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Vinnie Ream's Abraham Lincoln Statue Veiled
Ream was selected by the U.S. Congress to sculpt a memorial statue of President Abraham Lincoln. She was the first female artist commissioned to create a work of art for the United States government. -
The Great Chicago Fire
A fire that started in a barn lasted 2 days that destroyed most of Chicago due to 70 percent of the buildings being flammable. The fire destroyed 17,500 buildings, killed 300 people, and leaving most homeless. But the city did rebuild quickly, known as the "Great Rebuilding" of Chicago. -
Ulysses S. Grant re-elected as President
Grant won reelection in 1872, but his second term was marked by scandals. -
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
The name for the French art movement Impressionism came from Louis Leroy's negative review of Monet's painting, accusing art from artists known as the "Independents" being nothing but impressions. The artists adopted the name since their art focused on capturing the fleeting moments of modern life, and became prominent during the 1870s and 1880s. -
Alexander Graham Bell Granted a Patent for the Telephone
Inspired by his mother and wife that were hard of hearing, Bell created a way to communicate at a distance. The Bell Telephone Company is now known as ATT. -
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was Published
Tom Sawyer is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River, it is loosely based on Twain's life living in Missouri. -
Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President
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Thomas Edison Granted Patent for the Phonograph
Edison created a device to record sound and play it back, it was the first machine to do both. and Edison's first recording was "Mary had a little lamb." It was his favorite invention, and he went on to improve the phonograph for 50 years. -
Original production of Swan Lake preformed
Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky it was preformed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Was considered a failure while Tchaikovsky was alive, the music was considered to be too complicated for ballet and the choreography was unimaginative and forgettable. He died believing that he had failed as a composer for dance -
Birth of Albert Einstein
Einstein was born in Germany, he later became a mathematician and physicist and developed the theory of relativity that helped form the basis of the development of the atomic bomb. -
Thomas Edison Granted Patent for the Incandescent Lamp
Edison's light bulb patent was a major advancement for the lightbulb that allowed it to burn for 1,200 hours. He aggressively defended his patent, ensuring his design's dominance by suing competitors. Other inventors also developed incandescent lamps and when patent disputes arose Edison eventually merged with the competitors companies.