1885-1915 Timeline

  • Emancipation proclamation

    Emancipation proclamation
    President Lincon issues the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery.
  • Racing from the 1870s to the 1890s

    Racing from the 1870s to the 1890s
    America at Work Racing became very popular in the 1800s. Especially Horse racing. Horse racing was supported by the wealthy and gamblers. during the 1870s the American World Cup series became well known. by the 1890s different races became more common. Such as sailing, auto boat, and auto mobile races.
  • Barbed Wire is evented

    Barbed Wire is evented
    Growing a Nation Barbed Wire is patent for fencing off land.
  • The Brooklyn Bridge was opened

    The Brooklyn Bridge was opened
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    On the 24th of May the Brooklyn Bridge was open with a huge celebration.
  • Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince experiments on motion pictures.

    Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince experiments on motion pictures.
    Louis Aime started to work and experiment with motion pictures and finally in 1886 he applies a patent for animated pictures
  • The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty
    The Statue of Liberty took 9 years to build and weighs 225 tons which equals to 450,000 pounds. This Statue is a monument located in New York City.
  • The first gasoline powered tractor is built

    The first gasoline powered tractor is built
    The first gasoline powered tractor is built in 1892 by John Froelich.
  • The Radio

    The Radio
    In 1895 an Italian man named Guglielmo Marconi invented the first
    radio communication. He both sent and recieved radio signals in Italy.
  • Tchaikovsky's swan lake ballet

     Tchaikovsky's swan lake ballet
    Tchaikovsky creates a ballet called swan lake and it premires in St.Petersburg in 1895.
  • Olympics

    Olympics
    The first modern olympics was held in Greece in 1896.
  • The lightbulb

    The lightbulb
    The lightbulb was invented by Thomas Edison in 1897. The lightbulb consisted of a cotton thread and was powered by electricity.
  • Pres. Mckinley shot

    Pres. Mckinley shot
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    President Mckinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz in 1901.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt became president after President Mckinley died from being shot on September 6, 1901.
  • The Write Brothers first flight.

    The Write Brothers first flight.
    US timeline 1800s-1900s The write brothers have thier first successful flight in the year 1903
  • Europe WWI

    World World 1 begins in Europe in 1914.