Events Between 1750-1918

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    1750-1918

  • Australia Was Discovered

    Australia Was Discovered

    Australia was discovered by Captain James Cook
  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush

    Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. In 10 years, the Australian population nearly tripled.
  • First Australian rules game

    First Australian rules game

    31 July 1858 between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College, adjacent to the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the Richmond Paddock.
  • USA Celebrates

    USA Celebrates

    United States celebrates 100 years as a nation.
  • Telephone was invented

    Telephone was invented

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
  • First Test Cricket Match

    First Test Cricket Match

    international Test cricket began in 1877. England V Australia
  • Edison Invented light

    Edison Invented light

    Thomas Edison invents the first practical incandescent electric light at Menlo Park, New Jersey.
  • Staue Of Liberty

    Staue Of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty, a gift to the United States from France, is unveiled in New York City harbor.
  • First Camera

    First Camera

    A box camera, the first Kodak, is introduced for use by amateur photographers.
  • Basketball Was Invented

    Basketball Was Invented

    YMCA trainee James Naismith invents basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts. Within 10 years the indoor team sport was very popular not only among YMCA programs, but also at colleges, high schools and athletic clubs.
  • First Marathon

    First Marathon

    The first Boston Marathon is held.
  • Coffee Was Invented

    Coffee Was Invented

    Coffee, a favorite American beverage since the Civil War, is now marketed in an "instant" form.