Jan Ernst  MATZELIGER

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15 September 1852 ,  Paramaribo, Surinam

Died

24 August 1889 ,  Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Cause of Death: tuberculosis

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Born: 15 September 1852 in Paramaribo, Surinam

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Jan Ernst MATZELIGER died 24 August 1889 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.

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Recorded occupation: inventor of Lasting machine used in shoe manufacturing

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Birth — 1852
15 September 1852
Paramaribo, Surinam

 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - May 19 - 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)

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Death — 1889
24 August 1889
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 36.

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