1875 to 1885
Your Childhood Years
Under Construction
If you had been born in 1875, just as this the period covered by is course began, then your childhood would have been during this decade.
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course Decades of Biggest Change 1875 to 1945
Session 2 Topics
Topic 1 Churchill’s Exile
Topic 2 Oil Industry Begins
Topic 3 Gladstone’s Second Ministry
Topic 4 USA 1884 Election
Topic 5 Trouble in Sudan
Other Sessions
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Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 1876 | Bayreuth, Germany: Wagner’s Complete Ring des Nibelungen Premier |
| 1876 | Philadelphia: Telephone Invented |
| 1876 | New York City: National Baseball League Founded |
| 1877 | London: Queen Victoria Proclaimed Empress of India |
| 1877 | Menlo Park, New Jersey: Edison Invents Phonograph |
| 1877 | Wimbledon, London: First Tennis Championship |
| 1878 | Berlin: Congress of Statesmen |
| 1878 | London: Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore |
| 1879 | South Africa: Anglo-Zulu War |
| 1879 | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: Saccharin Discovered |
| 1880 | London: Liberals Win Election in GB |
| 1880 | Russia: Dostovesky: The Brothers Karamazov |
| 1880 | Atlanta: J.C. Harris: Uncle Remus |
| 1880 | Crawfordsville, Indiana: Lew Wallace: Ben Hur |
| 1880 | London: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance |
| 1880 | Menlo Park, New Jersey: Edison Invents Electric Light |
| 1880 | Pittsburg: Carnegie Develops Large Steel Furnace |
| 1880 | Bingo Developed |
| 1880 | Canned Food Appears in Stores |
| 1881 | Japan: Political Parties Form |
| 1881 | Pittsburg: Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (AFL) Founded |
| 1882 | Great Britain: Parnell and Irish Troubles |
| 1882 | : U.S. Bans Chinese Immigrants for 10 Years |
| 1882 | Westbourne, England: R.L. Stevenson: Treasure Island |
| 1882 | West Norwood, London: Hiram Maxim Patents Machine Gun |
| 1882 | London: Chamber of Commerce Founded |
| 1882 | Mississippi City, Mississippi: John L. Sullivan Wins Heavyweight Championship |
| 1883 | Pretoria: Paul Kruger President of South African Republic |
| 1883 | Synthetic Fiber Produced |
| 1883 | Bismarck Introduces Health Insurance in Germany |
| 1883 | Chicago: First Skyscraper (10 stories) |
| 1883 | Paris to Istanbul: Orient Express Makes First Run |
| 1884 | USA: Cleveland Ends 24 Years of Republican Rule |
| 1884 | Namibia: Germans Occupy SW Africa |
| 1884 | Hartford: Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn |
| 1884 | Witwatersrand, South Africa: Gold Discovered in Transvaal |
| 1885 | Sudan: Mahdi Takes Khartoum; Gordon Killed |
| 1885 | Belgium Congo: Congo Horrors Begins |
| 1885 | Hammersmith, London: H. Rider Haggard: King Solomons Mines |
| 1885 | Trieste, Italy: Richard Burton: The Arabian Nights |
| 1885 | London: Karl Marx: Das Kapital |
| 1885 | Paris to Istanbul: Pasteur Produces Rabies Vaccine |
| 1885 | Tokyo: Individuality of Fingerprints Proven |
| 1885 | Mannheim, Germany: Karl Benz Produces Single Cylinder Engine |
| 1885 | Rochester, New York: George Eastman Manufactures Photographic Paper |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1048 | Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy | Ferdinand Gregorovius| |Joseph Darras |
| 1054 | Orthodox, Catholics Split | Henry F. Tozer| |Joseph Deharbe |
| 1066 | Battle of Hastings | Sir Edward Creasy |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |