Richard Delano Eaton

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1821 
  • 1821—1821: HISTORY: Spanish rule replaced by Mexico..
  • 1821—1821: HISTORY: Santa Fe trail opened..
1822 
  • 1822—1822: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico makes treaty with the Texas Comanche..
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.
1824 
  • 1824—1824: HISTORY: .Professor Michael Faraday invents the first toy balloon.
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.
1826 
  • 1826—1826: NATIVE AMERICAN: Mexico makes treaty with Texas Comanches again..
1827 
  • 1827—1827: HISTORY: .Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone.
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.
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.
10 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).
11 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..
12 1833 
  • 1833—1833: EPEDEMIC: Cholera - Columbus, OH.
  • 1833—1833: NATIVE AMERICAN: Sam Houston barters peace with Comanches, becomes friend to many..
13 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..
14 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.)
15 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.
16 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.
17 1838 
  • 1838—1838: HISTORY: .Samual Morse invents Morse Code.
  • 1838—1838: NATIVE AMERICAN: Texas and Comanches make peace treaty..
18 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.
19 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..
20 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..
21 1842 
  • 1842—1842: HISTORY: Joseph Dart builds the first grain elevator..
22 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..
23 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 .
24 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.
25 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.
26 1847 
  • 1847—1847: HISTORY: .Hungarian, Ignaz Semmelweis invents antisceptics.
  • 1847—1847: NATIVE AMERICAN: German Treaty signed at Fredericksburg with Comanches, this treaty still honored..
27 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.
28 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.
29 1850 
  • 1850—1850: HISTORY: Joel Houghton was granted the first dishwasher patent..
  • 1850—1850: POLITICAL: Zachary Taylor, President .Zachary Taylor died while in office.
30 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.
31 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..
32 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.
33 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..
34 1855 
  • 1855—1855: HISTORY: Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor..
35 1856 
  • 1856—1856: HISTORY: .Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization.
  • 1856—1856: NATIVE AMERICAN: Robert E. Lee becomes in charge of Texas Indian Reservation..
36 1857 
  • 1857—1857: HISTORY: .George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel.
37 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..
38 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.
39 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.
40 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.
41 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)..
42 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.
43 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.
44 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..
45 1866 
  • 1866—1866: HISTORY: .Englishmen Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo.
46 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.
47 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..
48 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 .
49 1870 
  • 1870—1870: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche population estimated at 8,000..
50 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..
51 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..
52 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..
53 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..
54 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.
55 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)
56 1877 
  • 1877—1877: HISTORY: .Thomas Edison invents the cylinder phonograph or tin foil phonograph.
  • 24 Mar 1877—3 Mar 1881: POLITICAL: Rutherford Hayes, President .
57 1878 
  • 1878—1878: HISTORY: .Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was the first person to invent a practical and longer-lasting electric light bulb.
58 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.
59 1880 
  • 1880—1880: HISTORY: .Englishmen, John Milne invents the modern seismograph.
60 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.
61 1884 
  • 1884—1884: HISTORY: .James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
62 1885 
  • 1885—1885: HISTORY: .Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
63 1886 
  • 1886—1886: HISTORY: .John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
64 1887 
  • 1887—1887: HISTORY: .German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar.
65 1888 
  • 1888—1888: HISTORY: John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire..
66 1889 
  • 1889—1889: HISTORY: .Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder.
67 1890 
  • 3 Jul 1890—1890: POLITICAL: Idaho statehood.
68 1891 
  • 1891—1891: HISTORY: .Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator.
69 1892 
  • 1892—1892: HISTORY: .Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask.
70 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.
71 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.
72 1896 
  • 1896—1896: HISTORY: .American, H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel.
73 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.
74 1898 
  • 1898—1898: HISTORY: Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster..
  • 1898—1898: WAR: Spanish-American War.United States vs Spain.
75 1899 
  • 1899—1899: HISTORY: J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner..
76 1900 
  • 1900—1900: HISTORY: .Zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
77 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.
78 1902 
  • 1902—1902: HISTORY: .Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
79 1903 
  • 1903—1903: HISTORY: .Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons.
80 1904 
  • 1904—1904: HISTORY: .Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan.
81 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.
82 1906 
  • 1906—1906: HISTORY: .William Kellogg invents Cornflakes.
83 1907 
  • 1907—1907: HISTORY: .Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
84 1908 
  • 1908—1908: HISTORY: .Gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry.
85 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.
86 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.
87 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.
88 1912 
  • 1912—1912: HISTORY: .Motorized movie cameras invented, and replaced hand-cranked cameras.
89 1913 
  • 1913—1913: HISTORY: .Crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
  • 1913—1913: POLITICAL: William Taft President.
90 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.
91 1915 
  • 1915—1915: HISTORY: .Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
92 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..
93 1917 
  • 17 Jul 1917—1917: ROYAL: House of Windsor name adopted. .
94 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.
95 1919 
  • 1919—1919: HISTORY: .Pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
96 1920 
  • 1920—1920: HISTORY: Tommy Gun patented by John T Thompson..
97 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.
98 1922 
  • 1922—1922: HISTORY: .Insulin invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting.
99 1923 
  • 1923—1923: HISTORY: .Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal.
