Year	Age	Date		Montgomery Activity		Other Activities
1847		Feb. 11				Thomas Alva Edison born
1848		Jan.				Gold discovered at Sutter's mill
1849				Montgomery's mother Ellen Bridget Evoy and her mother Bridget travel to California		Sir George Cayley designed, built, and had flown a small biplane for a short distance
1850				Montgomery's father Zachariah Montgomery arrives in California in search of gold
		Sept. 9				California admitted to Union (31st state)
1851
1852
1853						Sir George Cayley developed and had flown a larger craft
1854		June 30				Thomas Scott Baldwin born
		July		Zachariah Montgomery marries Helen Frances Graham
1855		Dec.		Thomas Graham Montgomery born
						James Clerk Maxwell, 1855 to 1873, develops Electromagnetic equations
1856				Helen Frances Graham dies
		July 10				Nikola Tesla Born (lives to Jan. 7, 1943, age 86)
1857		Apr. 28		Parents Zachariah Montgomery and Ellen Bridget Evoy marry. (They care for Thomas Graham.)
		Sept. 11				Mountain Meadows Massacre (Utah)
1858	0	Feb. 15		John Joseph Montgomery born in Yuba City, CA with twin Zachariah Jr
1859	1					Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
		Aug. 28		Sister Mary Clotilda Montgomery born
1860	2
1861	3			Sisters Rose Ellen & Margaret Helena Montgomery born (twins)
						Richard Bell, SJ born
		Apr. 12				Civil War begins
		Dec. 29		Thomas Graham and twin Zachariah Jr die after eating poisonous mushrooms
1862	4
1863	5			Family moves to Oakland
		Jan. 8				Groundbreaking of Central Pacific RR at Sacramento
		Apr. 3		Brother Richard Joseph Montgomery born
1864	6			Sister Rose Ellen Montgomery dies (age 3)
1865	7					Jules Verne publishes "The Journey to the Moon"
						Louis Pierre Mouillard makes a successful attempt to fly
		Feb. 28		Brother James Patrick Montgomery born
		Apr. 9				Civil War Ends
		July				Groundbreaking of Union Pacific RR in Omaha, Nebraska
1866	8					Foundation of the Royal Aeronautical Society
						Joseph Bayma, SJ publishes "The Elements of Molecular Mechanics"
1867	9	Apr. 16				Wilbur Wright born
1868	10
1869	11			Sister Jane Elizabeth Montgomery born		Joseph Bayma, SJ becomes president of St. Ignatius College
		Jul. 4		Sees Frederick Marriott's exhibition balloon flight at Emeryville
		May 10				Transcontinental RR completed
1870	12			Attends elementary classes at St. Joseph's Academy
						Franco-Prussian War, July 19, 1870–May 10, 1871
1871	13					Joseph Neri, SJ displays electric light at St. Ignatius in San Francisco
						Otto Lilienthal becomes interested in bird flight and possible airplane configurations
		Aug. 19				Orville Wright born
1872	14
1873	15	Jan. 23				Joseph Neri, SJ gives physics lecture series at St. Ignatius
		Apr. 1		Future wife Regina Cleary born
1874	16			Attends Santa Clara College
		Apr. 9				Joseph Neri, SJ exhibits electric light with Alliance Machine from Paris
1875	17			Attends St. Ignatius College, commuting by ferry from Oakland		Octave Chanute becomes interested in aviation during a visit to Europe in 1875
1876	18	July 4				Joseph Neri, SJ displays Arc Lights in San Francisco for Centennial celebration
1877	19			Becomes interested in aeronautics
		Jan. 5				Joseph Neri, SJ goes to Santa Clara to teach physics
1878	20
1879	21	Mar. 14				Einstein born
				Receives BS, St. Ignatius College
		Jun. 5		Gives lecture on "Electric Light ..." at Commencement, St. Ignatius College
		Jun. 30				California Electric Light Co. incorporated (before NY & London)
1880	22					Joseph Bayma, SJ moves to Santa Clara College
		Feb. 10		Attends dedication of new exhibition hall at St. Ignatius College
				Receives MSc, St. Ignatius College
1881	23					Louis P. Mouilllard (of Algeria & Egypt) publishes "L'Empire de l'Air" and makes flights (~138 ft)
1882	24					San Diego opens first public library
