Big Bang
13.82 Billion years ago
Approx 14 Billion years ago. Our Universe began with a bang!
First Star formed
13.72 Billion years ago
Approx 13-14 Billion years ago. The First star in our Universe was formed.
Oldest Galaxy
Approx 13 and a half Billion years ago.
Using several different telescopes, astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy whose stars appear to have formed 200 million years after the Big Bang, the explosive event that brought the universe into being.
Planet Earth Formed
4.54 Billion years ago
Approx 4.54 Billion years ago. The planet we live on was formed.
Our Moon Formed
4.54 Billion years ago
The moon was formed at nearly the same time as the Earth. The prevailing theory suggests it was caused by a violent impact.
First Life on Earth
3.5 Billion years ago
Approx 3.5 Billion years ago. The first cellular plant and animal life appeared.
Great Oxidation Event
2.4 Billion Years ago
experienced a rise in oxygen, approximately 2.4 billion years ago (2.4 Ga) to 2.1–2.0 Ga during the Paleoproterozoic era.
Mesozoic Era
252 Million years ago
The Mesozoic Era is an interval of geological time from about 252 to 66 million years ago. It is also called the Age of Reptiles and the Age of Conifers. The Mesozoic era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon, preceded by the Paleozoic and succeeded by the Cenozoic. The era is subdivided into three major periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous, which are further subdivided into a number of epochs and stages.
Early Triassic Period
251 Million years ago
Two hundred and fifty one million years ago marks the start of the Early traissic Period. The Earth had only one massive continent and two oceans. Small dinosaurs begin to evolve.
First Dinosaurs on Earth
230 Million years ago
Approx 230 Million years ago. The earliest Dinosaurs began their life on Earth.
Late Triassic Period
225 Million years ago
Two hundred and twenty five million years ago is when the earliest dinosaur fossils are found from species such as the Herrerasaurus
Jurassic Period
200 Million years ago
Two hundred million years ago begins the well-known Jurrasic period. By this time the one massive super continent has now divided into two continents, Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The first birds appear having evolved from dinosaurs.
First Mammals on Earth
160 Million years ago
Approx 160 Million years ago. The first mammals appeared on earth at the same time as dinosaurs.
Stegosaurus Lived
150 Million years ago
Approx 150 Million years ago. The vegetarian dinoasaur Stegasaurus lived on the Earth.
late Jurassic Period
150 Million years ago
One hundred fifty million years marks the late Jurrasic period. Mammals have begun to evolve and live alongside massive dinosaurs like the Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus)
Cretaceous Period
145 Million years ago
One hundred forty five million years ago the third and final period of the Mesozoic era begins, South America, Antarctica and Australia all detach from Africa to become seperate land masses.
Late Cretaceous Period
125 Million years ago
One hundred twenty five million years ago the third and final period of the Mesozoic era begins, South America, Antarctica and Australia all detach from Africa to become seperate land masses. The late cretaceous period is home to massive dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex, and the formidable Triceratops.
T-Rex lived
68 Million years ago
Approx 68 Million years ago. The carnivorous dinosaur Tyrannasaurus Rex lived on the Earth.
Mass Extinction
66 Million years ago
Approx Sixty six million years ago the mesozoic era ended. The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth. The originally proposed theory by a team of scientists led by Luis Alvarez and his son Walter, posit that the K–Pg extinction was caused by the impact of a massive comet or asteroid 10 to 15 km ,6 to 9 mi, wide. The Impact Hypothesis is still confirmed today
Earliest Homo Sapiens
200 Thousand years ago
Approx 200,000 years ago. The earliest Homo Sapiens extinct forerunners of modern man lived.
Early French Cave Paintings
35 Thousand years ago
Approx 35,000 years ago. Beautiful human cave paintings were made in France.
Ishango Bone
18,000 BC
'18,800 BCE' It is a dark brown length of bone, the fibula of a baboon, with a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one end, perhaps for engraving.
