1876-1900 timeline

  • National League of Baseball was founded.

  • Colorado becomes a state.

  • Great Railroad Strike.

  • Nez Perce War

  • Thomas Edison creates first commercially viable light bulb.

  • The Brooklyn Bridge opens.

  • Washington became a state.

  • Pulllman Strike

  • Treaty of Paris ends Spanish–American War. Philippine–American War begins.

  • The Great Galveston Hurricane.