Nightingale Timeline 1820-1910 - Harold B. Lee Library

Nightingale Timeline 1820-1910

Nightengale Events

1820

1830

1820--May 12 Florence is born in Florence, Italy while her family was on vacation. Her family actually lived in England.

1840

1853-1856-- Crimean War --Florence introduced modern nursing skills and first noticed the importance of sanitation and nutrition for healing.

1856--Florence plays a central role in the establishment of the Royal Commission on the Health of the Army, which investigated the disasters of the Crimean War. She provided statistical reports about sanitation for healing and helped to define its recommendations. This led to a major overhaul of army military care.

1883--Florence awarded the Royal Red Cross by Queen Victoria.

1850

1855--Nightingale Fund created for the training of nurses.

1860

1870

1860--Florence opens Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas's Hospital.

1860--Florence publishes "Notes on Nursing," a small book that became the curriculum for the Nightingale School as well as other nursing schools. It was very popular all around the world.

1880

1870s--Florence trained Linda Richards, "America's first trained nurse," who returned to the USA to establish high-quality nursing schools.

1890

1908--Awarded the Honourary Freedom of the City of London.

1907--First woman to receive the Order of Merit.

1900

1910

1910--August 13 Florence dies.

World, U.S., and Church History Events

1836--First Temple (Kirtland Temple) is completed and dedicated.

1845--Edgar Allan Poe, a famous American author, publishes "The Raven."

1847--Brigham Young Becomes the 2nd President of the LDS Church.

1853-1856--Crimean War --Russian Empire versus France, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire.

1849--California Gold Rush.

1860--Charles Dickens (English Novelist) pubishes "Great Expectations" (born 1812)

1861--Abraham Lincoln elected as President of the United States.

1820

1820--Prophet Joseph Smith receives First vision in Palmyra, NY.

1830

1840

1830--First Printed copy of the Book of Mormon available and the Church is organized.

1837--First overseas mission to Liverpool, England by Heber C. Kimball and six others.

1850

1846--Nauvoo Temple Dedicated.

1846-1848--MexicanAmerican War (US vs. Mexico). .

1846--Pioneers begin to cross the Plains to settle in Salt Lake City, UT.

1844--Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith martyred in Carthage Jail

1860

1860--Writings of Emily Dickinson, American Poet (born in 1830).

1859--Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" (born 1809).

1870

1861-1865--Civil War.

1876--Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.

1877--St. George Temple Dedicated.

1880--John Taylor becomes the 3rd President of the LDS Church.

1893--Salt Lake Temple dedicated after 40 years of construction.

1898--Spanish-American War (US vs. Spain).

1900--Winston Churchill begins his political career in Parliament.

1905--Albert Einstein begins his scientific discoveries. (born in 1879)

1880

1890

1879--Thomas Edison invents the incandescent light.

1887--Wilford Woodruff becomes the 4th President of the LDS Church.

1876--Mark Twain publishes the Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

1900

1901--Joseph F. Smith becomes the 6th President of the LDS Church.

1910

1905--LDS hospital opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1898--Lorenzo Snow becomes the 5th President of the LDS Church.

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