Memorable Events from the 19th Century

Memorable Events in History
From Houghtaling’s Handbook 1879
(I’m just recording events in the 1800’s)
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Peace treaty with France 1800
Fulton’s Steamboat starts 1807
Queen Victoria born 1819
Cholera in England 1831
Carlist War in Spain 1833
Accession of Queen Vic-
Toria June 20th 1837
Queen Victoria Crowned 1838
Marriage of Victoria 1840
Tower of London burnt 1841
Sir John Franklin sailed 1845
New Mexico purchased 1853
John Brown executed 1859
American Civil War 1861
Harper’s Ferry burnt 1861
Mason and Slidell seized 1861
Slavery abolished 1863
Lord Palmerston died 1865
Cattle Plague in England 1865
President Lincoln assass. 1865
U.S. Civil War ended 1865
Gen. Lee surrendered 1865
Abyssinian War 1868
Last public execution in
England 1868
Franco-Prussian War 1870
Third French Republic 1870
Paris capitulated to the
Prussians 1871
Hoosac Tunnel opened 1873
Garfield shot, July 2 1881
Longfellow died, Mar. 24 1882
Guiteau hanged, June 30 1882