Cemetery Project Timeline

By LiamJGibbons

  • Construction of the US capitol building begins.

  • Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin.

  • Beethoven's 1st Symphony.

  • Thomas Jefferson becomes the president of the USA

  • Child labor restricted to only 12 hours in England.

  • Robert Fulton propels boat by steam power.

  • Newberry invents the circular saw.

  • The Brothers Grimm publish “Fairy Tales”.

  • Factory work in England outlawed for children under nine years old.

  • Bushman Invents the accordion.

  • Prevost and Dumas prove that sperm is needed for fertilization.

  • Alexander Dumas writes The Three Musketeers.

  • Slavery abolished in Mexico.

  • First Canadian railroad.

  • Charles Dickens writes “David Copperfield”.

  • Robert Bunsen invents the gas burner.

  • Mannlicher produces the first repeater rifle.

  • David Hughes invents the Microphone.

  • T.A. Edison invents the electric light bulb.

  • Tchaikovsky writes “1812 Overture”.

  • Benz creates the first gasoline engine for a motor car.

  • Stevenson writes "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

  • Brazil proclaimed a republic.

  • The US gains control of the Panama Canal.

  • F.S. Kipping discovers silicones.

  • Ford produces the first Model T automobile.

  • Upton Sinclair writes “The Jungle”.

  • Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th president of the USA.

  • WWI begins.

  • Jazz is being discovered in New Orleans.

  • Prohibition in the US begins.

  • Insulin is given to diabetic patients for the first time.

  • Aldous Huxley writes “Brave New World”.

  • Adolf Hitler granted doctoral powers.

  • Focke builds the first helicopter.

  • Churchill becomes the British prime minister.

  • Orson Welles' “Citizen Kane” is released.

  • The “Manhattan Project” begins.

  • Magnetic recording tape invented.

  • LSD is discovered by Hoffman.

  • Transatlantic cable telephone service established.

  • The film “The Bridge on the River Kwai” is released.

  • USSR launches Sputnik, the first satellite.

  • The first televised presidential debate. Kennedy Vs. Nixon.

  • The US launches the first weather satellite, Tiros.

  • Bay of Pigs invasion failed.

  • Truman Capote writes “In Cold Blood”.

  • CAT SCAN is invented.

  • The Compact Disc is launched.

  • The AIDS virus is discovered.

  • The film “Amadeus” is released.

  • The world stock market crashes.

  • Clinton becomes the president of the USA.

  • George W. Bush becomes the president of the USA.

  • SARS spreads West from Asia.

  • The film “Team America: World Police” is released.