  • 1793—1793: EPEDEMIC: Many unexplained deaths.PA (Harrisburg & Middletown)
200 1794 
  • 1794—1794: HISTORY: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin..
201 1795 
  • 1795—1795: HISTORY: .Francois Appert invents the preserving jar for food.
202 1796 
  • 1796—1796: EPEDEMIC: Edward Jenner creates a smallpox vaccination..
203 1797 
  • 1797—1797: HISTORY: .A British inventor, Henry Maudslay invents the first metal or precision lathe.
  • 1797—1797: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches destroy entire Osage village near the Kansas Missouri border..
  • 1797—1797: POLITICAL: George Washington, President.
204 1798 
  • 1798—1798: HISTORY: .Aloys Senefelder invents lithography.
  • 1798—1798: POLITICAL: Napoleon Bonaparte (French general).Napolion defeats Austrians. In the U.S., Washington's Farewell Address (Sept. 17); John Adams elected president; Thomas Jefferson, vice president. Edward Jenner introduces smallpox vaccination. Napoleon extends French conquests to Rome and Egypt. U.S. Navy Department established.
205 1799 
  • 1799—1799: HISTORY: .Alessandro Volta invents the battery.
206 1800 
  • 1800—1800: HISTORY: .Frenchmen, J.M. Jacquard invents the Jacquard Loom.
  • 1800—1800: WAR: Franco American Naval War .United States vs France
207 1801 
  • 1801—1801: POLITICAL: John Adams, President.
  • 1801—1805: WAR: Tripolitan War .United States vs Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli
208 1803 
  • 1803—1803: EPEDEMIC: Yelow Fever.Yelow Fever - NY
  • 1803—1803: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche & Pawnee war, Pawnee again defeated..
  • 1803—1803: POLITICAL: Louisanna Purchase..
209 1804 
  • 1804—1804: HISTORY: Steam Locomotive.Richard Trevithick, an English mining engineer, developed the first steam-powered locomotive.
210 1805 
  • 1805—1805: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche and Kiowa make peace after a Kiowa warrior lives among the Comanche for a summer..
211 1807 
  • 1807—1807: NATIVE AMERICAN: Dr. John Sibley has meeting with Comanche Chief..
212 1809 
  • 1809—1809: HISTORY: .Humphry Davy invents the first electric light - the first arc lamp.
  • 1809—1809: POLITICAL: Thomas Jefferson, President.
213 1810 
  • 1810—1810: HISTORY: .German, Frederick Koenig invents an improved printing press.
  • 1810—1810: NATIVE AMERICAN: Approx. time of peace with the Kiowa Apache..
  • 1810—1810: HISTORY: Hildago Revolt occurs..
214 1811 
  • 1811—1811: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche Chief El Sordo visits Bexar and imprisoned in Coahuila..
  • 1811—1811: NATIVE AMERICAN: Relations between Texas and Comanches break down due to the imprisonment of El Sordo..
215 1812 
  • 30 Apr 1812—1812: POLITICAL: Louisiana statehood.
216 1813 
  • 1813—1813: NATIVE AMERICAN: American traders trade with Comanches for horses..
  • 1813—1814: WAR: Creek War.United States vs Creek Indians
217 1814 
  • 1814—1814: HISTORY: George Stephenson designs a steam locomotive..
  • 1814—1814: WAR: The War of 1812..The United States attempted to invade Canada, but failed. The British captured and burned Washington, D.C.. The British also attempted to invade the United States from Canada, but failed. This picture shows Captain Oliver Perry's victory at the Battle of Lake Erie. Commander Andrew Jackson defeated the British when they tried to invade New Orleans. A peace treaty was finally signed in December of 1814. The British agreed to recognize the United States country boundaries. In addition, the United States had established itself as a powerful military force.
218 1815 
  • 1815—1815: HISTORY: .Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp.
219 1816 
  • 1816—1816: NATIVE AMERICAN: John Jamison meets with Comanche Chiefs for trade..
  • 1816—1816: NATIVE AMERICAN: EPIDEMIC Smallpox.Smallpox spreads throughout Comancheria.
  • 11 Dec 1816—1816: POLITICAL: Indiana statehood.
220 1817 
  • 1817—1817: POLITICAL: James Madison, President.
  • 10 Dec 1817—1817: POLITICAL: Mississippi statehood.
221 1818 
  • 3 Dec 1818—1818: POLITICAL: Illinois statehood.
222 1819 
  • 1819—1819: HISTORY: .Rene Lainnec invents the stethoscope.
223 1820 
  • 15 Mar 1820—1820: POLITICAL: Maine statehood.
224 1821 
  • 1821—1821: HISTORY: Spanish rule replaced by Mexico..
  • 1821—1821: HISTORY: Santa Fe trail opened..
225 1822 
  • 1822—1822: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico makes treaty with the Texas Comanche..
226 1823 
  • 1823—1823: HISTORY: .Mackintosh (raincoat) invented by Charles Mackintosh of Scotland.
  • 1823—1823: EPEDEMIC: Unknown Fever.Fever starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads nationwide.
227 1824 
  • 1824—1824: HISTORY: .Professor Michael Faraday invents the first toy balloon.
228 1825 
  • 1825—1825: HISTORY: .William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet.
