Timeline: Katherine Leese: Our Family History

1553 - Bef 1605 (< 52 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1383	1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
2	1763	1763—1884: POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
3	1817	1817—1898: Indian Wars
4	1832	4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
5	1837	6 1837—22 Jan 1901: Victoria House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort
6	1850	6 Sep 1850—3 Jan 1896: Utah Territory Organized 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
7	1853	3 Feb 1853—10 Nov 1889: Washington Territory Organized
8	1854	5 1854—28 Feb 1867: Nebraska Territory Organized
9	1861	2 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: North Dakota Territory Organized 3 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: South Dakota Territory Organized 3 Feb 1861—30 Oct 1864: Nevada Territory Organized 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1861—15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 Apr 1865 and dies the next day 12 Apr 1861—9 Apr 1865: American Civil War American Civil War 4 1861—9 Apr 1865: Civil War Union vs Confederacy 2 1861—31 Jul 1876: Colorado Territory Organized
10	1863	3 Mar 1863—2 Jul 1890: Idaho Territory Organized 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
11	1864	1864—1864: A man-powered submarine, 'Hunley' sank a Federal steam ship USS Housatonic at the entrance to Charleston harbour in 1864 - the first recorded successful attack by a submarine on a surface ship 11 Mar 1864—11 Mar 1864: The Great Sheffield Flood - over 250 died when a new dam broke while it was being filled for the first time 20 Aug 1864—20 Aug 1864: Red Cross established - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention 8 Dec 1864—8 Dec 1864: Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon officially opened 5 1864—7 Nov 1889: Montana Territory Organized 10 1864—31 Oct 1864: Nevada 36th State
12	1865	1865—1865: First concrete roads built in Britain 1865—1865: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) becomes first woman doctor in England [she later became the first woman mayor in England, in Aldeburgh 1908] 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA 15 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson U.S. Presidency 12 Jun 1865—6 Dec 1865: 13th Amendment ratified 5 Jul 1865—5 Jul 1865: William Booth (1829-1912) founds Salvation Army, in London 4 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson, vice president under Abraham Lincoln, sworn in as president upon Lincoln's death 1 1865—31 Jan 1865: 13th Amendment passed by Congress
13	1866	1866—1866: Fenian Raids Irish Americans raid Canada 1866—1866: Ontario Gold Rush Gold discovered in Eldorado, Hastings County, Ontario 1866—1866: Englishmen Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo 1866—1866: J. Osterhoudt patents the tin can with a key opener 1866—1866: Alfred Nobel invents dynamite 6 1866—13 Jun 1866: 14th Amendment passed by Congress
14	1867	1867—1867: Christopher Scholes invents the first practical and modern typewriter 3 Jan 1867—1 Mar 1867: Nebraska 37th State 7 Jan 1867—1 Jul 1867: 10-year census taking becomes a legal requirement the first census of The Dominion of Canada is scheduled for 1871 and every 10 years after 7 Jan 1867—1 Jul 1867: Confederation British North America Act creates the Dominion of Canada from the provinces of Canada (Upper and Lower), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 1 Jul 1867—1 Jul 1867: The British North America Act takes effect, creating the Canadian Confederation
15	1868	1868—1868: Last convicts landed in Australia (Western Australia) 1868—1868: Vote given to male British subjects British males, 21 years of age or older who own, rent or occupy property of specified values are entitled to vote 1868—1868: J P Knight invents traffic lights 1868—1868: George Westinghouse invents air brakes 1868—1868: Robert Mushet invents tungsten steel 7 1868—19 Jul 1868: 14th Amendment ratified 7 1868—9 Jul 1890: Wyoming Territory Organized
16	1869	1869—1869: Ball bearings, celluloid, margarine, and washing machines, all invented 7 Jan 1869—1 Jul 1869: Ontario begins BMD registration Start of Ontario's registration of births, marriages and deaths 4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1869—5 Mar 1877: Ulysses Grant 23 Nov 1869—23 Nov 1869: Cutty Sark launched in Dumbarton 11 1869—15 Jul 1870: Rupert's Land joins Canada Canada purchases Rupert's Land from Hudson's Bay Company. Some of this land is added to Ontario, and the rest is later divided into the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories 2 1869—26 Feb 1869: 15th Amendment passed by Congress
