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Time Line

1850 AD

Governance

  • Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.

  • The Fugitive Slave Law is passed by the U.S. Congress.


Institutions

  • Phi Kappa Sigma International Fraternity was founded at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • The Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.

  • Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.


Commerce
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is published.

  • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo.


Technology

  • The French battleship Le Napoléon is launched

  • Joel Houghton was granted the first patent for a dishwasher


1850BC

Governance
  • Pharaoh Senworsret III 

  • Israelites enslaved in egypt.

Institutions
  • Khnaton develops monotheistic religion in Egypt.

Commerce
  • Realism and Romanticism art was introduced.

Technology
  • Agriculture Societies.


References:

wikipedia.com
www.factmonster.com
www.juntosociety.com

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