  • 1825—1825: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico does not honor treaty with Comanche and the Rio Grande war breaks out..
  • 1825—1825: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches raid Chihuahua..
  • 1825—1825: WAR: United States begins construction of Fort Gibson in Ok..
  • 1825—1825: POLITICAL: James Monroe, President.
229 1826 
  • 1826—1826: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico makes treaty with Texas Comanches again..
230 1827 
  • 1827—1827: HISTORY: .Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone.
231 1829 
  • 1829—1829: HISTORY: William Austin Burt patents a typographer, a predecessor to the typewriter..
  • 1829—1829: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches and Kiowas battle U.S. Infantry on Santa Fe Trail..
  • 1829—1829: POLITICAL: John Quincy Adams, President.
232 1830 
  • 1830—1830: HISTORY: .Frenchmen, B. Thimonnier invents a sewing machine.
  • 1830—1830: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches war with Cheyenne and Arapaho alliance..
  • 1830—1830: ROYAL: .George IV. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - Eldest son of George III, Prince Regent, from Feb 1811.
233 1831 
  • 1831—1831: HISTORY: .American, Cyrus H. McCormick invents the first commercially successful reaper.
  • 1831—1831: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico bans trading with the Comanche..
  • 1831—1831: EPEDEMIC: Asiatic Cholera - Nationwide .(brought by English immigrants).
234 1832 
  • 1832—1832: HISTORY: .Englishmen, Louis Braille invents the stereoscope.
  • 1832—1832: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches catch horse stealing Pawnee raiders and kill them all..
  • 1832—1832: WAR: Construction of Bent's Fort on Arkansas River..
235 1833 
  • 1833—1833: EPEDEMIC: Cholera - Columbus, OH.
  • 1833—1833: NATIVE AMERICAN: Sam Houston barters peace with Comanches, becomes friend to many..
236 1834 
  • 1834—1834: HISTORY: .Jacob Perkins invents an early refrigerator (really an ether ice machine).
  • 1834—1834: NATIVE AMERICAN: MEXICO MAKES TREATY WITH TEXAS COMANCHES..
  • 1834—1834: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico makes treaty with Texas Comanches for 3rd time..
  • 1834—1834: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico again dishonors peace treaty and Comanches resume raids on Mexico..
237 1835 
  • 1835—1835: HISTORY: .Englishmen, Francis Pettit Smith invents the propeller.
  • 1835—1835: NATIVE AMERICAN: Sonora & Chihuahua and Durango re-establish bounties for Comanche Scalps..
  • 1835—1835: NATIVE AMERICAN: American Treaty made at Camp Holmes with Comanche, Wichita, Osage, Quapaw, Seneca, Cherokee, Choctaw and Creek..Chief Diwali (Bowles) of the Texas Cherokee makes peace and trades with Comanches (16 villages.)
238 1836 
  • 1836—1836: HISTORY: .Samuel Colt invented the first revolver.
  • 1836—1836: NATIVE AMERICAN: Cynthia Ann Parker captured at Ft. Parker Texas..
  • 1836—1836: POLITICAL: Sam Houston, President (Republic of Texas).Texas wins independance from Mexico, Sam Houston becomes president of the Republic.
  • 1836—1836: WAR: Texas Revolutionary War.Texas vs Mexico.
239 1837 
  • 1837—1837: HISTORY: .Samuel Morse invents the telegraph.
  • 1837—1837: NATIVE AMERICAN: TEXAS CHEROKEE CHIEF DIWALI MAKES PEACE AND TRADES WITH 16 DIFFERENT BANDS OF COMANCHES..
  • 1837—1837: NATIVE AMERICAN: Chief Diwali (Bowles) of the Texas Cherokee makes peace and trades with Comanches (16 villages.).
  • 1837—1837: POLITICAL: Andrew Jackson, President.
  • 1837—1837: ROYAL: .William IV. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - 3rd son of George III, married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.
240 1838 
  • 1838—1838: HISTORY: .Samual Morse invents Morse Code.
  • 1838—1838: NATIVE AMERICAN: Texas and Comanches make peace treaty..
241 1839 
  • 1839—1839: HISTORY: .Frenchmen, Louis Daguerre and J.N. Niepce co-invent Daguerreotype photography.
  • 1839—1839: NATIVE AMERICAN: TEXAS FORCE OUT CHEROKEE, SHAWNEE AND DELAWARE FROM TEXAS..
  • 1839—1839: NATIVE AMERICAN: Texas expells the Cherokee, Shawnee, and Delaware from Texas in forced removal..
  • 1839—1839: EPEDEMIC: Smallpox.
242 1840 
  • 1840—1840: HISTORY: .Englishmen, John Herschel invents the blueprint.
  • 1840—1840: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHES MEET TEXANS FOR COUNCIL IN SAN ANTONIO, 12 COMANCHE CHIEFS ARE KILLED AND 27 WOMEN AND CHILDREN TAKEN PRISONER..
  • 1840—1840: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches meet Texans for council in San Antonio, 12 Comanche Chiefs are killed and 27 women and children taken prisoner..
  • 1840—1840: NATIVE AMERICAN: Peace is made between the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Comanche, Comanches give massive gift of horses to their new allies..