		Sept.		Joins family at Fruitland Ranch near Otay Mesa. Sets up laboratory, studies wing-warping of birds, designs first aeroplanes
1883	25	Aug. 28		Builds and flies first gull-winged glider for 600 ft
1884	26			1884 & 1885: Builds 3 gliders with help of Charles Burroughs
		Nov. 18		Awarded patent for Devulcanizing and Restoring Vulcanized Rubber
1885	27	Nov.				Arrival of Transcontinental RR in San Diego
1886	28			Begins 7 year study of fluid flow at Fruitland Ranch
1887	29
1888	30	May 1				Tesla awarded US patents for" Electro-magnetic motor" and "Electrical Transmission of Power"
1889	31					Lilienthal publishes "Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst" (Bird flight as a Basis of Aviation) with test results showing the advantages of a cambered wing.
1890	32					Octave Chanute becomes interested in heavier-than-air flight
1891	33					Octave Chanute collects all the data that he can find from flight experimenters around the world and publishes it as a series of articles in The Railroad and Engineering Journal from 1891 to 1893.
						Lilienthal's first successful flights.
1892	34					Otto Lilienthal flies over 90 yards in his Südende-Glider
		Feb.7				Joseph Bayma, SJ dies (age 75)
1893	35	Aug. 1-4		Delivers paper at Int'l Conference On Aerial Navigation, Chicago, “Discussion on the Various Papers on Soaring Flight." Meets Octave Chanute		Octave Chanute organized this highly successful International Conference on Aerial Navigation.
				Writes manuscript "Soaring Flight" that documents fluid flow studies		Otto Lilienthal flies about 250 m in his Maihöhe-Rhinow-Glider
1894	36			Joins faculty of St. Joseph's College, Rohnerville, CA		Chanute publishes "Progress in Flying Machines"
				Continues studies of air and water impacts on edged surfaces, parabolic and plane; builds & flies models.		Otto Lilienthal goes with his Normal soaring apparatus in the first serial production of a glider.
1895	37			Rejoins family at Oakland
		Aug. 20				Otto Lilienthal's US patent for an aircraft design is approved
						Otto Lilienthal publishes "Prometheus", defining theoretical problems of flight
		Oct. 30		In letter to Montgomery, Chanute chides him on "erroneous ideas" of colliding elastic bodies
		Nov. 12		Awarded patent for Petroleum Burner
1896	38			Takes up residence at Santa Clara College		Creation of Electric Utility in Santa Clara
				1896-1904: Experiments with larger 4- and 8-foot wingspan models at Aptos.
				Constructs Pink Maiden with sister Jane's help
				Perfects equilibrium and wing-warping; builds wind tunnel for experiments.
		May 6				Samuel Pierpont Langley flies a steam-powered model plane along the Potomac River for 1/2 mile
		June				Octave Chanute organizes a flyer camp at Lake Michigan, testing a Lilienthal-glider and a biplane built by Chanute
		Aug. 10				Otto Lilienthal dies in a 50-ft drop and crash from a biplane glider, at age 48
						Octave Chanute and associates build and fly a series of hang gliders in Indiana
1897	39					Frederick William Lanchester publishes "The Soaring of Birds and the Possibilities of Mechanical Flight"
		Nov. 9		Addresses So. Cal. Acad. Sciences:“The Mechanics Involved in a Bird's Wing in Soaring and Their Relation to Aeronautics"
		May 18				Octave Chanute receives patent (nearly identical to Lilienthal's of 1895)
						Louis P. Mouillard granted patent for planform configuration with ailerons for lateral control
		July				Guglielmo Marconi awarded first US patent for "Transmitting electrical signals"
1898	40			1898–1905 works part time with Richard Bell, SJ on improvements to Marconi wireless		The Langley Aerodrome is commissioned by the United States Army Signal Corps
1899	41
		May 30				Wilbur Wright requests available information on flying machines from the Smithsonian
						The Wright brothers begin experimenting with wing-warping as a means of controlling an aircraft.
