Timeline: Burrell Henry Holden: Our Family History

1877 - 1881 (3 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1869	4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Presidency
2	1877	1877—1877: Edison invents microphone and phonograph 4 Mar 1877—4 Mar 1881: Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. Presidency
3	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
4	1879	18 Sep 1879—18 Sep 1879: Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time
5	1880	1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds 1880—1880: Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria 2 Aug 1880—2 Aug 1880: Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
6	1881	1881—1881: Postal Orders introduced 1881—1881: Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy 4 Mar 1881—19 Sep 1881: James A. Garfield U.S. Presidency Sep 1881—Sep 1881: Godalming in Surrey became the first town in England to have a public electricity supply installed (but in 1884 it reverted to gas lighting until 1904) 19 Sep 1881—4 Mar 1885: Chester A. Arthur U.S. Presidency 26 Oct 1881—26 Oct 1881: Gunfight at OK Corral