100 1924 
  • 1924—1924: HISTORY: .Dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg.
101 1925 
  • 1925—1925: HISTORY: .Mechanical television a precursor to the modern television, invented by John Logie Baird.
102 1926 
  • 1926—1926: HISTORY: .Robert H. Goddard invents liquid-fueled rockets.
103 1927 
  • 1927—1927: HISTORY: .JWA Morrison invents the first quartz crystal watch.
104 1928 
  • 1928—1928: HISTORY: Penecillin Developed.Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
105 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.
106 1931 
  • 1931—1931: HISTORY: .Harold Edgerton invented stop-action photography.
107 1932 
  • 1932—1932: HISTORY: .Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land.
108 1933 
  • 1933—1933: HISTORY: .Frequency modulation (FM radio) invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong.
  • 1933—1933: POLITICAL: .Herbert Hoover president of the USA.
109 1934 
  • 1934—1934: HISTORY: .Charles Darrow claims he invented the game Monopoly.
110 1935 
  • 1935—1935: HISTORY: .Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents nylon (polymer 6.6.).
111 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.
112 1937 
  • 1937—1937: HISTORY: .Chester F. Carlson invents the photocopier.
113 1938 
  • 1938—1938: HISTORY: .Ballpoint pen invented by Ladislo Biro.
114 1939 
  • 1939—1939: HISTORY: .Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter.
115 1940 
  • 1940—1940: HISTORY: .Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system.
116 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..
117 1943 
  • 1943—1943: HISTORY: .Richard James invents the slinky.
118 1944 
  • 1944—1944: HISTORY: .Kidney dialysis machine invented by Willem Kolff.
119 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.
120 1946 
  • 1946—1946: HISTORY: .Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.
121 1948 
  • 1948—1948: HISTORY: .Frisbee invented by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni.
122 1949 
  • 1949—1949: HISTORY: .Cake mix invented.
123 1950 
  • 1950—1950: HISTORY: .First credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider.
124 1951 
  • 1951—1951: HISTORY: .Super glue invented.
125 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.
126 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.
127 1954 
  • 1954—1954: HISTORY: .Oral contraceptives invented.
128 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.
129 1957 
  • 1957—1957: HISTORY: .Fortran (computer language) invented.
130 1958 
  • 1958—1958: HISTORY: .Computer Modem invented.
131 1959 
  • 1959—1959: HISTORY: .Internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch.
132 1960 
  • 1960—1960: HISTORY: .Halogen lamp invented.
133 1961 
  • 1961—1961: HISTORY: Bay of Pigs Invasion.United States vs Cuba
  • 1961—1961: POLITICAL: .Dwight Eisenhower president of the USA
134 1962 
  • 1962—1962: HISTORY: .Audio cassette invented.
135 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
136 1964 
  • 1964—1964: HISTORY: .Acrylic paint invented.
137 1965 
  • 1965—1965: HISTORY: .Astroturf invented.
138 1966 
  • 1966—1966: HISTORY: .Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
139 1967 
  • 1967—1967: HISTORY: .First handheld calculator invented.
140 1968 
  • 1968—1968: HISTORY: .Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
141 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.
142 1970 
  • 1970—1970: HISTORY: .Daisy-wheel printer invented.
143 1971 
  • 1971—1971: HISTORY: .Dot-matrix printer invented.
144 1972 
  • 1972—1972: HISTORY: .Word processor invented.
145 1973 
  • 1973—1973: HISTORY: .Gene splicing invented.
146 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.
147 1975 
  • 1975—1975: HISTORY: .Laser printer invented.
  • 1975—1975: WAR: Vietnam War.
148 1976 
  • 1976—1976: HISTORY: .ink-jet printer invented.
149 1977 
  • 1977—1977: HISTORY: .Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
  • 1977—1977: POLITICAL: .Gerald Ford president of the USA.
150 1978 
  • 1978—1978: HISTORY: .Artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
151 1979 
  • 1979—1979: HISTORY: .Cellular phones invented.
152 1980 
  • 1980—1980: HISTORY: .Hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
153 1981 
  • 1981—1981: HISTORY: .MS-DOS invented.
  • 1981—1981: POLITICAL: .Jimmy Carter president of the USA.
154 1984 
  • 1984—1984: HISTORY: .CD-ROM invented.
155 1985 
  • 1985—1985: HISTORY: .Windows program invented by Microsoft.
156 1987 
  • 1987—1987: HISTORY: .First 3-D video game invented.
157 1988 
  • 1988—1988: HISTORY: .Digital cellular phones invented.
158 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.
159 1991 
  • 1991—1991: HISTORY: .Digital answering machine invented.
  • 1991—1991: WAR: Persian Gulf War.United States and Coalition Forces vs Iraq.
160 1993 
  • 1993—1993: HISTORY: .Pentium processor invented.
  • 1993—1993: POLITICAL: .George H.W. Bush president of the USA
161 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..
162 1995 
  • 1995—1995: HISTORY: .Java computer language invented.
163 1996 
  • 1996—1996: HISTORY: .Web TV invented.
164 1998 
  • 1998—1998: HISTORY: .Viagra invented.
165 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..
166 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
167 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.
168 2008 
  • 2008—2012: POLITICAL: .Barack Hussean Obama president of the USA