		Oct. 2				Percy Pilcher dies in England in a hang glider accident, slowing Great Britain's aircraft development for a decade
1900	42
		May				Wrights write to Octave Chanute after reading "Progress in Flying Machines"
		Oct. 6 - 23				Wrights test their 1900 glider No. 1 at Kitty Hawk
		fall				Wrights begin extensive correspondence with Octave Chanute
		Sept. 3		Father Zachariah Montgomery dies (age 75)
1901	43			Awarded honorary PhD in physics by Santa Clara College		Wrights attempt turning flights, with negative results and return to Dayton in defeat
		June 19				Samuel Pierpont Langley flies a quarter-scale steam-powered model plane
		July				Wright's glider No. 2 is tested at Kitty Hawk
		Nov.-Dec.				The Wright brothers optimize their No. 3 Glider wing design with the help of wind tunnel measurements
1902	44					Martin Wilhelm Kutta publishes "Lifting Forces in Flowing Fluids"
				Meets Thomas Scott Baldwin (ends badly)
		Feb. 4				Charles Lindbergh born
		winter				Wrights construct wind tunnel for testing lift and drag
		Sept. -Oct.				Wrights test and modify glider No. 3 during more than 400 (or 700?) flights
1903	45			Conducts electric experiments with Richard Bell, SJ
		Feb. 12				Orville Wright & Charles Taylor test 12-hp 180 lb engine they designed and built
						Santa Clara converts from DC to AC current
						Neri becomes blind
		Apr. 30				The St Louis Aeronautical Exposition opens in Missouri, a highlight is Octave Chanute launching a replica of his 1896 glider.
		Autumn		Completes two full-size aeroplanes
		Sept. 25				Wrights begin testing power plant at Kitty Hawk
		Nov. 3		Awarded patent for Concentrator
		Dec. 17				Wrights achieve first powered flight of heavier-than-air machine
1904	46					Ludwig Prandtl publishes “Fluid Flow in Very Little Friction”
		May 20		The Montgomery Aeroplane in Scientific American
				Hires and trains aeronaut  Daniel John Maloney
		May 23				First flight attempt, unsuccessful, of the Wright Flyer II
		Jun.–July		Test flies aeroplanes from poles at Peter Cox's Ranch
		Aug.		Test flies aeroplanes at Leonard's Ranch
		Sep. 20				Wilbur Wright makes the first circuit flight in the Flyer II.
		Nov. 9				Wilbur Wright flies the Wright Flyer II 3 miles near Dayton, Ohio, first flight longer than five minutes.
1905	47	Mar. 16, 17, 20		Successful balloon-lift flights from 800, 1,100 and 3,000 ft, up to 18 min. at Aptos." Flew around in different directions, circling, darting back and forth, up and down, as easily as an eagle."
		Apr. 4				Octave Chanute letter to Wrights about Montgomery's "bold performance in California"
		Apr. 11		Writes letter to Chanute about flights at Leonard's Ranch
		Apr. 16		Chanute letter to Montgomery congratulates him on "boldest feat ever attempted …"
		Apr. 29		Daniel Maloney flies from 4,000 ft, for 8 miles, 15 min. in Santa Clara. "Performing complete circles, right and left 360 degree turns, 180 degree turns, and figure eights."
		Apr.		Begins one-year correspondence with Octave Chanute, who passes his ideas and plans on to the Wrights
		Apr.–May		Publishes "The Aeroplane, a Scientific Study" in The Redwood
		May 21		Public demonstration fiasco (Santa Clara and sabotaged California) at San Jose Agricultural Park
		Jun. 23				Wright Flyer III first flight
		July		The Montgomery Aeroplane in Popular Mechanics
		Jul. 14				Orville Wright has a serious crash with Wright Flyer III, upon which the they radically alter the aircraft.
		Jul. 18		Daniel John Maloney falls to his death. Cause was an errant balloon rope tangled with mast, breaking it.		Albert Einstein publishes his paper on Brownian motion, establishing existence of molecules
		Sep.				The Wright Brothers resume flights with the re-designed Flyer III, flights > 20 minutes now occur.
		Oct. 5				Wilbur Wright makes a flight of 24.2 miles in Flyer III,  39:23 minutes at Huffman Prairie in Dayton, Ohio
		Nov. 25		Publishes "New Principles in Aerial Flight" in Scientific American
1906	48					Nikolay Yegorovich Joukowski develops equation for the lift of a cylinder
				Writes "Our Tutors in the Art of Flying" (published posthumously in 1915 in Aeronautics)
		March				Richard Montgomery tries to interest War Dept. in Montgomery aeroplanes
		Apr 18		San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - forces hiatus in flights
		May 22				Wrights receive patent #821,393 for their 1902 glider No. 3 with "mormally flat wings."
		Sept. 18		Patent #831,173 received for Flying Machine, with wing warping
				Hires Cornelius Reinhardt
1907	49					Frederick William Lanchester publishes a two-volume work “Aerial Flight”
		Jan. 10		Cousin Bishop George Montgomery dies
		Oct. 28-29		Presents paper at Aero. Congress, New York: "Principles Involved in the Formation of Winged Surfaces and the Phenomenon of Soaring"
1908	50					Jean Perrin verifies Einstein's predictions on Brownian motion - final proof of existence of molecules
		May 14				Charles Furnas becomes the first passenger in an aeroplane in the US, piloted by Wrights
		Jul. 4				Glenn H. Curtiss is awarded the Scientific American trophy for a public flight of over 1 km.
		Aug. 8				Wilbur Wright makes his first flights at the Hunaudières racetrack at Le Mans, France.
		Sep. 3				Orville Wright begins trials at Fort Myer Virginia in a new Wright Model A flyer.
		Sep. 8				Orville Wright flies 1 hour 3 minutes and 15 seconds
		Sep. 17				Lieut. Thomas Etholen Selfridge dies in crash with Orville Wright - first motorized airplane fatality
		Nov.		Publishes "Principles Involved in the Formation of Winged Surfaces and the Phenomenon of Soaring" in Aeronautics
		Dec. 18				Wilbur Wright, at Camp d'Auvours. flies 62.0 mi in 1 hour 54 min rising to 360 ft - a new world record.
		Dec. 31				Wilbur Wright wins prize of FF 20,000 from Michelin for longest flight (world record) - 76.6 mi in 2 hrs 18 min
						1908 Aircraft Fatalities: 1
1909	51			Works on Telautoprint Machine
				Publishes "Some Early Gliding Experiments in America" in Aeronautics
		Jul. 30				Orville Wright flies with passenger, completing flight tests in the Wright Military Flyer for theU.S. Army;
						The Army buys the airplane for $30,000.