  • 1840—1840: NATIVE AMERICAN: Chief Potsana Kwahip (Buffalo Hump) Takes warriors against Texas on a thousand mile raid, Homes are burned, Hundreds of Texans killed..UNITED STATES ANNEXES TEXAS.
  • 1840—1840: NATIVE AMERICAN: Texas with Tonkawa warriors attack Comanches at Plum Creek..
  • 1840—1840: NATIVE AMERICAN: Texas Rangers formed to fight Comanches..
243 1841 
  • 1841—1841: POLITICAL: William H. Harrison, President.William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia 1841.
  • 1841—1841: WAR: TEXAS HAS SECOND WAR WITH MEXICO..
  • 1841—1841: WAR: Texas has second war with Mexico..
244 1842 
  • 1842—1842: HISTORY: Joseph Dart builds the first grain elevator..
245 1843 
  • 1843—1843: HISTORY: .Alexander Bain of Scotland, invents the facsimile.
  • 1843—1843: NATIVE AMERICAN: Colonel J.C. Eldridge meets with Chief Pahayuco of the Tenawa at Pecan Creek, near Red River..
246 1844 
  • 1844—1844: HISTORY: .Englishmen, John Mercer invents mercerized cotton.
  • 1844—1844: : SAM HOUSTON MEETS WITH CHIEF TSEEP TASEWAH ALONG WITH OTHER INDIAN LEADERS..
  • 1844—1844: NATIVE AMERICAN: Sam Houston meets with Chief Buffalo Piss along with other Indian Leaders..
  • 1844—1844: POLITICAL: Martin van Buren, President .
247 1845 
  • 1845—1845: HISTORY: .American, Elias Howe invents a sewing machine.
  • 1845—1845: NATIVE AMERICAN: Chief Quanah Parker born.Near Laguna Sabinas (Cedar Lake).
  • 1845—1845: NATIVE AMERICAN: Treaty between the Republic of Texas and Texas Comanches is signed..
  • 1845—1845: POLITICAL: John Tyler, President .John Tyler the first vice president to succeed to the presidency due to death of a president.
248 1846 
  • 1846—1846: HISTORY: Anesthesia Invented.Dr. William Morton, a Massachusetts dentist, is the first to use anesthesia for tooth extraction.
  • 1846—1846: TEXAS: United States annexes Texas..
  • 1846—1846: NATIVE AMERICAN: Butler-Lewis Treaty made with Comanche, Anadarko, Caddo, Lipan, Wichita, and Waco..
  • 1846—1846: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche Delegation meet with President Polk.
249 1847 
  • 1847—1847: HISTORY: .Hungarian, Ignaz Semmelweis invents antisceptics.
  • 1847—1847: NATIVE AMERICAN: German Treaty signed at Fredericksburg with Comanches, this treaty still honored..
250 1848 
  • 1848—1848: NATIVE AMERICAN: EPEDIMIC Smallpox strikes Comanche tribes.SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC STRIKES COMANCHE TRIBE.
  • 1848—1848: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico filed 366 separate claims for Comanche and Apache raids originating from north of the border..
  • 1848—1848: WAR: Mexican-American War..
  • 29 May 1848—1848: POLITICAL: Wisconsin statehood.
251 1849 
  • 1849—1849: HISTORY: .Walter Hunt invents the safety pin.
  • 1849—1849: NATIVE AMERICAN: GOLD SEEKERS TRAVELING ALONG CANADIAN RIVER BRING SMALLPOX TO THE COMANCHES. .
  • 1849—1849: NATIVE AMERICAN: Gold seekers traveling along Canadian river bring smallpox to the Comanches..
  • 1849—1849: POLITICAL: James Polk, President .
  • 1849—1849: EPEDEMIC: Influeza - Worldwide.
  • 1849—1849: EPEDEMIC: Cholera - North America.
252 1850 
  • 1850—1850: HISTORY: Joel Houghton was granted the first dishwasher patent..
  • 1850—1850: POLITICAL: Zachary Taylor, President .Zachary Taylor died while in office.
253 1851 
  • 1851—1851: HISTORY: .Isaac Singer invents a sewing machine.
  • 1851—1851: NATIVE AMERICAN: EPIDEMIC Smallpox strikes Comanche .Comanche population drops from around 20,000 to 12,000 due to smallpox.
  • 1851—1851: NATIVE AMERICAN: Fort Laramie Treaty with Plains Indian Tribes..
  • 1851—1851: NATIVE AMERICAN: Epidemic breaks out among Comanche and Kiowa..
  • 1851—1851: EPEDEMIC: Influenza - Norht America.
254 1852 
  • 1852—1852: EPEDEMIC: Yellow Fever .Nationwide (8,000 die in New Orleans alone during the summer)
  • 1852—1852: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches raid Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango and Tepic in Jalisco 700 miles south of the border..
255 1853 
  • 1853—1853: NATIVE AMERICAN: Kiowa and Yamprika sign Fort Atkinson Treaty..Kiowa and Yamprika sign Fort Atkinson Treaty.
  • 1853—1853: NATIVE AMERICAN: MEXICO FILED 366 SEPARATE CLAIMS FOR COMANCHES AND APACHE RAIDS ORIGINATING FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER..
