Americas
Empire State Building New York
Building the Empire State building 1929, when did they invent the lift?
Read MoreEnglish Textile Workers Emigrating to US
Textile workers emigrating to America tended to settle and work together, what resources can you use to seek out those migrating workers?
Read MoreEnglish Immigrants In US 1890
US states census 1890, numbers of English immigrants in each state
Read MoreEmigration from UK after 1830
Agricultural workers emigrate to America, check out the US census to seek out your immigrant ancestors
Read MoreFirst Transatlantic Voyage S.S Great Eastern 1860
The first voyage across the atlantic on an iron paddle-steamer designed by engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1860…was your relative on the ship…
Read MoreBritain claims the Falkland Islands 1833
Falklands claimed as Crown Territory 1833
Read MorePrice of bread falls 1887
The price of bread, an important economic factor in 1887 and no less in 2012
Read MoreGold is discovered in california 1848
On 24th January 1848, a man called James Marshall from New Jersey, was helping to build a sawmill on the America River for a man called Johann Sutter. He went to free the wheel in the millrace and saw, in the shallow pool that formed, a nuggett of gold, just over the size of a…
Read MoreMarshalsea Prison first mentioned in 1373
The Marshalsea debtors prison first records show it existing as early as 1373…Charles Dickens father was imprisoned there and this had a major impact on Dickens work.
Read MoreThe first telephone conversation 1876
The first wire telephone conversation took place between Alexander Graham Bell and his colleague Thomas Watson, over a distance of 3km between Boston and Cambridge US.
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