Astrologically Speaking

Notes - Uranus Events

1835-1844 Uranus-Neptune Mutual Reception

· Madam Tussaud's opened in London
· Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution
· Opium Wars
· Texas Revolution (breaking loose of Mexico)
· Radical Urban Wing of Democratic Party known as Loco-Focos - advocated hard money (uniform currency), elections by popular vote, direct taxes, free trade, abolition of monopolies
· Alamo fell
· Machine to manufacture horseshoes
· Mark Twain born in 1835
· Hans Christian Anderson published his first book of fairy tales (actually read as mythology simplified)
· Gold discovered in Georgia forced native Indians to across the Mississippi
· Sacher-Masoch wrote Venus in Furs - masochism derived from his name
· Meyerbeer composed Les Huguenots about the 16th century Catholic- Protestant struggle
· Smithsonian established
· International Anti-Slavery group founded
· First revolving barrel multi-shot firearm patented
· Pickwick papers by Charles Dickens published
· Noah Webster's Spelling Book
· Mormon conflicts
· Presbyterian church split into two denominations
· University of Michigan to be open to all residents of the state
· Sir Thomas Crapper came out with a flush model, water closet
· The creator of the Oxford Dictionary was born
· Queen Victoria ascended to throne at age 18
· The first Braille Bible published
· Free Banking Act in New York
· Proctor and Gamble formed
· London National Gallery Opened
· Morse demonstrated his telegraph
· Victoria Woodhull, feminist, born
· Photography appeared in 1839 as something of a miracle
· Electro-combustion discovered basis of fuel cell technology
· Mass production of Women's corsets
· Baseball invented
· 1840 Tuberculosis appeared in print for the first time
· 1840 Anti-slavery convention held in London
· First postage stamp issued 1840 in Britain (in the 1920's the postage meter followed)
· Rubber band was patented
· Leprosy in Hawaii
· 10-hour work days were implemented by van Buren
· Tschaikovski was born
· New Zealand declared a British Colony
· First advertising agency established
· New York Tribune founded with a strong stand against slavery
· First Canadian Parliament opened in Kingston
· Humor magazine Punch published 1841
· Dental surgeons licensed by Alabama
· Mount St. Helens erupted
· Sun spot research by Schwabe - linked to agricultural activity and the price of wheat
· End of the World proclaimed by Millerites
· Royal College of Surgeons founded
· Fluorine test for fossil dating
· Radiator heat for Hotel
· NYC Police Department was established
· Hypodermic syringe entered the market
· Röntgen was born
· First sewing machine

1750's Uranus in Pisces

Neptune was in Leo during this time.

· Porcelain production
· Slaves imported
· Benjamin Franklin sent up a kite during a thunderstorm and established that lightning is a form of electricity
· The disparity in per capita income between the richest and poorest countries of the world was about 5 to 1
· Ice making machine to cool hospital rooms
· William Hogarth made his print series "The Four Stages of Cruelty." It illustrated that indulgence in vice caused corruption and cruelty
· France set plans to tax clergymen
· The Gregorian Adjustment to the calendar was put into effect in Great Britain and the American colonies followed. At this point in time 11 days needed to be accounted for and Sept. 2 was selected to be followed by Sept. 14. People rioted thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
· The observation by Dr. James Lind, British naval surgeon, that fresh fruits and vegetables could cure scurvy marked the beginning of nutritional epidemiology
· In Canada the Accadians of Nova Scotia were uprooted by an English governor and forced to leave.
· Pope Benedict XIV removed the blanket proscription against the works of Copernicus from the Index of Forbidden Books. He left Galileo on the Index because a Pope had participated in the condemnation of Galileo.
· Noah Webster (d.1843), U.S. teacher lexicographer and publisher. He wrote the "American Dictionary of the English Language," was born
· Quebec surrendered to the British and the Battle of Quebec ended. The French surrendered to the British after their defeat on the Plains of Abraham. ref
· Mason Weems, preacher (Episcopalian clergyman), was born. He was a noted seller of books where he would fictionalize history in stories, like the one he wrote of George Washington in the book, "Life of Washington". People loved his fictionalized stories and often believed that they were true. One famous story, which is not true, is the story of Washington chopping down the cherry tree and the famous quote on not telling a lie.
· There was a destructive eruption of Vesuvius

Late 1660's and early 1670's

1666 - Newton formulated his law of universal gravitation.

1666 - The Great Fire of London started at Pudding Lane

1667 - Connecticut adopted America’s first divorce law

1667 - John Milton published “Paradise Lost,” an epic poem about the fall of Adam and Eve.

1669 - While Mount Etna erupted, German scholar Athanasius Kircher was busy devising a machine that would clean out volcanoes

1670 -The beginning of the current Dionysian Period, named for the monk Dionysius Exiguous who, in the AD 500s, introduced the present custom of reckoning time by counting the years from the birth of Christ

1675 - Royal Greenwich Observatory was established

1670's - French explorer Rene Robert Cavelier (LaSalle), Sieur de La Salle, explored the Great Lakes region of the New World

Source: www.decades.com

And this happened in 1920's

Over the first few years of the 1920s, the automobile became a hit. Commercial radio broadcasts and movies with sound made a debut. The airplane quickly became an integrated part of American business during the 1920s. Mahjong was the game of the decade, complete with the appropriate oriental attire. Agatha Christie penned her first Poirot novel. The comedies of Charlie Chaplin were some of the most popular.

Medical discoveries in the 20s include:

• Discovery of thyroxin, adrenaline, acetylcholine

• Discovery and therapeutic use of insulin

• inoculation against TB

• Discovery of the iron lung

• Development of a technique for freeze-drying tissues

• Development of antitoxin for scarlet fever

Freud made the words "repression," "sublimation," and "complex" a regular part of our vocabulary. Carl Jung's personality types became very popular game as people calculated the personalities of others - especially celebrities - based on 40 simple questions. First TV-BROADCAST test, pictures transmitted via wire, the start of electronic communication and many broadcasting companies. The first Miss America was chosen in 1921. Jekyll and Hyde a 1920 silent movie. What a decade! To view a list of events click on this link http://mediahistory.umn.edu/time/1920s.html