  • 1853—1853: POLITICAL: Millard Fillmore, President.Millard Fillmore, vice president under Zachary Taylor, sworn in as president after Taylor's death.
  • 1853—1857: POLITICAL: Franklin Pierce, President.
256 1854 
  • 1854—1854: HISTORY: John Tyndall demonstrates the principles of fiber optics..
  • 1854—1854: NATIVE AMERICAN: TEXAS CONGRESS PROVIDES 23,000 ACRES AND ESTABLISHES THREE RESERVATIONS.ON THE UPPER BRAZOS RIVER FOR THE TEXAS TRIBES, CADDO, CHEROKEE, DELAWARE, SHAWNEE, WICHITA AND TONKAWA.
  • 1854—1854: NATIVE AMERICAN: Peneteka Tribe moves to Texas Reservation..
257 1855 
  • 1855—1855: HISTORY: Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor..
258 1856 
  • 1856—1856: HISTORY: .Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization.
  • 1856—1856: NATIVE AMERICAN: Robert E. Lee becomes in charge of Texas Indian Reservation..
259 1857 
  • 1857—1857: HISTORY: .George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel.
260 1858 
  • 1858—1858: HISTORY: .Jean Lenoir invents an internal combustion engine.
  • 1858—1858: NATIVE AMERICAN: Due to Indian raids the Army abandons Camp Cooper..
  • 1858—1858: NATIVE AMERICAN: Texas Rangers attack Comanche Village at Little Robe Creek in Indian Territory..
  • 1858—1858: NATIVE AMERICAN: Captain Earl Van Dorn attacked a Comanche village at Rush Springs killing 83..
  • 1858—1858: NATIVE AMERICAN: Van Dorn strikes the Comanches at Crooked Creek in Kansas..
261 1859 
  • 1859—1859: NATIVE AMERICAN: Settlers attack reservation in Texas and are repelled by Indians..
  • 1859—1859: NATIVE AMERICAN: Indians on Texas Reservation forced to leave Texas..
  • 1859—1859: HISTORY: The California Gold Rush..
  • 14 Feb 1859—1859: POLITICAL: Oregon statehood.
262 1860 
  • 1860—1860: NATIVE AMERICAN: CALVARY SENDS 3 COLUMNS ON EXPEDITION BATTLE FOUGHT WITH COMANCHES, KIOWA, CHEYENNE, AND ARAPAHO..
  • 1860—1860: NATIVE AMERICAN: Calvary sends 3 columns on expedition battle fought with Comanches, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho..
  • 1860—1860: NATIVE AMERICAN: Cynthia Ann re-captured by Sul Ross Texas Ranger..
  • 1860—1861: EPEDEMIC: Smallpox - PA.
263 1861 
  • 1861—1861: HISTORY: Elisha Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer elevator..
  • 1861—1861: NATIVE AMERICAN: Confederates sign 2 treaties with Comanche Bands..
  • 1861—1861: NATIVE AMERICAN: Confederates fail to make good on treaty and Comanches push the Texas frontier back over 100 miles, forts are abandoned and raids increase..
  • 1861—1861: NATIVE AMERICAN: Santa Fe Trail closed down by Comanches, Kiowa, Cheyenne and Arapaho..
  • 1861—1861: POLITICAL: James Buchanan, President.
264 1862 
  • 1862—1862: HISTORY: .Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic.
  • 1862—1862: EPEDEMIC: Smallpox.New Mexico
  • 1862—1862: EPEDEMIC: Smallpox.New Mexico
  • 1862—1862: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches & Pro-Union Delaware and Shawnee from Kansas attack the Tonkawa agency on revenge raid and kill 300 Tonkawa for helping the white man track and fight other Indian Tribes. (Numu Tuhka)..
265 1863 
  • 1863—1863: NATIVE AMERICAN: FULL SCALE WAR IN THE GREAT PLAINS BY AN ALLIANCE FOR LAKOTA, CHEYENNE, ARAPAHO, KIOWA, COMANCHE, AND KIOWA-APACHE..
  • 1863—1863: NATIVE AMERICAN: Full scale war in the Great Plains by an alliance of Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanches, and Kiowa-Apache..
  • 20 Jun 1863—1863: POLITICAL: West Virginia statehood.
266 1864 
  • 1864—1864: NATIVE AMERICAN: Colonel Kit Carson sent to deal with Comanches at first battle of Adobe Walls with Ute and Jicarilla Scouts, Carson left after 4 day battle and never again returned to Texas to fight Comanches..
  • 1864—1864: NATIVE AMERICAN: Five days after Carson's battle, Chivington's Colorado volunteers attacked a sleeping Cheyenne village.Sand Creek in southern Colorado mutilating 300 Cheyenne, mostly women and children.
  • 31 Oct 1864—1864: POLITICAL: Nevada statehood.
267 1865 
  • 1865—1865: NATIVE AMERICAN: Council held with Confederates & Plains Tribes at Washita River 2 weeks after Lee had surrendered..
  • 1865—1865: NATIVE AMERICAN: Little Arkansas Treaty signed with the Comanche and other Plains Tribes..
  • 1865—1865: WAR: Civil War.
  • 1865—1869: POLITICAL: Andrew Johnson, President.Vice President under Abraham Lincoln, sworn in as president upon Lincoln's death.