17	1870	1870—1870: Diamonds discovered in Kimberley, South Africa 1870—1870: Water closets come into wide use 1870—1870: Dr Thomas Barnardo opens his first home for destitute children 1870—1870: GPO takes over the privately-owned Telegraph Companies (nationalised) 1870—1870: First census of British Columbia 2 Mar 1870—3 Feb 1870: 15th Amendment ratified 1 Oct 1870—1 Oct 1870: First British postcard - halfpenny post 7 1870—15 Jul 1870: Manitoba created Part of Rupert's Land becomes Manitoba -- the fifth province 7 1870—15 Jul 1870: Northwest Territories created Part of Rupert's Land becomes the Northwest Territories
18	1871	4 Feb 1871—2 Apr 1871: Dominion of Canada Census The first national census after Confederation includes Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia - counts 3,689,257 27 Mar 1871—27 Mar 1871: First Rugby Football international, England v Scotland, played in Edinburgh 29 Mar 1871—29 Mar 1871: Opening of Royal Albert Hall, London 29 Jun 1871—29 Jun 1871: Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal 7 1871—20 Jul 1871: British Columbia joins Canada British Columbia becomes Canada's sixth province
19	1872	1872—1872: Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng & Wales) 1872—1872: Licensing hours introduced 1872—1872: Chinese and First Nations banned from voting in BC The British Columbia Qualifications of Voters Act denies the Chinese and First Nations peoples the right to vote 1872—1872: Dominion Land Act Prairies opened for settlement by offer of 160 acres of land to each settler, resident for 3 years and paying a $10 filing fee 1872—1872: A.M. Ward issues the first mail-order catalog 1872—1872: J.S. Risdon patents the metal windmill 4 Dec 1872—4 Dec 1872: American ship 'Mary Celeste' is found abandoned by the British brig 'Dei Gratia' in the Atlantic Ocean
20	1873	1873—1873: North-West Mounted Police created "Mounties" formed from civilians to patrol the west 1873—1873: Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire 7 Jan 1873—1 Jul 1873: Prince Edward Island joins Canada Prince Edward Island becomes Canada's seventh province 5 1873—13 May 1873: Nova Scotia coal mine explosion 60 men die in Westville, Nova Scotia when a coal mine is destroyed by fire and explosion 8 1873—25 Aug 1873: The Great Nova Scotia Cyclone 500 killed by cyclone
21	1874	1874—1874: Factory Act introduces 56-hour week 1874—1874: Voting rights extended male British subjects 21 years old and over, with annual income of $400 and 'enfranchised Indians' given the right to vote 1874—1874: American, C. Goodyear, Jr. invents the shoe welt stitcher 5 Apr 1874—5 Apr 1874: Birkenhead Park opened, said to be the first civic public park in the world - features of it later copied in Central Park, New York
22	1875	1875—1875: London's main sewage system completed 1875—1875: Supreme Court of Canada established 1875—1875: Western Indian treaties signed 1 Jan 1875—1 Jan 1875: Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies followed during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956)
23	1876	1876—1876: Nicolaus August Otto invents the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine 1876—1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone 1876—1876: Melville Bissell patents the carpet sweeper 8 Jan 1876—1 Aug 1876: Colorado 38th State 14 Feb 1876—14 Feb 1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray each file a patent for the telephone - Bell awarded the rights
24	1877	1877—1877: Edison invents microphone and phonograph 1877—1877: Thomas Edison invents the cylinder phonograph or tin foil phonograph 1877—1877: Eadweard Muybridge invents the first moving pictures 4 Mar 1877—4 Mar 1881: Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. Presidenc 3 May 1877—4 Mar 1881: Rutherford Hayes
25	1878	1878—1878: CID established at New Scotland Yard 1878—1878: Edison & Swan invent electric lamp 1878—1878: Red Flag Act in Britain limits mechanical road vehicles to 4mph 1878—1878: Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was the first person to invent a practical and longer-lasting electic lightbulb
26	1879	18 Sep 1879—18 Sep 1879: Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time
27	1880	1880—1880: Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria 1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds 1880—7 Nov 1885: Chinese build railroad The construction of the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway employs thousands of Chinese workers 1880—1880: Englishmen, John Milne invents the modern seismograph 1880—1880: The British Perforated Paper Company invents a form of toilet paper 2 Aug 1880—2 Aug 1880: Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
