timeline

1600-1899

Timeline


Year Developments in Jazz Historical Events
1619  
  • The first Africans are sold into slavery in America.
 
1817
  • New Orleans city council establishes "Congo Square" as an official site for slave music and dance.
 
  • Harvard Law School is founded.
  • Mississippi becomes a state.
  • James Monroe is elected president.
 
1865  
  • Slavery is abolished in the U.S. by the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
 
1892
  • Pianist Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first known ragtime composition.
 
  • The Homestead Strike, one of the most serious labor disputes in U.S. history occurred in Pittsburgh.
  • General Electric Company is founded.
 
1895
  • Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his first two rags.
  • Cornetist Buddy Bolden forms his band.
 
  • Cinema is born.
 
1896  
  • Racial segregation is upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Radio technology is introduced.
 
1897
  • The first piano rags appear in print.
  • Ragtime grows in popularity.
 
  • First subway in the U.S. created in Boston.
  • William McKinney is elected President.
 
1898  
  • The U.S. goes to war with Spain.
 
1899
  • Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is published and sells over 100,000 copies.
  • Duke Ellington is born.
 
  • Felix Hoffman patents Aspirin.
  • Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
 
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