  • 14 Apr 1865—1865: POLITICAL: Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth and dies the next day..
268 1866 
  • 1866—1866: HISTORY: .Englishmen Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo.
269 1867 
  • 1867—1867: HISTORY: .Christopher Scholes invents the first practical and modern typewriter.
  • 1867—1867: NATIVE AMERICAN: EPEDIMIC Cholera strikes Comanche tribes.
  • 1867—1867: NATIVE AMERICAN: Treaty of Medicine Lodge signed by Comanche Tribes, Quohada band refused to sign under Chief Quanah..Treaty of Medicine Lodge signed by Comanche Tribes, Quohada band refused to sign under Chief Quanah.
270 1868 
  • 1868—1868: HISTORY: .J P Knight invents traffic lights.
  • 1868—1868: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche bands that signed treaty moved to Fort Cobb only to leave again in summer to return home to the Plains..
  • 1868—1868: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche raids target Texas and Kansas, all tribes are then ordered to Oklahoma..
  • 1868—1868: NATIVE AMERICAN: Custer's Last Stand.George Armstong Custer and the 7th Cavalry attacks a southern Cheyenne village on the Washita in November.
  • 1868—1868: NATIVE AMERICAN: Major Andrew Evans attacks a Comanche village at Soldiers Spring on Christmas Day..
271 1869 
  • 1869—1869: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche-Kiowa agency was relocated to Fort Sill and the Cheyenne-Arapaho agency to Darlington..
  • 1869—1877: POLITICAL: Ulysses Grant, President .
272 1870 
  • 1870—1870: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche population estimated at 8,000..
273 1871 
  • 1871—1871: NATIVE AMERICAN: KIOWA RAIDS GENERAL WILLIAM SHERMAN's WAGON TRAIN.AND ALMOST KILLS THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN ARMY.A raid led by Quanah Parker stole 70 horses from the army at Rock Station.
  • 1871—1871: NATIVE AMERICAN: Kiowa raids General William Shermans wagon train and almost kills the Supreme Commander of the American Army..
  • 1871—1871: NATIVE AMERICAN: A raid led by Quanah Parker stole 70 horses from the army at Rock Station..
  • 1871—1871: NATIVE AMERICAN: General Randell Mackenzie and his black buffalo soldiers fight Quanah for 2 years on the Plains..
274 1872 
  • 1872—1872: HISTORY: A.M. Ward issues the first mail-order catalog..
  • 1872—1872: NATIVE AMERICAN: Combined Comanche and Kiowa raids in Texas kills 20 in Texas, at same time Texans steal 1,900 + horses from tribes at Ft. Sill Ok..
  • 1872—1872: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mackenzie attacks a Comanche Village at McClellan Creek he takes 130 women and children hostage and imprisons them at Ft. Concho. 200 or more lodges destroyed..
275 1873 
  • 1873—1873: EPEDEMIC: Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet & Yellow Fever.Memphis, TN; PA; NY; Boston, MA; New Orleans, LA; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC.
  • 1873—1873: NATIVE AMERICAN: GENERAL RANDALL MACKENZIE AND HIS BLACK BUFFALO SOLDIERS FIGHT THE KWAHADA BAND OF COMANCHES FOR 2 YEARS ON THE PLAINS..
  • 1873—1873: HISTORY: .Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire.
  • 1873—1873: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche hostages released and forced to go to Ft. Sill..
276 1874 
  • 1874—1874: HISTORY: .American, C. Goodyear, Jr. invents the shoe welt stitcher.
  • 1874—1874: NATIVE AMERICAN: Cheyenne hunters report that there are dead buffalo all over the Plains.Violence erupted at Wichita and Darlington Agencies and put down by federal troops.
  • 1874—1874: NATIVE AMERICAN: Large Groups of Cheyennes leave the reservation for the Plains..
  • 1874—1874: NATIVE AMERICAN: A large Comanche-Cheyenne war party attacked 23 buffalo hunters camped in the Texas Panhandle at the site of Carson's 1864 battle at Adobe Walls..
  • 1874—1874: WAR: Red River War or Buffalo War begins, this is the last Great Indian War in the Plains..
277 1875 
  • 1875—1875: EPEDEMIC: Influenza - North American & Europe.
  • 1875—1875: NATIVE AMERICAN: General Miles attacks a group of Cheyenne near McClellan Creek..
  • 1875—1875: NATIVE AMERICAN: General Mackenzie attacks and burns 5 Comanche villages in Palo Duro Canyon and massacres women and children and destroys over 1400 Comanche horses..
  • 1875—1875: NATIVE AMERICAN: Winter time brings starvation to the Indians and they start to return to the reservation after relentless pursuit by Federal Troops..
  • 1875—1875: NATIVE AMERICAN: In April 200 Kwahada, who had never submitted, surrendered at Fort Sill.. In June the last 400 Kwahada with Quanah Parker surrendered.
278 1876 
  • 1876—1876: HISTORY: .Nicolaus August Otto invents the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine.
  • 1876—1876: EPEDEMIC: Influenza - Worlwide.(one of the worst recorded)
279 1877 
  • 1877—1877: HISTORY: .Thomas Edison invents the cylinder phonograph or tin foil phonograph.
