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| 1 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 1 |
1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
| 1 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
| 3 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 4 |
1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
| 9 |
1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
| 12 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 14 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 14 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 15 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 18 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 19 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 20 |
1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
| 20 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 21 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 21 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 22 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 23 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 24 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 24 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 24 |
1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
| 24 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 27 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 28 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 29 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 35 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 36 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 38 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 41 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 41 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 42 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 43 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 44 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 48 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 54 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 56 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 59 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 59 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 60 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 61 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 62 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 63 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 65 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 65 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 65 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 65 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 67 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 68 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 68 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 69 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 71 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 72 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 72 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 73 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 73 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
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