19th Century
18th Century
1850-1860 MARX Family emigration from Germany. Settled in Illinois, USA.
1803 U.S. Louisiana Purchase
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat.
1830 French Revolution
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1861-1870 US Civil War
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 US Transcontinental Railroad complete
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1878-1880 Edison invents phonograph & light bulb
1889 First gas-powered auto-Benz
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1898 Spanish American War
1700-1799 MARX Family works in Treis, Germany vineyards
1700 German/Prussia population estimated at 15 million
1720 Sir Isaac Newton identifies Gravity
1755 Weisenthal invents Sewing Machine
1756-1763 Fredrick the Great (Prussia) 7-years war
1760 Ben Franklin invents bifocals
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1776 America declares independence
1777 United States Flag established
1763-1783 American Revolution
1789-1800 French Revolution
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1799 Count Volta invents electric battery
