1876 - 1900

By robertmcward
  • March 7th, 1876

    March 7th, 1876

    Alexander Graham Bell receives his patent for the telephone.
  • March 5th, 1877

    March 5th, 1877

    Rutherford B. Hayes Inaugural Address after being elected President.
  • April 22nd, 1879

    April 22nd, 1879

    Thomas Edison patents the lightbulb.
  • September 19th, 1881

    September 19th, 1881

    President James Garfield is assassinated.
  • May 6th 1882

    May 6th 1882

    Chinese Exclusion Act is initiated.
  • May 4th, 1886

    May 4th, 1886

    The Haymarket Riot in Chicago was between labour protesters and police officers.
  • December 29th, 1890

    December 29th, 1890

    The Wounded Knee Massacre was the slaughter of a hundred or more Lakota Indians.
  • May 11th, 1894

    May 11th, 1894

    The Pullman Strike was a widespread railroad strike that lasted until July 20th, 1894.
  • April 21st, 1898

    April 21st, 1898

    The Spanish American lasted until December 10th, 1898.