1850-1900 timeline By Lonnie Christian Sep 18, 1851 The New York Times Founded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJoIP9y2A7w Mar 20, 1854 Republican Party Founded https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/republican-party-founded Oct 25, 1854 The Charge of the Light Brigade https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/hollie-mcnish-the-charge-of-the-light-brigade-by-alfred-lord-tennyson/ Jan 28, 1855 The Panama Railway crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific https://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/pcm/timeline/railroad.aspx May 24, 1856 The Pottawatomie Massacre https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/encyclopedia/pottawatomie-massacre May 10, 1857 The Indian Mutiny https://www.thoughtco.com/sepoy-mutiny-of-1857-1774014 May 11, 1858 Minnesota became The 32nd state of the United States of America http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_minnesota_1.html#:~:text=Minnesota%20Became%20the%2032nd%20State&text=Known%20as%20the%20%22Land%20of,Union%20on%20May%2011%2C%201858. Aug 27, 1859 First Oil Well https://aoghs.org/petroleum-discoveries/#:~:text=First%20Alabama%20Oil%20Well&text=Although%20tar%20pits%20had%20been,Jackson%20well%20in%20Choctaw%20County. Dec 2, 1859 Harpers Ferry Raid https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/12/02/unflinching-the-day-john-brown-was-hanged-for-his-raid-on-harpers-ferry/ Jul 17, 1866 Cazeau Wagon Train https://www.legendsofamerica.com/red-clouds-war/