  • 24 Mar 1877—3 Mar 1881: POLITICAL: Rutherford Hayes, President .
280 1878 
  • 1878—1878: HISTORY: .Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was the first person to invent a practical and longer-lasting electric light bulb.
281 1879 
  • 1879—1879: NATIVE AMERICAN: The Buffalo of the Great Plains were gone, over 15 million destroyed by white hunters..Estimation taken this year was less than 1500 buffalo left in the Great Plains.
282 1880 
  • 1880—1880: HISTORY: .Englishmen, John Milne invents the modern seismograph.
283 1881 
  • 1881—1881: HISTORY: David Houston patents the roll film for cameras..
  • 1881—1885: POLITICAL: Chester A. Arthur, President.Vice President under James Garfield, sworn in as president upon the death of Garfield.
  • 4 Mar 1881—19 Sep 1881: POLITICAL: James Garfield, President.
284 1884 
  • 1884—1884: HISTORY: .James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
285 1885 
  • 1885—1885: HISTORY: .Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
286 1886 
  • 1886—1886: HISTORY: .John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
287 1887 
  • 1887—1887: HISTORY: .German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar.
288 1888 
  • 1888—1888: HISTORY: John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire..
289 1889 
  • 1889—1889: HISTORY: .Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder.
290 1890 
  • 3 Jul 1890—1890: POLITICAL: Idaho statehood.
291 1891 
  • 1891—1891: HISTORY: .Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator.
292 1892 
  • 1892—1892: HISTORY: .Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask.
293 1893 
  • 1893—1893: HISTORY: .American, W.L. Judson invents the zipper.
  • 1893—1893: POLITICAL: Benjamin Harrison, President.
  • 4 Mar 1893—4 Mar 1897: POLITICAL: Grover Cleveland, President.
294 1895 
  • 1895—1895: HISTORY: .Lumiere Brothers invent a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumiere Brothers using their Cinematographe are the first to present a projected motion picture to an audience of more that one person.
295 1896 
  • 1896—1896: HISTORY: .American, H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel.
296 1897 
  • 1897—1897: EPEDEMIC: YELLOW FEVER - .PHILADELPHIA, PA
  • 1897—1897: POLITICAL: Grover Cleveland, President.
  • 1897—1901: POLITICAL: William McKinley, President.William McKinley dies in Buffalo, NY, 1901.
297 1898 
  • 1898—1898: HISTORY: Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster..
  • 1898—1898: WAR: Spanish-American War.United States vs Spain.
298 1899 
  • 1899—1899: HISTORY: J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner..
299 1900 
  • 1900—1900: HISTORY: .Zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
300 1901 
  • 1901—1901: HISTORY: .King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor.
  • 1901—1901: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE RESERVATION IS BROKEN UP DUE TO GOVERNMENT PRESSURE TO OPEN THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENT..
  • 1901—1901: NATIVE AMERICAN: The Comanche reservation is broken up due to Government pressure to open the land for settlement..
  • 1901—1901: ROYAL: .Victoria. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort.
301 1902 
  • 1902—1902: HISTORY: .Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
302 1903 
  • 1903—1903: HISTORY: .Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons.
303 1904 
  • 1904—1904: HISTORY: .Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan.
304 1905 
  • 1905—1905: HISTORY: Albert Einstein.Published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.
  • 1905—1905: POLITICAL: Quanah Parker, Last Chief of the Comanche.Rides in President Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington, DC.
  • 1905—1905: POLITICAL: President Theodore Roosevelt Visits Chief Quanah at Star House.Quanah and the President go on a wolf hunt in April.
305 1906 
  • 1906—1906: HISTORY: .William Kellogg invents Cornflakes.
306 1907 
  • 1907—1907: HISTORY: .Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
307 1908 
  • 1908—1908: HISTORY: .Gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry.
308 1909 
  • 1909—1909: HISTORY: .Instant coffee invented by G. Washington.
  • 1909—1909: POLITICAL: Theodore Roosevelt, President.Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President under William McKinley, sworn in as President upon death of McKinley.
309 1910 
  • 1910—1910: HISTORY: Thomas Edison .Demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
  • 1910—1910: NATIVE AMERICAN: Quanah buries his mother Cynthia Ann Parker.December 4 at Post Oak Cemetery.
  • 1910—1910: ROYAL: .Edward VII. Ruler of England. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark.
310 1911 
  • 1911—1911: HISTORY: .Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.
  • 1911—1911: NATIVE AMERICAN: Quanah Parker, Last Chief recognized by the U.S Government dies. .Over 2000 attend his funeral and many people mourn nationwide.
311 1912 
  • 1912—1912: HISTORY: .Motorized movie cameras invented, and replaced hand-cranked cameras.
312 1913 
  • 1913—1913: HISTORY: .Crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
  • 1913—1913: POLITICAL: William Taft President.
313 1914 
  • 1914—1914: HISTORY: .Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask.
  • 1914—1918: WAR: World War I.Triple Alliance - Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente - Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
314 1915 
  • 1915—1915: HISTORY: .Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
315 1916 
  • 1916—1916: HISTORY: .Radio tuners invented that received different stations.
  • 1916—1916: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE WARRIORS VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE IN EUROPE, CODE TALKERS ARE UTILIZED BY UNITED STATES FORCES..
