Chronology

Dates	Important Events in Charlotte Cushman's Life	Arts and Literature	Politics	Science and Philosophy
1816	Charlotte is born on July 23 in Boston, MA		Indiana admitted to the Union	First steamboat appears on the Great Lakes
1830	Makes first public appearance (singing recital)			First steam locomotive, "The Tom Thumb," is built in Baltimore but loses a race to a horse drawn train after mechanical failure.
1835	Debuts in Boston as Countess Almaviva in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro	Vincenzo Bellini dies
1836	Debuts as Lady Macbeth		Massacre at the Alamo.
1837	Plays Merrilies in Guy Mannering		Martin Van Buren becomes President. Victoria becomes Queen of England.	Samuel Morse invents the telegraph.
1837	Plays opposite Edwin Forrest
1842	Becomes manager of Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theater	The player piano is invented and patented.
1846-49	Tours England		Mexican War begins Construction begins on the Suez Canal.	The Smithsonian Institution is established in Washington D.C. First artificial limbs are created.
1849	Returns to the U.S.
1852	Retires to Rome
1869	Diagnosed with breast cancer
1869	Returns to the U.S. for the second time
1874	Makes a series of "farewell" performances
1876	Dies in Boston