Timeline
| 1875 | Wife dies |
| 1877 | Creates Gilmore's Concert Garden in New York (the first Madison Square Garden) |
| 1878 | July 4 - George Michael Cohan is born in Providence, Rhode Island to vaudeville performers Jerry and Nellie Cohan and older sister Josie |
| 1878 | Enters semi-retirements and moves back to Mount Vernon |
| 1878 | July 22 - Ernest R. Ball is born in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1879 | Marries Mary Louis Bird, a widow with two daughters. |
| 1880 | Graduates from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts degree |
| 1880 | Becomes the First Woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 1881 | Bates begins a four decade career teaching at Wellesley College as a professor of English Literature. |
| 1881 | Travels to England as a member of the Callender-Haverly Minstrels. The company became very popular and performed before Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. Bland would travel extensively throughout Europe during the next ten years. |
| 1881 | Dank's second operetta Conquered by Kindness is published |
| 1883 | Writes his first song "Since Maggie Learned to Skate" for the Nat Goodwin play The Skating Rink |
| 1883 | Life of Margaret Fuller is published |
| 1884 | Begins composing songs for specific stage productions. Over the next 6 years, Harris would write "Thou Art Ever in My Thoughts," "Let's Kiss and Make Up," and "Creep, Baby, Creep" |
| 1885 | January 1, 1885: Born in Stamford, Connecticut. |
| 1885 | Harris begins the Charles K. Harris Publishing Co, at 207 Grand Avenue in Milwaukee, WI. He hung a shingle out the window that read: " Charles K. Harris, Banjoist and Songwriter. Songs written to order." |
| 1887 | Cohan makes his first professional appearance at the age of 9 in Little Georgie, performing with the famous vaudeville company The Four Cohan's |
| 1888 | After joining the 22nd Regiment Band in 1881, Gilmore starts the tradition of gathering in Times Square at midnight on December 31 to celebrate the New Year. |
| 1888 | Appears in the stage production The Old Homestead as part of a vocal quartet |
| 1889 | Appears in the Lillian Russell Opera Company's production of Pepita in the leading role |
| 1890 | Prolific songwriting period of high demand for Bland produces hundreds of songs including "Oh Dem Golden Slippers!" |
| 1890 | Founder of the General Federation of Women's Clubs |
| 1890 | Enters the Cleveland Conservatory |
| 1890 | Moves to London, England where he takes voice lessons and appears in various opera productions |
| 1891 | Harris writes and publishes "Break the News to Mother" about a dying fireman's last words |
| 1892 | Harris writes and publishes "After the Ball" which would become the first song to sell a million sheet music copies and be translated into several languages. |
| 1892 | Patrick S. Gilmore dies from a heart attack. |
| 1892 | September 19 - Fred E. Ahlert is born in New York City |
| 1893 | During a summer lecture series at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Bates writes the lyrics to "America the Beautiful" |
| 1893 | "After the Ball" reaches #1 on the Billboard charts |
| 1893 | The Four Cohan's debut on Broadway in BF Keith's Union Square theatre |
| 1893 | Cohan's first song, "Why Did Nellie Leave Home" is published. It's success prompted George to explore the publishing offices on Tin Pan Alley |
| 1893 | October 6 - Milton Ager is born in Chicago, IL |
| 1894 | Several of George's songs are included in vaudeville acts, including May Irwin singing "Hot Tamale Alley" and other vaudevillians performing "You're the Warmest Baby in the Bunch" |
| 1894 | George began writing skits and plays on demand for performers in search of new material |
| 1894 | August 15 - Harry Akst is born in New York City |
| 1894 | After returning to the United States, Olcott is hired by Augustus Pitou as the Irish tenor in various shows |
| 1895 | July 4 - Lyrics to "America the Beautiful" appears in The Congregationalist for the first time. |
| 1895 | Moves his publishing company from Milwaukee to New York City. Chas K. Harris & Co. would be one of the first three publishers on the famed Tin Pan Alley. |
| 1895 | Jerry Cohan puts his son in charge of the family act. |
| 1895 | Appears on stage with the Al G. Fields Minstrels to perform DIXIE. Was his last appearance on stage |
| 1896 | Bland returns to Europe where he continues producing successful tunes including "The Farmer's Daughter", "The Old Homestean," "Father's Growing Old", and "Christmas Dinner." |
| 1896 | Minstrel of Clare opens on Broadway featuring a score written by Olcott |
| 1897 | During the Spanish American War, Harris rewrites the words to "Break the News to Mother" making the song an instant hit during wartime. |
| 1897 | The Four Cohan's leave BF Keith's vaudeville shows and begin touring the country developing their own sketches and productions for Broadway |
| 1897 | Sweet Inniscarra opens on Broadway featuring his hit songs KATE O'DONAHUE, OLD FASHIONED MOTHER and SWEET INNISCARRA |
| 1898 | From Sunset Ridge: Old and New is published |
| 1899 | "'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia" reaches #2 on the Billboard charts |
| 1899 | George marries vaudeville singer and comedienne Ethel Levy |
| 1899 | MY WILD IRISH ROSE reaches #1 on the pop charts twice with separate recordings by Albert Campbell and George J. Gaskin |