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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus discovers America
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John Smith Founded Jamestown Settlement
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French and Indian War
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Boston Tea Party
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The Battle Of Lexingto and Concord
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U.S. Declaration of Independance gets approved by U.S. Congress
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Battle\Seige of Yorktown
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Constitutional Convention
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The invention of the cotton gin
NOTE: THIS EVENT DID TAKE PLACE IN 1792. DO NOT COUNT ON IT BEING THE 26 OF AUGUST THOUGH. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
NOTE: COULD NOT FIND ACTUAL DATE FOR THIS EVENT. DO NOT COUNT ON IT BEING THE 26 OF AUGUST. HOWEVER, IT WAS SOMETIME IN 1798. -
Louisiana Purchase
NOTE: NOT ACTUALLY BOUGHT 26 AUG. DID OCCOUR IN 1803. -
War of 1812 began
NOTE: DID OCCOUR IN 1812, ALTHOUGH NOT ON AUG. 16 -
Missouri Compromise
NOTE: DID OCCOUR IN 1820. DOUBT THAT IT HAPPENED ON 26 OF AUGUST. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
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Trail of Tears
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Panic of 1837
NOTE: DID NOT HAPPEN AUG. 26. DID HAPPEN 1837. -
Telegraph ivention completion
NOTE: DOUBT THAT IT HAPPENED 26 AUG. DID HAPPEN IN 1840 THOUGH. -
Mexican-American war
NOTE: NOT ON 26 OF AUG. DID HAPPEN IN 1845. -
Invention of the telephone
NOTE: NOT ON AUG. 28
DID HAPPEN IN 1849. -
The Compromise of 1850
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The firing on Fort Sumter
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Emancipation Porclamation
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13th, 14th, 15th amendments passed
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Assassination of Abraham Lincon
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Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
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Invention of the Light Bulb
NOTE: NOT ON JAN. 1ST. DID HAPPEN IN 1879 THOUGH. -
Standard Oil Trust Orginized
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Homestead Strike
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Spanish-American War
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Invention of the Plane
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Election of Theodore Roosevelt
