Count down year by year with real world facts!

[WaylonMercy5150]

1846

The Donner party. By the beginning of November 1846, the settlers had reached the Sierra Nevada where they became trapped by an early, heavy snowfall near Truckee (now Donner) Lake, high in the mountains. Their food supplies ran extremely low and, in mid-December, some of the group set out on foot to obtain help. Rescuers from California attempted to reach the settlers, but the first relief party did not arrive until the middle of February 1847, almost four months after the wagon train had become trapped. Of the 87 members of the party, 48 survived to reach California, many of them having eaten the dead for survival.

Historians have described the episode as one of the most bizarre and spectacular tragedies in Californian history and western-US migration.

 

[Curmudgeon]

1846

The Donner party. By the beginning of November 1846, the settlers had reached the Sierra Nevada where they became trapped by an early, heavy snowfall near Truckee (now Donner) Lake, high in the mountains. Their food supplies ran extremely low and, in mid-December, some of the group set out on foot to obtain help. Rescuers from California attempted to reach the settlers, but the first relief party did not arrive until the middle of February 1847, almost four months after the wagon train had become trapped. Of the 87 members of the party, 48 survived to reach California, many of them having eaten the dead for survival.

Historians have described the episode as one of the most bizarre and spectacular tragedies in Californian history and western-US migration.

Very interesting docs on youtube about this.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1845

President Andrew Jackson dies. An American soldier and statesman who served as the 7th POTUS from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union.

According to a newspaper account from the Boon Lick Times, "[he] fainted whilst being removed from his chair to the bed ... but he subsequently revived ... Gen. Jackson died at the Hermitage at 6 o'clock P.M. on Sunday the 8th instant. ... When the messenger finally came, the old soldier, patriot and Christian was looking out for his approach. He is gone, but his memory lives, and will continue to live."

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1844

The Dominican Republic receives independence from Hati. On February 27, 1844, the surviving members of La Trinitaria declared the independence from Haiti. They were backed by Pedro Santana, a wealthy cattle rancher from El Seibo, who became general of the army of the nascent republic. The Dominican Republic's first Constitution was adopted on November 6, 1844, and was modeled after the US Constitution. The decades that followed were filled with tyranny, factionalism, economic difficulties, rapid changes of government, and exile for political opponents. Archrivals Santana and Bueneventura Baez held power most of the time, both ruling arbitrarily. They promoted competing plans to annex the new nation to another power: Santana favored Spain, and Báez the United States.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1843

The Tell-Tale Heart is published. A short story written by Edgar Allen Poe, is relayed by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity while simultaneously describing a murder he committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, and he hides the body by dismembering it, and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's feelings of guilt, or a mental disturbance, result in him hearing a thumping sound, which he interprets as the dead man's beating heart.

 

[Exi]

2013

Pope Benedict XVI just straight up retires, the first time a pope simply quit in 600 years!

Did he really quit cause he was old and tired or was there scandal a foot?

The Vatican was losing terrestrial power and wealth through declining membership (for a myriad of reasons) and needed to reinvigorate the base, and to stave off competing ideologies, zeitgeist, pop culture and apathy with a modernized PR campaign...enter the smiling foot washer. Did wonders to deflate the atheists as well.

Just follow the money. Start with this guy; Msgr. Dario Vigano (he did) coordinate the Vatican's communications and media operations. On 21 March 2018 and Pope Francis named him assessor of the Secretariat, its third-highest post.

These guys are fucken gangster.

 

[Curmudgeon]

1843

The Tell-Tale Heart is published. A short story written by Edgar Allen Poe, is relayed by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity while simultaneously describing a murder he committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, and he hides the body by dismembering it, and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's feelings of guilt, or a mental disturbance, result in him hearing a thumping sound, which he interprets as the dead man's beating heart.

My original source of reading as a young lad. My third grade teacher would read to the class as a treat every so often a paragraph or two. Till this day, all that is required is fire of some sort, a cup of tea, and a good book for "nirvana".

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1842

Versailles Rail Accident. Travelling at 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) between Bellevue and Meudon, one of the axles of the leading locomotive snapped and the vehicle derailed, scattering the contents of its fire-box. When the second locomotive and the carriages continued over the derailed locomotive, the carriages caught fire, trapping the passengers. The passengers were locked in their compartments as was the custom in continental Europe at the time.

