Andrew Jackson, Seventh U.S. President
(1829-1837)
Martin Van Buren, Eighth U.S. President
(1837-1841)
Statehood
Michigan (26 of 50 States) Admitted 26 Jan 1837, see 1845 for next state
Education: State Institutions of higher education established:
University of Georgia (1785) - South
University of North Carolina (1789) - South
University of Tennessee (1794)- South
University of South Carolina (1801) - South
Indiana University (1820) - Midwest
University of Michigan (1837) - Midwest
University of Wisconsin (1848) - Midwest
Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 140 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010
see 1839 for next event...
Native Americans 1831-39:
Relocation of southeastern tribes to Oklahoma (southeast)
Smallpox epidemic among Mandan and Hidatsa Indians (Great Plains)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996
- Technology:
John Deere fashioned a
steel plow
that broke through the heavy prairie soil which "changed
American farming in the 19th century" like the "automobile changed
cities in the 20th century".
Source: Pripps, Robert N. 2010. John Deere:
Yesterday & Today Publications
International, Ltd.
Computer Science Pioneer
British mathematician, Charles Babbage, discovered the punch cards
used for looms (see 1801) could also store numbers and other data.
Using this technology Babbage designed a computer he called "the analytical engine"
that he didn't quit finish. His punch data cards were used in computers through the 1970s.
(See 1801 for previous computer science
advancement.)
(See 1890 for next improvement in computer science.)
Source: Brainpop.com Click on
Technology then Computer History
