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  • Ben Franklin attempts to regulate pollution

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Coffee Is unbanned in Sweden

    Swedish people are allowed to enjoy their mornings in 1822 after in 1746, a royal edict was issued against coffee and tea due to "the misuse and excesses of tea and coffee drinking". Later, coffee was banned completely however despite the ban, consumption continued.

  • Stockton and Darlington Railway Opens

    The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, becoming the first public railroad

  • The July Revolution begins

    The Second French Revolution begins to overthrow King Charles the Tenth

  • The Word dinosaur is coined by Richard Owen

  • 1848 Revolutions Across Europe

  • Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • Cocaine is isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke

  • American Civil War begins

  • American Civil War Ends

  • The term ecology is coined

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • The term Acid rain is coined

    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • Blue Jeans are Invented

  • Rabies Vaccine is produced

  • Wounded Knee Massacre

  • New Zealand is the first country to let women vote

  • The term Smog is coined

    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • Radiator Springs is founded by Stanley

  • Ford invents the Model T

  • World War 1 begins

  • Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies

    The passenger pigeon goes extinct

  • Armenian Genocide Begins

  • US Congress created the National Park Service

  • World War 1 Ends

  • Proton is discovered

  • Great Depression Begins

  • Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • First Earth Day, EPA established

    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • Montreal Protocol enteres force

    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • Charles Gibson is born

  • Kyoto Protocal established

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reducing their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • U.S. leaves Paris Agreement

    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • U.S. rejoins Paris Agreement

    2021 — U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation