Timeline: Edward Wallace Cutler: Our Family History

1838 - 1862 (24 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	1764	8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
4	1773	1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
5	1817	1817—1898: Indian Wars
6	1822	3 1822—2 Mar 1845: Florida Territory Organized
7	1832	4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
8	1835	1835—1842: Second Seminole War
9	1836	11 May 1836—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War Mexican-American War 4 1836—28 May 1848: Wisconsin Territory Organized Effective date 3 Jul 1836
10	1837	4 Mar 1837—4 Mar 1841: Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1837—4 Mar 1841: Martin van Buren 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
11	1838	1838—1838: Samual Morse invents Morse Code 28 Jun 1838—28 Jun 1838: Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey 11 Nov 1838—16 Nov 1838: Rebellion of Hastings County, Ontario U.S. patriots raid Prescott 6 Dec 1838—27 Dec 1846: Iowa Territory Organized Effective date 3 July 1838
12	1839	1839—1839: Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber 1839—1839: Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick MacMillan refines the primitive bicycle adding a mechanical crank drive to the rear wheel,thus creating the first true 'bicycle' in the modern Sense 1839—1839: First Opium War between Britain and China (to 1842) - Britain captures Hong Kong 1839—1839: Frenchmen, Louis Daguerre and J.N. Niepce co-invent Daguerreotype photography 1839—1839: Kirkpatrick Macmillan invents a bicycle 1839—1839: American, Charles Goodyear invents rubber vulcanization 1839—1839: Welshmen, Sir William Robert Grove conceives of the first hydrogen fuel cell 1839—1839: American, Thaddeus Fairbanks invents platform scales 1 1839—Jan 1839: Durham Report Proposal to unite Upper and Lower Canada and assimilate the French
13	1840	1840—1840: Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849, but these probably landed elsewhere) 1840—1840: Population Act relating to taking of censuses in Britain 1840—1840: Englishmen, John Herschel invents the blueprint 10 Jan 1840—10 Jan 1840: Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally
14	1841	1841—1841: Thomas Cook starts package tours 1841—1841: The first census of genealogical value is taken. 1841—1841: Samuel Slocum patents the stapler 10 Feb 1841—10 Feb 1841: Penny Red replaces Penny Black postage stamp 4 Mar 1841—4 Apr 1841: William Henry Harrison William Henry Harriso 3 Apr 1841—4 Apr 1841: William H. Harrison William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia 4 Apr 1841—4 Mar 1845: John Tyler John Tyler U.S. Presidency 4 Apr 1841—4 Mar 1845: John Tyler John Tyler the first vice president to succeed to the presidency due to death of a president 6 Jun 1841—6 Jun 1841: June 6: First full census in Britain in which all names were recorded (Population 18.5M) 2 Oct 1841—10 Feb 1841: Act of Union Upper and Lower Canada united to become the Province of Canada and renamed to Canada East and Canada West
15	1842	1842—1842: Income Tax reintroduced in Britain 1842—1842: Joseph Dart builds the first grain elevator 2 Jan 1842—1 Feb 1842: First major census taken Canada West (Ontario) census counts 487,053 individuals 30 Mar 1842—30 Mar 1842: Ether used as an anesthetic for the first time (by Dr Crawford Long in America) 29 Aug 1842—29 Aug 1842: Treaty of Nanking - End of First Opium War - Britain gains Hong Kong
16	1843	1843—1843: First Christmas card in England 1843—1843: Alexander Bain of Scotland, invents the facsimile 27 May 1843—27 May 1843: The Great Hall of Euston station opened in London 19 Jul 1843—19 Jul 1843: Brunel's 'Great Britain' launched
17	1844	1844—1844: Englishmen, John Mercer invents mercerized cotton 6 Jun 1844—6 Jun 1844: YMCA founded in London by Sir George Williams
18	1845	1845—1845: Tarmac laid for first time (in Nottingham) 1845—1845: USA doubles cost of passage to American ports USA passage fees encourage immigrants to choose Canada as their destination 1845—1845: American, Elias Howe invents a sewing machine 1845—1845: Robert William Thomson patents the first vulcanised rubber pneumatic tire 3 Mar 1845—3 Mar 1845: Florida 27th State 4 Mar 1845—4 Mar 1849: James K. Polk James K. Polk U.S. Presidency 17 Mar 1845—17 Mar 1845: The rubber band patented by Stephen Perry 3 Apr 1845—5 Mar 1849: James Polk 12 1845—29 Dec 1845: Texas 28th State 5 1845—28 Jan 1861: Kansas Territory Organized
19	1846	1846—1846: Canada-U.S. Boundary Completed 1846—1846: Dr. William Morton, a Massachusetts dentist, is the first to use anesthesia for tooth extraction 10 Sep 1846—10 Sep 1846: The sewing machine is patented by Elias Howe 4 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War 12 1846—28 Dec 1846: Iowa 29th State
20	1847	1847—1847: US Mormons make Salt Lake City their centre 1847—1847: Longfellow writes the poem Evangeline The poem Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longefellow is published. A spirit of pride and hope is rekindled among the Acadians. 1847—1847: Typhus epidemic The height of the typhus and cholera epidemic brought by immigrants - the black year of emigration 1847—1848: Influenza epidemic worldwide influenza kills millions 1847—1847: Hungarian, Ignaz Semmelweis invents antisceptics Jan 1847—Jan 1847: An anesthetic used for the first time in England (James Simpson used ether to numb the pain of labour)
21	1848	1848—1848: First commercial production of chewing gum 1848—1848: 1842's followup census completed Canada West (Ontario) counts 725,897 individuals 1848—1848: Waldo Hanchett patents the dental chair 24 Jan 1848—24 Jan 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, California - starts the California gold rush 11 Jul 1848—11 Jul 1848: Waterloo railway station in London opens 8 1848—13 Feb 1859: Oregon Territory Organized 5 1848—29 May 1848: Wisconsin 30th State
22	1849	1849—1849: Florin (2 shilling coin) introduced as the first step to decimalisation - which finally occurred in 1971! 1849—1849: Canada's 49th parallel border is extended to the Pacific Ocean 1849—1849: Official bilingualism All Canadian parliament bills are now in both English and French 1849—1849: Walter Hunt invents the safety pin 3 Mar 1849—10 Nov 1858: Minnesota Territory Organized 4 Mar 1849—9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor U.S. Presidency 3 May 1849—9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor died while in office 10 Nov 1849—11 Oct 1849: Annexation Manifesto Montreal's businessmen call for Canada's annexation by the U.S.