		Aug.				First International Air Races held in Reims. Glenn Curtiss wins Major Prize
		Nov. 22				Wright Company established (defunct in 1916)
						1909 Aircraft Fatalities: 5, 1 in US
1910	52					Martin Wilhelm Kutta publishes “About a Two-dimensional Flow Related to the Basics of Flight Problems"
						Theodore von Kármán emphasizes importance of Reynolds Number
		Jan. 10-20				The first aviation meet held in the US, the 1910 LA Internation Air Meet at Dominguez Field, is held near LA
		Apr. 21-23		Presents “The Origin of Wing Warping”  to Aeronautical Society of New York
		May		Presentation published in Aeronautics
		Spring		A motor is installed in the Santa Clara aeroplane and flown successfully
		Jun. 30		Marries Regina Cleary
		Nov. 1		Awarded patents for Rectifying Electric Currents and for Compelling Electric Motors …
		Nov . 23		Brother James Montgomery marries Rita Madden (Only sibling to marry; they will have four children.)
		Nov . 23				Octave Chanute dies in Chicago (age 78)
						1910 Aircraft Fatalities: 22, 1 in US
1911	53			Builds camp at Evergreen to resume gliding experiments.		Lougheed publishes his book "Vehicles of the Air"
		Oct. 18-31		Successfully completes some 55 flights in Evergreen aeroplane
		Oct. 24				Orville Wright soars in a glider 9 minutes and 45 seconds over dunes near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
		Oct. 31		John Joseph Montgomery dies in an accident with his Evergreen glider (age 53).
						1911 Aircraft Fatalities: 70, 18 in US
1912						Alan and Malcom Loughead found what will become the Lockheed Corporation
		May 30				Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at age 45 (Orville dies in 1948 at age 76)
		June				Santa Clara College becomes a University
		July 8		Vierra brothers, Joseph and Edward, lose remaining Evergeen glider as it sails seaward
		Aug.				Glen L. Martin Company founded
						1912 Aircraft Fatalities: 89, 20 in US
1913		July–Feb.1914				Wright Model C planes fail Army tests after killing several men
						1913 Aircraft Fatalities: 124, 16 in US
1914		July 28				The Great War begins in Europe
		July 30		Montgomery family hires Frank A. Garbutt to handle their suit against government
						1914 Aircraft Fatalities: 84, 9 in US
1915		Mar. 3				NACA (forerunner of NASA) founded
1916						Wright-Martin Company founded, merger of Wright and Martin Companies  (lasts only one year)
		Jan. 16		Otay dam break washes away Montgomery farm and all of John Montgomery's documents and planes
						Glenn Curtiss founds the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
1917				Manufacturer's Aircraft Association formed
		Mar. 27		Montgomery family fires Garbutt
		Apr. 6				The US enters the Great War
		Sept.				Second Glen L. Martin Company founded
		Oct.		Montgomery family files lawsuit in Federal Court claiming Wright machines  employ Montgomery's wings
1918						Ludwig Prandtl publishes “Wing Theory”
		July 12				Victor Lougheed presents proposal to US military to provide 100 or more Montgomery airplanes
		Nov. 11				The Great War ends
1919						Wright Aeronautical formed as successor to Wright-Martin Company
		Nov. 17				Joseph Neri, SJ dies (age 83)
1920
1921
1922						NACA develops variable density wind tunnel
1923		Apr. 15		Mother Ellen Bridget Evoy Montgomery dies (age 95)
		May 17				Thomas Scott Baldwin dies (age 68)
		Oct. 29				Victor Lougheed awarded patent for "Wing for Flying Machines”
1924
1925
1926
1927		May 21				Charles Lindbergh arrives in Paris after flying 33-1/2 hrs from New York
1928		June 13		Court of Claims finally files decision, against Montgomery family, in favor of Wrights
1929						The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is formed
1930						Pluto discovered
1931		Nov. 6		Sister Margaret Helena Montgomery dies (age 70)
		Oct. 18				Thomas Alva Edison dies (age 84)
1932		Jan. 7		Brother Richard Joseph Montgomery dies (age 69)
1933		Spr. 18				Victor Lougheed awarded patent for "Aerodynamic Surface"
		Oct. 26				Marconi visits Richard Bell, SJ at SCU
Year	Age	Date		Montgomery Activity		Other Activities
see also:		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_aviation