U.S. History From 1800-1860

  • Haiti becomes independent

    French Forces get defeated. Dessallines declare Haiti independent
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    World History

  • National Anthem

    Francis Scott key wrote a poem and it became the national anthem
  • antartica

    antartica is discovered
  • Mexico

    Mexico declaares independence from Spain
  • mexico

    Mexico becomes a republic
  • Railroad

    first public railroad opens in England
  • Published

    James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans
  • War

    First Burmese War ends
  • Photograph

    French scientist Niepce produces first photograph
  • Louis Braille

    Louis Breaille publishes reading system for the blind
  • Invasion

    France invades Algeria
  • Independent State

    Greece reconginzed as independent state
  • Bicycle

    Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmilan produces first bicycle
  • Lowell Offering

    Workers in Lowell, Massachusettes, begin publishing the Lowell Offering
  • Treaty

    Treaty of Nanking gives Hong Kong to Great Britain
  • Famine

    Ireland experiences famine
  • Discovery

    Neptune is dicovered
  • California

    James Marshall discovers gold in California
  • Austalia

    Gold discovered in Australia
  • Rebellion

    Sepoy Rebellion begins in India