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Timeline: Samuel Morris and World Events

Samuel Morris lived and and influenced during a time of great change for the world. To give you a perspective of the world in which he lived and how his influence continued after his death, the timeline below lists both events in the Morris story and the world. Events highlighted in bold refer to the Morris story.

Timeline

1860 - Lincoln is elected President

1863 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves free

1865 - Civil War ends

1873?? - Samuel Morris is born Prince Kaboo

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

1879 - Thomas Edison invents the light bulb

1880 - U.S. population 50,155,783; Black population 6,580,793 (13%)

1884 - Morris taken captive (perhaps for a second time)

1886 - John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola

1887?? - Morris is born-again

1889 - Geronimo, the Apache Chief, surrenders

1891 (spring/summer)  - Morris departs for New York

1891 (September 27) - Morris arrives in New York

1891 (December) - Morris arrives at Taylor

1893 (January) - Sammy gets sick

1893 - George Ferris builds Ferris Wheel for Chicago World Fair

1893 (May 12) - Morris dies

1893 (fall) - Taylor moves to Upland

1894 - First Samuel Morris dorm is erected

1902 - Teddy Bear Introduced

1903 - Wright Brothers make first flight

1914 - World War I begins

1928 - Morris' remains are relocated and a new tombstone is placed

1939 - World War II begins

1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of a bus

1958 - Second Morris dorm is erected

1963 - King Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech

1969 - Man walks on the moon

1980 - Ronald Regan is elected President

1993 - Sammy Morris International Student Endowed Scholarship Fund instituted by Lowell Hatfield

1995 - Three Morris statues are dedicated on Upland campus

1996 - Taylor celebrates sesquicentennial

1996 - Taylor receives $3.15 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. and establishes the Samuel Morris Scholars Program

1998 - Third Morris dorm opens

2001-2002 - Eligibility for Samuel Morris Scholars Program ceases

2004 - Roughly 30 members of the Sinoe County Association in the Americas visit Upland to learn about and honor Morris

2004 - Taylor University Advancement establishes the Samuel Morris Society