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1898–1900: Zeppelin LZ 1 airship first produced. 1898–1900: The Boxer Rebellion in China; 1898–1902: The Thousand Days' War in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903. May 1: Commodore George Dewey sinks Spanish fleet near Manila. United States annexes the Republic of Hawaii
Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th president of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor on July 9, 1850; The State of California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state on September 9, 1850; The Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah are organized, September 9, 1850; The Territory of Washington is organized ...
September 9–20, 1850 – The Compromise of 1850, including the notorious Fugitive Slave Act passed; September 9, 1850 – California becomes a state; November 1850 – Nashville Convention reconvenes; Satisfied with the Compromise, it declares the Union intact-for the moment.
Additional events related to secession and initiation of the war follow; most other events after April 15 are not listed. Several small skirmishes and battles as well as bloody riots in St. Louis and Baltimore took place in the early months of the war.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century; For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see Timeline of the 20th century. For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I; For 1939–1945 see Timeline of World War II
The 1850s (pronounced "eighteen-fifties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1850, and ended on December 31, 1859.. It was a very turbulent decade, as wars such as the Crimean War, shifted and shook European politics, as well as the expansion of colonization towards the Far East, which also sparked conflicts like the Second Opium War.
An historical photo essay entitled "Mill Town Murder" is online at Beacham Journal. 1934 (United States) Textile Workers' Strike occurred. [36] Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, June 1934. May 1934 (United States) Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 occurred. Police attacked ...