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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.