Timeline: Charles E Austin: Our Family History

1876 - 1879 (3 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1869	4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Presidency
2	1876	14 Feb 1876—14 Feb 1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray each file a patent for the telephone - Bell awarded the rights
3	1877	1877—1877: Edison invents microphone and phonograph 4 Mar 1877—4 Mar 1881: Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. Presidency
4	1878	1878—1878: Edison & Swan invent electric lamp 1878—1878: Red Flag Act in Britain limits mechanical road vehicles to 4mph 1878—1878: CID established at New Scotland Yard
5	1879	18 Sep 1879—18 Sep 1879: Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time