This Day in Victorian History
January
January 4, 1838: Charles Sherwood Stratton (later known as General Tom Thumb) born.
January 28, 1888: Lunar eclipse. Read an account of this eclipse from the time: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1897Obs....20..207L
January 28, 1855: The first train crosses the Panamanian Isthmus. —Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-train-crosses-the-panamanian-isthmus
January 31, 1854: United States treaty with Japan. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 348.]
February
February 9, 1864: General George Armstrong Custer marries Elizabeth Bacon. —Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-custer-married
February 10, 1840: Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert.
February 10, 1853: Charles Stratton (a.k.a. General Tom Thumb) marries Lavinia Warren
February 10, 1840: Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert.
February 10, 1853: Charles Stratton (a.k.a. General Tom Thumb) marries Lavinia Warren
March
March 4, 1883: "Captain Loudon, of the San Francisco Club, led a club-run, participated in by eighteen members, through the suburbs to Redwood City." —"Wheel News." The Wheelman. May, 1883. p. 154.
March 12, 1836: Mrs. Beeton, icon of Victorian cookery and domesticity, born. —Source: http://www.mrsbeeton.com
March 12, 1888: The Blizzard of 1888: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-blizzard-of-1888
March 21, 1883: "[T]he Boston Club entertained their lady friends at their club-house." —"Wheel News." The Wheelman. May, 1883. p. 152.
March 23, 1857: The world’s first passenger safety elevator went into service in a store at Broadway and Broome Street in New York City. [For more information about the history of elevators, see
http://www.otisworldwide.com/pdf/AboutElevators.pdf]
March 12, 1836: Mrs. Beeton, icon of Victorian cookery and domesticity, born. —Source: http://www.mrsbeeton.com
March 12, 1888: The Blizzard of 1888: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-blizzard-of-1888
March 21, 1883: "[T]he Boston Club entertained their lady friends at their club-house." —"Wheel News." The Wheelman. May, 1883. p. 152.
March 23, 1857: The world’s first passenger safety elevator went into service in a store at Broadway and Broome Street in New York City. [For more information about the history of elevators, see
http://www.otisworldwide.com/pdf/AboutElevators.pdf]
April
April 1, 1883: "[O]n Brighton Avenue, near Boston, Mr. J.S. Dalton, the old wheelman and bicycling versifier, was thrown from his machine by the reckless driving of a man whose name he afterwards discovered to be H.F. Milliken. Mr. Dalton took legal action in the matter, with what result is to be seen." —"Wheel News." The Wheelman. June, 1883. p. 231.
April 14, 1865: U.S. President Lincoln assassinated.
April 14, 1883: A Boston casino proclaims "Bicycler's Day." Wheelmen in uniform were admitted free of charge. [Source: The Wheelmen, June, 1883, p. 231.]
April 14, 1865: U.S. President Lincoln assassinated.
April 14, 1883: A Boston casino proclaims "Bicycler's Day." Wheelmen in uniform were admitted free of charge. [Source: The Wheelmen, June, 1883, p. 231.]
May
May 1, 1851: The Great Exhibition opens in London. (The building housing this first World's Fair would come to be known as the Crystal Palace.)
May 4, 1852: Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, born.
May 8, 1886: Coca Cola invented. http://assets.coca-colacompany.com/7b/46/e5be4e7d43488c2ef43ca1120a15/TCCC_125Years_Booklet_Spreads_Hi.pdf
May 22, 1859: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born.
May 22, 1882: The United States and Korea sign the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation. Among other things, this treaty allowed Koreans to immigrate to the U.S.
http://seoul.usembassy.gov/ack_sp_052212.html
May 24, 1819: Queen Victoria born
May 24, 1844: First telegraphic message sent. [Source: Hammond, Jason E. Suggestive Programs for Special Day Exercises, Robert Smith Printing Co.: Michigan, 1898, p. 96] To learn more about the telegraph's massive significance to Victorian history, read Tom Standage's The Victorian Internet.
May 24th, 1887: Cycling journalist George W. Nellis Jr. departs Herkimer, New York, for a cross-continental ride via bicycle to San Francisco on a 52" Columbia Expert high wheel. —Hayes, Kevin J. An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. pp. 23-25.
May 30th, 1880: The League of American Wheelman (LAW) founded.
May 4, 1852: Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, born.
May 8, 1886: Coca Cola invented. http://assets.coca-colacompany.com/7b/46/e5be4e7d43488c2ef43ca1120a15/TCCC_125Years_Booklet_Spreads_Hi.pdf
May 22, 1859: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born.
May 22, 1882: The United States and Korea sign the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation. Among other things, this treaty allowed Koreans to immigrate to the U.S.
http://seoul.usembassy.gov/ack_sp_052212.html
May 24, 1819: Queen Victoria born
May 24, 1844: First telegraphic message sent. [Source: Hammond, Jason E. Suggestive Programs for Special Day Exercises, Robert Smith Printing Co.: Michigan, 1898, p. 96] To learn more about the telegraph's massive significance to Victorian history, read Tom Standage's The Victorian Internet.
May 24th, 1887: Cycling journalist George W. Nellis Jr. departs Herkimer, New York, for a cross-continental ride via bicycle to San Francisco on a 52" Columbia Expert high wheel. —Hayes, Kevin J. An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. pp. 23-25.
May 30th, 1880: The League of American Wheelman (LAW) founded.
June
June 20, 1837: King William IV dies, making Victoria queen.
June 25, 1876: General Custer defeated. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 348.]
June 25, 1876: General Custer defeated. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 348.]
July
July 1—3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg
July 2, 1858: Partial emancipation of Russian serfs. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 349.]
July 2, 1881: U.S. President Garfield shot (he would die on September 19th.)
July 17, 1868: $7,200,000 appropriated to buy Alaska. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 349.]
July 21, 1864: Frances Cleveland born. Frances served from 1886—89 and 1893—97 as First Lady of the United States of America; she was our nation's youngest first lady ever.
July 2, 1858: Partial emancipation of Russian serfs. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 349.]
July 2, 1881: U.S. President Garfield shot (he would die on September 19th.)
July 17, 1868: $7,200,000 appropriated to buy Alaska. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 349.]
July 21, 1864: Frances Cleveland born. Frances served from 1886—89 and 1893—97 as First Lady of the United States of America; she was our nation's youngest first lady ever.
August
August 5, 1858: First Atlantic cable landed. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 349.] Early transatlantic telegraph cables were insulated with gutta percha, a rubber-like material made from the sap of a tropical tree. Gutta percha was used for a wide variety of purposes, to read more about it see this article: http://atlantic-cable.com/Article/GuttaPercha/. To learn more about the telegraph's massive significance to Victorian history, read Tom Standage's The Victorian Internet.
August 26, 1819: Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg born. He would marry Queen Victoria and become royal consort in 1840.
August 26, 1819: Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg born. He would marry Queen Victoria and become royal consort in 1840.
September
October
October 26, 1881: Shoot out near the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. (Despite the myths and legends, it actually happened in a lot by a nearby photography studio.)
October 31, 1841: Lavinia Warren born. She later married Charles Sherwood Stratton and became known as Mrs. Tom Thumb. She and her husband performed for P.T. Barnum's American Museum.
October 31, 1841: Lavinia Warren born. She later married Charles Sherwood Stratton and became known as Mrs. Tom Thumb. She and her husband performed for P.T. Barnum's American Museum.
November
November 11, 1889: Washington state admitted to the Union.
December
December 18, 1865: American slavery abolished. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, p. 349.]
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