23	1850	1850—1850: Joel Houghton was granted the first dishwasher patent 1 Jan 1850—1 Jan 1850: County government Counties become official units of local government 9 Jul 1850—4 Mar 1853: Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore U.S. Presidency 6 Sep 1850—3 Jan 1896: Utah Territory Organized 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized 9 Sep 1850—9 Sep 1850: California 31st State 7 Oct 1850—4 Mar 1853: Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore, vice president under Zachary Taylor, sworn in as president after Taylor's death
24	1851	1851—1851: Gold discovered in Australia 1851—1851: First Canadian postage stamp Orange-red stamp is created by Sir Sandford Fleming, sells for three pence and features a beaver 1851—1851: Toronto-Buffalo rail line constructed Great Western Railway creates Toronto-Buffalo line 1851—1851: Isaac Singer invents a sewing machine 1 May 1851—1 May 1851: Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations ('Crystal Palace' exhibition) opened in Hyde Park
25	1852	1852—1852: Tasmania ceases to be a convict settlement 1852—1852: Wells Fargo established in USA 1852—1852: Jean Bernard Léon Foucault invents a gyroscope 1852—1852: Henri Giffard builds an airship powered by the first aircraft engine - unsuccessful design 1 Dec 1852—12 Jan 1852: First "thorough" Canadian census "1851" census includes Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, but was not completed until 1853
26	1853	1853—1853: Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory in Britain 1853—1853: George Cayley invents a manned glider 3 Feb 1853—10 Nov 1889: Washington Territory Organized 4 Mar 1853—4 Mar 1857: Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1853—4 Mar 1857: Franklin Pierce
27	1854	1854—1854: Cigarettes introduced into Britain 1854—1854: John Tyndall demonstrates the principles of fiber optics 27 Mar 1854—27 Mar 1854: Britain declares war on Russia (Crimean War) 25 Oct 1854—25 Oct 1854: Battle of Balaklava in Crimea (charge of the Light Brigade) 5 1854—28 Feb 1867: Nebraska Territory Organized
28	1855	1855—1855: Civil registration begins. 1855—1855: Ice Hockey The first game of ice hockey is believed to have been played in Kingston, Ontario 1855—1855: Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor 1855—1855: Georges Audemars invents rayon 1 Jan 1855—1 Jan 1855: Ottawa named The logging town of Bytown is renamed to Ottawa
29	1856	1856—1856: End of Crimean War 1856—1856: Louis Pasteur invents pasteurisation 29 Jan 1856—29 Jan 1856: Victoria Cross created by Royal Warrant, backdated to 1854 to recognise acts during the Crimean War (first award ceremony 26 June 1857)
30	1857	1857—1857: Work starts on the laying of the Transatlantic cable 1857—1857: Ottawa is declared the capital of Canada by Queen Victoria 1857—1857: George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel 4 Mar 1857—4 Mar 1861: James Buchanan James Buchanan U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1857—4 Mar 1861: James Buchanan
31	1858	1858—1858: Royal Opera House opens in Covent Garden, London 1858—1858: 'The great stink' - smell of the River Thames forced Parliament to stop work 1858—1858: Jean Lenoir invents an internal combustion engine 1858—1858: Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine 5 Nov 1858—11 May 1858: Minnesota 32nd State
32	1859	1859—1859: Peaceful picketing legalised in Britain 25 Apr 1859—25 Apr 1859: Work started on building the Suez canal (opened 17 Nov 1869) 4 May 1859—4 May 1859: Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge opened at Saltash giving rail link between Devon and Cornwall 24 Nov 1859—24 Nov 1859: Charles Darwin publishes 'The Origin of Species' 2 1859—14 Feb 1859: Oregon 33rd State
33	1860	1860—1860: The Maple Leaf first used as official emblem of Canada during visit from the Prince of Wales 29 Aug 1860—29 Aug 1860: First tram service in Europe starts in Birkenhead
34	1861	1861—1861: Elisha Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer elevator 1861—1861: Pierre Michaux invents a bicycle 1861—1861: Linus Yale invents the Yale lock or cylinder lock 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 25 May 1861—25 May 1861: American Civil War begins 1 1861—14 Jan 1861: Canadian census 1861 census includes Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 4 1861—9 Apr 1865: Civil War Union vs Confederacy 2 1861—31 Jul 1876: Colorado Territory Organized 1 1861—29 Jan 1861: Kansas 34th State
35	1862	1862—1862: Lincoln issues first legal US paper money (Greenbacks) 1862—1862: Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic 1862—1862: Dr. Richard Gatling patents the machine gun 20 Apr 1862—20 Apr 1862: First pasteurisation test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard

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Edward Wallace Cutler