Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert

Claude Monet, French impressionist painter, born

1845 Potato Famine begins in Ireland, 1 million die, emigration begins

1848 Revolutions in Europe, in Paris, Milan, Naples, Venice, Rome, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Budapest

Republican Party formed in U.S.

Crimean War (to 1856) begins. The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale

Commercial Treaty between Japan and the U.S. signed by Tokugawas, ruling Shogun family

Second half of the 19^th century sees expansion of European
colonialism

Britain becomes the empire on which the sun never sets

Pasteur proves fermentation is caused by living organisms

E.G. Otis installs the first safety elevator

1860 South Carolina secedes, Civil War begins

U.S. Grant elected President of the U.S.

Louisa May Alcott writes Little Women

1870s and 1880s Impressionism flourishes

Internal combustion engine patented by Diesel

First automatic telephone switchboard introduced

Tchaikovsky writes The Nutcracker

Classic New Orleans jazz in bloom

Ford produces one millionth car

Russian revolution takes place (1917)

U.S. enters WWI

First color motion pictures distributed

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

The year after Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic

The year before the Wall Street crash