28	1881	1881—1881: Postal Orders introduced 1881—1881: Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy 1881—1881: First Acadian Convention at Memramcook First Acadian Convention at Memramcook. The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother is voted as the Acadian National holiday and is celebrated each year on August 15th. 1881—1881: David Houston patents the roll film for cameras 1881—1881: Alexander Graham Bell invents the first crude metal detector 1881—1881: Edward Leveaux patents the automatic player piano 4 Mar 1881—19 Sep 1881: James A. Garfield James A. Garfield U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1881—19 Sep 1881: James Garfield James Garfield wounded by assassin's bullet on 3 Jul 1881 and dies 19 Sep 1881 4 Apr 1881—4 Apr 1881: Census of Canada counts 4,324,810 individuals Sep 1881—Sep 1881: Godalming in Surrey became the first town in England to have a public electricity supply installed (but in 1884 it reverted to gas lighting until 1904) 19 Sep 1881—4 Mar 1885: Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur U.S. Presidency 26 Oct 1881—26 Oct 1881: Gunfight at OK Corral 9 1881—4 Mar 1885: Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur, vice president under James Garfield, sworn in as president upon the death of Garfield
29	1882	1882—1882: Fourth Eddystone Lighthouse completed 1882—1882: Home children arrive First shipload of sponsored immigrant children arrive in Canada (Dr. Barnardo Homes etc.) 1882—1882: Northwest Territories divided Athabasca, Assiniboia, Alberta and Saskatchewan created
30	1883	1883—1883: Statue of Liberty presented to USA by France 24 May 1883—24 May 1883: Brooklyn Bridge, New York opens (crosses East River) 1 Aug 1883—1 Aug 1883: Parcel post starts in Britain 27 Aug 1883—27 Aug 1883: Eruption of Krakatoa near Java - 30,000 killed by tidal wave
31	1884	1884—1884: Second Acadian Convention at Miscouche Second Acadian Convention at Miscouche on Prince Edward Island. The tri-color with gold star is approved as the Acadian flag and the hymn Ave Maris Stella becomes the national anthem of the Acadians. 1884—1884: Voting rights extended Spinsters and widows permitted to vote in municipal elections 1884—1884: James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register 1884—1884: Charles Parson patents the steam turbine 1884—1884: Lewis Edson Waterman invents the first practical fountain pen 1884—1884: George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film 1884—1884: Frenchmen, H. de Chardonnet invents rayon 31 May 1884—31 May 1884: John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes 13 Oct 1884—13 Oct 1884: Greenwich made prime meridian of the world
32	1885	1885—1885: Canadian Pacific Railway completed 1885—1885: Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle 1885—1885: Eastman makes first coated photographic paper 1885—1885: Carl Benz builds the 'Motorwagen', a single-cylinder motor car 1885—1885: Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine 1885—1885: Harim Maxim invents the machine gun 1885—1885: Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas-engined motorcycle Mar 1885—Mar 1885: First UK cremation in modern times took place at Woking 4 Mar 1885—4 Mar 1889: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1885—4 Mar 1889: Grover Cleveland 11 Jul 1885—7 Nov 1885: Canadian Pacific Railway Completed 'Here on November 7, 1885, a plain iron spike welded East to West', says a plaque in Craigellachie, Eagle Pass, BC 5 Sep 1885—5 Sep 1885: The first train runs through the Severn Tunnel 29 Sep 1885—29 Sep 1885: First electric tramcar used at Blackpool 11 1885—16 Nov 1885: Louis Riel hanged Accused of treason for leading the Métis resistance, Louis Riel's hanging in Regina further degrades English-French relations
33	1886	1886—1886: Gottlieb Daimler builds the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle 1886—1886: John Pemberton invents Coca Cola 1886—1886: Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher 20 Jan 1886—20 Jan 1886: Mersey railway (under Mersey) opened by Prince of Wales May 1886—May 1886: Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage later named 'Coca-Cola' 29 May 1886—29 May 1886: Putney Bridge opens in London
34	1887	1887—1887: Daimler produces a four-wheeled motor car 1887—1887: German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar 1887—1887: Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire 1887—1887: Emile Berliner invents the gramophone 1887—1887: F.E. Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lenses 5 Mar 1887—3 May 1887: Coal mine explosion in Nanaimo, BC 148 killed in mine explosion
35	1888	1888—1888: First box camera - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film 1888—1888: Dunlop invents pneumatic tyre 1888—1888: County Councils set up in Britain 1888—1888: Jack the Ripper active in east London during the latter half of the year 1888—1888: Convention of Constantinople guarantees free maritime passage through Suez Canal in war and peace 1888—1888: Voting rights extended All adult male British subjects except unenfranchised Indians living on reserves are permitted to vote 1888—1888: John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire 1888—1888: Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer 1888—1888: Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws 20 Mar 1888—20 Mar 1888: Football League formed

My Footsteps

through our family History

Katherine Leese