  • 1916—1916: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche Warriors volunteer for service in WWI. Comanche Code talkers are utilized by United States Forces..
316 1917 
  • 17 Jul 1917—1917: ROYAL: House of Windsor name adopted. .
317 1918 
  • 1918—1918: HISTORY: .Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.
  • 1918—1919: EPEDEMIC: Influenza pandemic.The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as Spanish Flu or La Grippe the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster.
318 1919 
  • 1919—1919: HISTORY: .Pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
319 1920 
  • 1920—1920: HISTORY: Tommy Gun patented by John T Thompson..
320 1921 
  • 1921—1921: HISTORY: Artificial life begins .The first robot built.
  • 1921—1921: POLITICAL: Woodrow Wilson, President.
  • 4 Mar 1921—31 Jul 1921: POLITICAL: Warren Harding, President.Warren Harding dies of an embolism in San Francisco. He had taken ill on 31 Jul 1921.
321 1922 
  • 1922—1922: HISTORY: .Insulin invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting.
322 1923 
  • 1923—1923: HISTORY: .Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal.
323 1924 
  • 1924—1924: HISTORY: .Dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg.
324 1925 
  • 1925—1925: HISTORY: .Mechanical television a precursor to the modern television, invented by John Logie Baird.
325 1926 
  • 1926—1926: HISTORY: .Robert H. Goddard invents liquid-fueled rockets.
326 1927 
  • 1927—1927: HISTORY: .JWA Morrison invents the first quartz crystal watch.
327 1928 
  • 1928—1928: HISTORY: Penecillin Developed.Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
328 1929 
  • 1929—1929: HISTORY: .American, Paul Galvin invents the car radio.
  • 1929—1929: POLITICAL: .Calvin Coolidge president of the USA. Calvin Coolidge, vice president under Warren Harding, sworn in as president the day after Harding dies.
329 1931 
  • 1931—1931: HISTORY: .Harold Edgerton invented stop-action photography.
330 1932 
  • 1932—1932: HISTORY: .Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land.
331 1933 
  • 1933—1933: HISTORY: .Frequency modulation (FM radio) invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong.
  • 1933—1933: POLITICAL: .Herbert Hoover president of the USA.
332 1934 
  • 1934—1934: HISTORY: .Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly.
333 1935 
  • 1935—1935: HISTORY: .Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon (polymer 6.6.).
334 1936 
  • 1936—1936: HISTORY: .Bell Labs invents the voice recognition machine.
  • 1936—1936: ROYAL: .George V. Ruler of England.
  • 20 Jan 1936—10 Dec 1936: ROYAL: Second son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck..Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
335 1937 
  • 1937—1937: HISTORY: .Chester F. Carlson invents the photocopier.
336 1938 
  • 1938—1938: HISTORY: .Ballpoint pen invented by Ladislo Biro.
337 1939 
  • 1939—1939: HISTORY: .Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter.
338 1940 
  • 1940—1940: HISTORY: .Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system.
339 1941 
  • 1941—1941: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE WARRIORS AGAIN VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE IN EUROPE, CODE TALKERS USE THE COMANCHE LANGUAGE IN D-DAY INVASION AND PATTON's TANK BATTALION TO SECURE VICTORY FOR ALLIED FORCES DURING WWII..[more]
  • 1941—1941: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche Warriors again volunteer for service in Europe, Code Talkers use the Comanche Language in D-Day Invasion and Patton's tank battalion to secure victory for allied forces during WWII..
340 1943 
  • 1943—1943: HISTORY: .Richard James invents the slinky.
341 1944 
  • 1944—1944: HISTORY: .Kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
342 1945 
  • 1945—1945: HISTORY: .Atomic bomb invented.
  • 1945—1945: POLITICAL: .Franklin Roosevelt president of the USA.
  • 1945—1945: WAR: World War II .Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers - United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia.
343 1946 
  • 1946—1946: HISTORY: .Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
344 1948 
  • 1948—1948: HISTORY: .Frisbee invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
345 1949 
  • 1949—1949: HISTORY: .Cake mix invented.
346 1950 
  • 1950—1950: HISTORY: .First credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider.
347 1951 
  • 1951—1951: HISTORY: .Super glue invented.
348 1952 
  • 1952—1952: ROYAL: .George VI. Ruler of England. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917) - 2nd son of George V, Duke of York; married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
349 1953 
  • 1953—1953: HISTORY: .Radial tires invented.
  • 1953—1953: POLITICAL: .Harry Truman president of the USA.
  • 1953—1953: WAR: Korean War .United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China.
350 1954 
  • 1954—1954: HISTORY: .Oral contraceptives invented.
351 1955 
  • 1955—1955: HISTORY: .Optic fiber invented.
  • 1 Nov 1955—15 May 1975: WAR: Vietnam War.In South Vietnam, a tactic has been to bomb villages to discourage support of the Viet Cong. Terrorized children are televised running from the napalm bombing of the village of Trang Bang. Information about the later life of the naked girl with the burned flesh, seen running from her village (see photo), is available through a Wikipedia search for Phan Th? Kim Ph'c.
352 1957 
  • 1957—1957: HISTORY: .Fortran (computer language) invented.
353 1958 
  • 1958—1958: HISTORY: .Computer Modem invented.
