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Eugene Benjamin

Male 1857 - 1863  (6 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1857 
  • 1857: James Buchanan president of the USA 1857-1861.
  • 1857: George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel.
1858 
  • 1858: Jean Lenoir invents an internal combustion engine.
  • 1858: Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine.
1861 
  • 1861: USA Civil War begins.
  • 1861: Abraham Lincoln president of the USA 1861-1865.
  • 1861: Elisha Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer elevator.
  • 1861: Linus Yale invents the Yale lock or cylinder lock.
1862 
  • 1862: Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic.
  • 1862: Dr. Richard Gatling patents the machine gun.