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President Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidential election of 1876, which he became our 19th president of the united states. Samuel Tilden was his electoral opponent. -
1876 Start of Timeline #1
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Invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telephone and made the first ever call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer in Montana. -
The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge invented the first ever moving picture of a horse in motion. -
California Gold Rush founder
John Sutter, who owned the sawmill where a gold discovery began the California Gold Rush, died in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 1881 -
President Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison became our 23rd President of the United states and ran against Grover Cleveland. Benjamin Harris won by 233 electoral votes while Grover Cleveland had 168 electoral votes. -
Wax Drinking Straw Patented
the first ever wax drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone in Washington D.C. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
Also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights. Theodore Roosevelt was the new commander and led the Rough Riders to their so called "greatest victory" -
Battle of Santa Cruz
American victory during during Philippine-American War. the American forces were led by General Henry W. Lawton. -
1900 End of Timeline #1
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1900 Start of Timeline #2
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President Theodore Roosevelt
With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt because the 26th President of the United States -
Invention of the Vacuum Cleaner
British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth and American inventor David T. Kenney invented the vacuum cleaner in 1901. -
President William McKinley
William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States and was assassinated on September 14th of the year 1901, after serving as president from 1896-1901 -
Invention of Radio Broadcasting
First Wireless Radio Broadcast by Reginald A. Fessenden. On 24 December 1906, the first radio broadcast for entertainment and music was transmitted from Brant Rock, Massachusetts to the general public -
President Woodrow Wilson
In the presidential election f 1912, former president, Theodore Roosevelt, and William H. Taft went up against Woodrow Wilson and were defeated by a landslide -
Battle of Liege
4-17 August- Germans invade Belgium which was the start of World War I -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication from Germany that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. This caused the US to enter WWI -
Fall of Baghdad
This event occurred during the Mesopotamia Campaign, and it was fought between the British Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the First World War -
1920 End of Timeline #2
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1921 Start of Timeline #3
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President Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding became our nation's 29th president and ran against James M. Cox -
Liquid-Fuel Rocket Invention
The Liquid-Fuel Rocket was invented in 1926 by a man named Robert Goddard -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
International agreement to not use war to resolve conflicts, sponsored by the United States and France -
Antibiotics
Antibiotics were discovered by a man known by the name of Alexander Fleming. This changed the medicine industry future. -
Start of the Great Depression
The great depression started after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent wall street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors -
Munich Agreement
The French and the British agreed to accept Germany's demands in return for Hitler's promise to expand no further, after Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia -
The Start of World War II
The "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" too place on September 1, 1939, which was when Germany invaded Poland, which led to British and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese air raid on US naval base, leads to calls for war -
1941 End of Timeline #3
