TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS FROM 1865-1920 By sd46076 Jan 1, 1856 Bessemer Process Bessemer Process was invented and discovered Jan 1, 1858 Discovery of Gold in Pikes Peak Gold was discovered in Pikes Peak Jan 1, 1862 Morrill Land grant act Federal Government can grant each state 30,000 acres of land in the form of "land scrip"