354 1959 
  • 1959—1959: HISTORY: .Internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
355 1960 
  • 1960—1960: HISTORY: .Halogen lamp invented.
356 1961 
  • 1961—1961: HISTORY: Bay of Pigs Invasion.United States vs Cuba
  • 1961—1961: POLITICAL: .Dwight Eisenhower president of the USA
357 1962 
  • 1962—1962: HISTORY: .Audio cassette invented.
358 1963 
  • 1963—22 Nov 1963: POLITICAL: .John F. Kennedy president of the USA.
  • 22 Nov 1963—1963: POLITICAL: John F. Kennedy assassinated.by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas
359 1964 
  • 1964—1964: HISTORY: .Acrylic paint invented.
360 1965 
  • 1965—1965: HISTORY: .Astroturf invented.
361 1966 
  • 1966—1966: HISTORY: .Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
362 1967 
  • 1967—1967: HISTORY: .First handheld calculator invented.
363 1968 
  • 1968—1968: HISTORY: .Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
364 1969 
  • 1969—1969: HISTORY: .Arpanet (first internet) invented.
  • 1969—1969: POLITICAL: .Lyndon B. Johnson president of the USA. Lyndon B. Johnson, vice president under John F. Kennedy, sworn in as president aboard Air Force One upon death of Kennedy.
365 1970 
  • 1970—1970: HISTORY: .Daisy-wheel printer invented.
366 1971 
  • 1971—1971: HISTORY: .Dot-matrix printer invented.
367 1972 
  • 1972—1972: HISTORY: .Word processor invented.
368 1973 
  • 1973—1973: HISTORY: .Gene splicing invented.
369 1974 
  • 1974—1974: POLITICAL: .Richard Nixon president of the USA.
  • 8 Aug 1974—1974: POLITICAL: .Richard M. Nixon first president of USA to resign from office.
370 1975 
  • 1975—1975: HISTORY: .Laser printer invented.
  • 1975—1975: WAR: Vietnam War.
371 1976 
  • 1976—1976: HISTORY: .ink-jet printer invented.
372 1977 
  • 1977—1977: HISTORY: .Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
  • 1977—1977: POLITICAL: .Gerald Ford president of the USA.
373 1978 
  • 1978—1978: HISTORY: .Artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
374 1979 
  • 1979—1979: HISTORY: .Cellular phones invented.
375 1980 
  • 1980—1980: HISTORY: .Hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
376 1981 
  • 1981—1981: HISTORY: .MS-DOS invented.
  • 1981—1981: POLITICAL: .Jimmy Carter president of the USA.
377 1984 
  • 1984—1984: HISTORY: .CD-ROM invented.
378 1985 
  • 1985—1985: HISTORY: .Windows program invented by Microsoft.
379 1987 
  • 1987—1987: HISTORY: .First 3-D video game invented.
380 1988 
  • 1988—1988: HISTORY: .Digital cellular phones invented.
381 1989 
  • 1989—1989: HISTORY: .High-definition television invented.
  • 1989—1989: NATIVE AMERICAN: .FRANCE RECOGNIZES COMANCHE WARRIORS FOR BRAVERY AND AWARDS THEM THE HIGHEST HONOR IT CAN BESTOW FOR ESTEEMED SERVICE IN HAVING SAVED FRANCE FOR GERMAN OCCUPATION.
  • 1989—1989: NATIVE AMERICAN: France recognizes Comanche Warriors for bravery and awards them the highest honor it can bestow for esteemed service in having saved France from German occupation..
  • 1989—1989: POLITICAL: .Ronald Reagan president of the USA.
382 1991 
  • 1991—1991: HISTORY: .Digital answering machine invented.
  • 1991—1991: WAR: Persian Gulf War.United States and Coalition Forces vs Iraq.
383 1993 
  • 1993—1993: HISTORY: .Pentium processor invented.
  • 1993—1993: POLITICAL: .George H.W. Bush president of the USA
384 1994 
  • 1994—1994: HISTORY: .HIV protease inhibitor invented.
  • 1994—1994: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches adopt official alphabet, and Numu Tekwapuha Nomneekatu is formed to preserve Comanche Culture..
385 1995 
  • 1995—1995: HISTORY: .Java computer language invented.
386 1996 
  • 1996—1996: HISTORY: .Web TV invented.
387 1998 
  • 1998—1998: HISTORY: .Viagra invented.
388 1999 
  • 1999—1999: NATIVE AMERICAN: LAST COMANCHE CODE TALKER, CHARLES CHIBITTY, RECEIVED THE KNOWLTON AWARD BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR THE CODE TALKERS HELP IN WWII..
389 2000 
  • 2000—2000: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE TRIBE ATTAINS A HERD OF BUFFALO FROM WICHITA WILDLIFE REFUGE FOR CULTURE REVITALIZATION.
  • 2000—2008: POLITICAL: .George W. Bush president of the USA
390 2001 
  • 2001—2001: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE ATTAIN HERD OF WILD MUSTANGS FROM PYRAMID LAKE PIUTES..
  • 2001—2001: POLITICAL: .William Jefferson Clinton president of the USA.
391 2008 
  • 2008—2012: POLITICAL: .Barack Hussean Obama president of the USA