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| 1804 | Daniel Muir born, Manchester, England. |
| 1813 | Anne Gilrye born, Dunbar, Scotland. |
| 1833 | Daniel Muir marries Anne Gilrye, Dunbar. |
| 1838 | John Muir born, Dunbar, April 21. |
| 1845 | Potato crop failures trigger famine in Europe. The Condition of the Working Class by Friedrich Engels. |
| 1849 | Emigration of Muir family to America. California gold rush. |
| 1857 | Muir family moves to Hickory Hill farm, Wisconsin. |
| 1860 | John Muir leaves home for Madison; meets Jeanne Carr; Lincoln nominated by Republican party, elected in November. Extinction of California jaguar. |
| 1862 | Muir in second year at University of Wisconsin; hires out as teacher for part of year. Homestead Act. Morrill Act. Death of Thoreau. |
| 1866 | Civil War over. Muir returns to America from Canadian exile, goes to Indianapolis. |
| 1867 | Muir’s thousand-mile walk to the Gulf. Coal Land Act regulates sale of U.S. coal-bearing lands. |
| 1868 | Muir sees Yosemite for first time; he is thirty. |
| 1871 | Muir deep in glacial studies; publishes “Yosemite Glaciers.” Visit of Emerson to Yosemite. Great slaughter of passenger pigeons in Wisconsin. |
| 1872 | Muir begins to write for Overland Monthly; meets William Keith; visits Oakland. Yellowstone Park established. |
| 1876 | Muir lives with Swetts in San Francisco; “God’s First Temples” heralds his emerging voice in conservation debates. Centennial Exposition. Little Big Horn. |
| 1879 | Muir engaged to Louie Strentzel; leaves on first Alaskan expedition. Edison’s incandescent bulb glows forty consecutive hours. |
| 1880 | Muir marries Louie Strentzel, April 14. |
| 1881 | Muir’s daughter Annie Wanda born; Muir’s health poor due to domestic worries; accepts invitation to go to Alaska aboard Corwin. |
| 1882 | Death of Emerson. |
| 1885 | Death of Daniel Muir. |
| 1886 | Muir’s daughter Helen born. Haymarket Riot. |
| 1888 | In July, Louie writes Muir on trip to Northwest, urging his return to literary and conservation work. |
| 1890 | Muir completes two articles for Robert U. Johnson of Century, signaling his return to public life. Death of Dr. John Strentzel. Wounded Knee. Official Census notes disappearance of American frontier. |
| 1892 | Sierra Club founded. Forest reserves created in three states. |
| 1894 | Mountains of California, Muir’s first book, published. |
| 1896 | Muir with Forestry Commission. Death of Anne G. Muir. McKinley v. Bryan. |
| 1901 | McKinley assassinated; Roosevelt becomes president and Muir writes him about American natural resources. Our National Parks published. |
| 1903 | Roosevelt camps with Muir in Yosemite. Death of F. L. Olmsted. Flight at Kitty Hawk. First federal wildlife reserve established. |
| 1905 | Death of Louie Muir. California recedes Yosemite to U. S. |
| 1908 | Secretary of Interior Garfield grants Hetch Hetchy to San Francisco. Creation of Muir Woods National Monument. Muir is seventy. |
| 1911 | My First Summer in the Sierra published. Death of William Keith. Muir departs on long-deferred South American expedition. |
| 1913 | Story of My Boyhood and Youth published. Death of John Swett. Hetch Hetchy formally granted to San Francisco, thereby ending lengthy dispute. |
| 1914 | World War I begins. Muir dies in Los Angeles, December 24. |
