1853). A Colt with such lavish decoration and gold inlay is extremely rare. 1840 - Guns begin to use pin-fire cartridges. 1847 - The telegraph is invented. 1850 - True shotguns in common use.

In 1836 they threw their support behind Andrew Jackson's successor, Martin Van Buren. 1840: Whigs: William Henry Harrison In 1840 the Whig Party ran a "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign in which ...

The seed for the first Woman's Rights Convention was planted in 1840, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, the conference that refused to seat ...

It was a bizarre scene. Now, seven years on, Bolivia have taken things a step further by choosing to play games in El Alto; in fact, about 1,840 steps further if we’re counting in feet.