The fire was so intense that the number of fatalities could not be determined, with estimates varying between 52 and 200, and hundreds of people were seriously injured. This was the worst rail disaster in the world at the time. The accident led to the abandonment of the practice of locking passengers in their carriages in France. The French government appointed a commission to investigate the accident; this recommended testing axles to determine their service life and monitoring their usage so that they could be replaced after travelling a safe distance.

 

[Curmudgeon]

1842

Versailles Rail Accident. Travelling at 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) between Bellevue and Meudon, one of the axles of the leading locomotive snapped and the vehicle derailed, scattering the contents of its fire-box. When the second locomotive and the carriages continued over the derailed locomotive, the carriages caught fire, trapping the passengers. The passengers were locked in their compartments as was the custom in continental Europe at the time.

The fire was so intense that the number of fatalities could not be determined, with estimates varying between 52 and 200, and hundreds of people were seriously injured. This was the worst rail disaster in the world at the time. The accident led to the abandonment of the practice of locking passengers in their carriages in France. The French government appointed a commission to investigate the accident; this recommended testing axles to determine their service life and monitoring their usage so that they could be replaced after travelling a safe distance.

years later....

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1841

United States vs. Schooner Amistad. The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the case, that the Africans who seized control of the ship had been taken into slavery illegally. The Africans greeted the news of the Supreme Court's decision with joy. Abolitionist supporters took the survivors – 36 men and boys and three girls – to Farmington, a village considered "Grand Central Station" on the Underground Railroad. Their residents had agreed to have the Africans stay there until they could return to their homeland. Some households took them in; supporters also provided barracks for them.

In the following years, the Spanish government continued to press the US for compensation for the ship, cargo and slaves. Several southern lawmakers introduced resolutions into the U.S. Congress to appropriate money for such payment but failed to gain passage, although it was supported by Democratic presidents James K. Polk and James Buchanan.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1840

Queen Victoria marries her cousin, Albert, Prince Consort. Initially Albert was not popular with the British public; he was perceived to be from an impoverished and undistinguished minor state, barely larger than a small English county. The couple married on 10 February 1840 at the Chapel Royal, St. James Place.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1839

"I will enter into your mountains, I will burn your villages and your harvests, I will cut down your fruit trees."

— General Bugeaud

Abdelkader El Djezairi declares Jihad against the French. The French response, led by General Thomas Robert Bugeaud was one of annihilation, with the conquest of Algeria as the endgame.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

IN 1838 there was war between Mormons and non mormons in Missouri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Mormon_War

the Guvnor at the time called for the extermination or expulsion of all Mormons. Mormons were declared enemies of the state.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Also the battle of blood River takes place in 1838

Between the Boers and the Zulus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blood_River

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

Also the battle of blood River takes place in 1838

Between the Boers and the Zulus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blood_River

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1837

The Panic of 1837, a finacial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. Pessimism abounded during the time. The panic had both domestic and foreign origins. Speculative lending practices in western states, a sharp decline in cotton prices, a collapsing land bubble, international specie flows, and restrictive lending policies in Great Britain were all to blame.

When New York banks raised interest rates and scaled back on lending, the effects were damaging. Since the price of a bond bears an inverse relationship to the yield (or interest rate), the increase in prevailing interest rates would have forced down the price of American securities. Importantly, demand for cotton plummeted.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

1837

The Panic of 1837, a finacial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. Pessimism abounded during the time. The panic had both domestic and foreign origins. Speculative lending practices in western states, a sharp decline in cotton prices, a collapsing land bubble, international specie flows, and restrictive lending policies in Great Britain were all to blame.

When New York banks raised interest rates and scaled back on lending, the effects were damaging. Since the price of a bond bears an inverse relationship to the yield (or interest rate), the increase in prevailing interest rates would have forced down the price of American securities. Importantly, demand for cotton plummeted.

Also in that Year, the Institute for Colored Youth is started in the City of Brotherly Love as the first of its kind

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1836

The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13 day siege Mexican troops under Preisdent General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing all of the Texian defenders. Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution.

 

[Curmudgeon]

1835
@WaylonMercy5150 great great great great grandmother never quit her softball league team....
jk

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

1835
@WaylonMercy5150 great great great great grandmother never quit her softball league team....
jk

game 2 today haven't quit yet.