HISTORICAL EVENTS DURING THE LIFETIME OF JOSEPH ODDENINO
1831-1913:
Slavery was abolished in Britain
1831
The electric induction motor was invented
1831
Giuseppe Domenico Felipe Oddenino was born
Tuesday, 23 August 1831
Electricity was generated mechanically for the first time
1832
Celina Carlotta Paracca was born
1832
Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire
1834
In the U.S., the Battle of the Alamo took place in Texas
1836
Arkansas became the 25th state
Wednesday, 15 June 1836
Victoria was crowned Queen
1837
Michigan became the 26th state
Thursday, 26 January 1837
Martin van Buren became the 8th President of the United States
Saturday, 4 March 1837
William Harrison became the 9th President of the United States
Thursday, 4 March 1841
John Tyler became the 10th President of the United States
Tuesday, 6 April 1841
The Irish Potato Famine began
1845
Florida became the 27th state
Monday, 3 March 1845
James Polk became the 11th President of the United States
Tuesday, 4 March 1845
Texas became the 28th state
Monday, 29 December 1845
The war with Mexico began
April 1846 to Wednesday, 2 February 1848
Iowa became the 30th state
Monday, 28 December 1846
American forces captured Mexico City
Tuesday, 14 September 1847
The pedal cycle was invented
1848
The war with Mexico ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed
Wednesday, 2 February 1848
Wisconsin became the 29th state
Monday, 29 May 1848
Zachary Taylor became the 12th President of the United States
Friday, 15 June 1849
Millard Fillmore became the 13th President of the United States
Wednesday, 10 July 1850
California became the 31st state
Monday, 9 September 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed
Friday, 20 September 1850
The first successful underwater telegraph cable was laid between Dover, England and Calais, France
1851
Franklin Pierce became the 14th President of the United States
Friday, 4 March 1853
The Crimean War began
1854 to 1856
To meet the needs of the Crimean War, Henry Bessemer invented a process for making cheap steel
1855
The Crimean War ended
1856
James Buchanan became the 15th President of the United States
Wednesday, 4 March 1857
The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable was laid
1858
Minnesota became the 32nd state
Tuesday, 11 May 1858
The beginning or commercial use of petroleum began when a well was dug in Pennsylvania in the U.S
1859
Oregon became the 33rd state
Monday, 14 February 1859
Giuseppe Domenico Felipe Oddenino and Celina Carlotta Paracca were married
Wednesday, 16 February 1859
The speed of road vehicles was limited to 5 miles per hour by the Road Locomotives Act
1860
Mary Elizabeth Delph (Daughter-in-law) was born
Monday, 2 April 1860
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the United States
Thursday, 20 December 1860
Cotton from the Southern U.S. states stopped during the war. It was economic disaster for Lancashire cotton workers
1861 to 1865
The U.S. Civil War began
1861 to 1865
Mississippi was the second state to secede from the United States
Wednesday, 9 January 1861
Florida was the third state to secede from the United States
Thursday, 10 January 1861
Alabama was the fourth state to secede from the United States
Friday, 11 January 1861
Georgia was the fifth state to secede from the United States
Saturday, 19 January 1861
Louisiana was the sixth state to secede from the united States
Saturday, 26 January 1861
Kansas became the 34th state
Tuesday, 29 January 1861
Texas was the seventh state to secede from the United States
Friday, 1 February 1861
The southern states formed The Confederate States of America
Monday, 4 February 1861
Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States
Monday, 4 March 1861
Confederate Troops fired on Fort Sumter
Friday, 12 April 1861 to Sunday, 9 April 1865
Virginia was the eighth state to secede from the United States
Wednesday, 17 April 1861
The insurrection of the southern states was officially acknowledged by President Lincoln
Saturday, 27 April 1861
Arkansas was the ninth state to secede from the United States
Monday, 6 May 1861
North Carolina was the tenth state to secede from the United States
Monday, 20 May 1861
Tennessee was the eleventh state to secede from the United States
Saturday, 8 June 1861
Confederate forces win the 1st Battle of Bull Run
Sunday, 21 July 1861
Francesco Lorenzo Luigi Oddenino (Son) was born
Friday, 4 October 1861
The Battle of Shiloh was won by the Union
Monday, 7 April 1862
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Monday, 22 September 1862
Confederate forces win the Battle of Chancellorsville
Monday, 4 May 1863
West Virginia became the 35th state
Saturday, 20 June 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg was won by the Union
Friday, 3 July 1863
Nevada became the 36th state
Monday, 31 October 1864
Atlanta was set afire and burned
Tuesday, 15 November 1864
The Union army finished the famous "March to the Sea," and took Savanah
Wednesday, 21 December 1864
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the U.S
1865
The U.S. Civil War ended, Joseph moves to Virginia
1865
The Confederate States of America surrender
Sunday, 9 April 1865
Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States
Saturday, 15 April 1865
Tennessee was the 1st state to be readmitted to the United States
Tuesday, 24 July 1866
Nebraska became the 37th state
Friday, 1 March 1867
The United States bought the Alaska Territory from Russia
Saturday, 30 March 1867
President Andrew Johnson was impeached
Monday, 24 February 1868
President Andrew Johnson was acquitted of all charges in his impeachment
Saturday, 16 May 1868
The U.S. Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson of all 11 Articles of Impeachment
Saturday, 16 May 1868
Arkansas was the 2nd state to be readmitted to the United States
Monday, 22 June 1868
Florida was the 3rd state to be readmitted to the United States
Thursday, 25 June 1868
Louisiana was the 5th state to be readmitted to the United States
Thursday, 25 June 1868
North Carolina was the 6th state to be readmitted to the United States
Thursday, 25 June 1868
South Carolina was the 7th state to be readmitted to the United States
Thursday, 25 June 1868
Alabama was the 4th state to be readmitted to the United States
Tuesday, 14 July 1868
The first transcontinental railroad was completed in the U.S
1869
The Suez Canal was completed
1869
Ulysses Grant became the 18th President of the United States
Thursday, 4 March 1869
The ring armature, the first practical electric dynamo was invented
1870
The Franco-Prussian War began
1870 to 1871
Virginia was the 8th state to be readmitted to the United States
Wednesday, 26 January 1870
Mississippi was the 9th state to be readmitted to the United States
Wednesday, 23 February 1870
Texas was the 10th state to be readmitted to the United States
Wednesday, 30 March 1870
Georgia was the 11th state to be readmitted to the United States
Friday, 15 July 1870
The Franco-Prussian War ended
1871
Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in the U.S
1876
Nicholas August Otto invented a gas engine that became the prototype for the modern internal combustion engine
1876
Colorado became the 38th state
Tuesday, 1 August 1876
Many reforms: all young children had to go to school, wives could keep their property from their husbands, employers were responsible for accidents to their workers
1877 to 1883
Rutherford Hayes became the 19th President of the United States
Monday, 5 March 1877
Thomas Edison patented the phonograph which used wax-coated cylinders
1878
William Booth founded the Salvation Army
1878
Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb in the U.S
1880
James Garfield became the 20th President of the United States
Friday, 4 March 1881
Chester A. Arthur became the 21st President of the United States
Tuesday, 20 September 1881
Thomas Edison installed power-producing dynamos at Holborn Viaduct Station in London
1882
Charles Parsons patented the steam turbine
1884
Karl Benz built the first petrol-powered motor car
1885
Grover Cleveland became the 22nd President of the United States
Wednesday, 4 March 1885
George Eastman designed the hand-held Kodak camera in the U.S
1888
John B. Dunlop invented the pneumatic tire
1888
Nikola Tessla invented the alternating-current electric motor in Italy
1888
Francesco Lorenzo Luigi Oddenino (Son) and Mary Elizabeth Delph (Daughter-in-law) were married
Wednesday, 19 September 1888
North Dakota became the 39th state
Saturday, 2 March 1889
South Dakota became the 40th state
Saturday, 2 March 1889
Benjamin Harrison became the 23rd President of the United States
Monday, 4 March 1889
Montana became the 41st state
Friday, 8 November 1889
Washington became the 42nd state
Monday, 11 November 1889
Idaho became the 43rd state
Thursday, 3 July 1890
Wyoming became the 44th state
Thursday, 10 July 1890
Rudolf Diesel patented his heavy-oil engine
1892
Grover Cleveland became the 24th President of the United States
Saturday, 4 March 1893
John Francis Oddenino (Grandson) was born
Saturday, 26 January 1895
Henry Ford manufactured his first motor car
1896
Utah is the 45th state
Saturday, 4 January 1896
Marconi built the first wireless telegraph station on the Isle of Wight
1897
The Creed teleprinter for newspapers was invented by Frederick Creed
1897
William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States
Thursday, 4 March 1897
Spain declared war on the United States
Sunday, 24 April 1898
The United States declared war on Spain
Monday, 25 April 1898
The United States annexed Guam
Monday, 20 June 1898
The United States annexed Hawaii
Thursday, 7 July 1898
The Spanish-American War ended when a peace treaty was signed
Monday, 6 February 1899
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin built the first rigid airship
1900
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States
Monday, 4 March 1901
Celina Carlotta Paracca died
Thursday, 23 April 1903
Oklahoma became the 46th state
Saturday, 16 November 1907
William Taft became the 27th President of the United States
Thursday, 4 March 1909
New Mexico became the 47th state
Saturday, 6 January 1912
Arizona became the 48th state
Wednesday, 14 February 1912
Woodrow Wilson became the 28th President of the United States
Tuesday, 4 March 1913
Giuseppe Domenico Felipe Oddenino died
Tuesday, 23 September 1913