First Paleo Americans
16,500 BCE
Paleoindians or Paleo-Americans, '16,500 BCE' were the first peoples who entered, and subsequently inhabited, the Americas. Traditional theories suggest that big-animal hunters crossed the Bering Strait from North Asia into the Americas over a land bridge (Beringia). This bridge existed from 45,000 to 12,000 BCE (47,000–14,000 BCE). Small isolated groups of hunter-gatherers migrated alongside herds of large herbivores far into Alaska. From 16,500 – 13,500 BCE (18,500 – 15,500 BCE), ice-free corridors developed along the Pacific coast and valleys of North America.
Clovis Culture
11,500 BCE
The Clovis culture '11,500 BCE' is a prehistoric Paleoamerican culture, named for distinct stone tools found in close association with Pleistocene fauna at Blackwater Locality No. 1 near Clovis, New Mexico, in the 1920s and 1930s. It appears around 11,500–11,000 uncalibrated RCYBP at the end of the last glacial period, and is characterized by the manufacture of 'Clovis points' and distinctive bone and ivory tools. Archaeologists' most precise determinations at present suggest this radiocarbon age is equal to roughly 13,200 to 12,900 calendar years ago. Clovis people are considered to be the ancestors of most of the indigenous cultures of the Americas
Leanderthal Lady
10,000 BCE
Leanderthal Lady '10,000 BCE', discovered in January 1983, is the skeletal remains of a prehistoric woman found at the Wilson-Leonard Brushy Creek Site (an ancient Native American campsite) in the city of Cedar Park, Texas, by the Texas Department of Transportation. The remains were also alternatively labeled 'Leanne'. Both names were inspired by the proximity of the site to the town of Leander, to the north. Carbon dating and stratigraphic analysis showed the remains to be 10,000 to 13,000 years old. The skeleton is of a 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) tall female who was approximately eighteen to thirty years old at the time of death. The find was significant as one of the oldest and most complete human skeleton finds in North America.
Ancient Jericho Founded
9,600 BC
9600 BC Jericho, founded in ancient Israel, is one of the first human settlements.
Oldest cultures in the Americas
8000 BC
Las Vegas cultures are one of the oldest farming cultures in the Americas mostly situated in modern day Ecuador
Çatalhöyük settlement
7500 BC
Çatalhöyük urban settlement founded in Anatolia (Modern Day Turkey).
First Wine produced
4000 BC
4100 BC The earliest known winery is located in Armenia.
Stone Wheel Invented
3600 BC
3600 BC The stone wheel was invented in Mesopotamia to make pottery and later for chariots.
Red Zone Site - Peru
3,500 BCE
'3,500 BCE', Exploration of the site's vicinity, the area near the mouth of the Chillon River and the desert around Ancon, revealed a large settlement complex of ancient hunter-gatherers near the quarries and quarry workshop. Among them are Cerro Chivateros, Cerro Oquendo and La Pampilla. The Norte Chico civilization (also Caral or Caral-Supe civilization) was a complex pre-Columbian-era society that included as many as thirty major population centers in what is now the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru. The civilization flourished between the fourth and second millennia BC, with the formation of the first city generally dated to around 3500 BC, at Huaricanga, in the Fortaleza area.
The Farm Plough
3500 BC
The plough revolutionalized farming allowing for an efficient and more rapid means of turning the soil
Ancient Cuneiform Text
3200 BC
3200 BC Ancient Cuneiform text was used in early Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq).
Norte Chico Civilization
3200 BC
The Norte Chico civilization or Caral-Supe civilization was a complex pre-Columbian-era society that included as many as thirty major population centers in what is now the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru.
Newgrange
3100 BC
Constructed in Ireland before the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge
Stonehenge begun
3100 BC
3100 Stonehenge an outdoor structure built with huge stones was begun in England.
Ancient Egyptian Empire
3100 BC
unification of the upper and lower Egypt
Oldest Civilization in Iran
3100
Known as Susa III located in the area of Elam
Early Greek Culture
3000 BC
Early Greek Cultures in the Bronze age sprang up on many Greek Islands including the Cycladic and Minoan
Indus Valley Civilization
2600 BC
Indus Valley Civilization
Great Pyramids of Giza
2580 BC
2580 BC The Great Pyramids of Giza were built in Egypt.
Mayans - Pre Classic Period
2,500 BCE
The Maya developed their first civilization in the Preclassic period. Scholars continue to discuss when this era of Maya civilization began. Maya occupation at Cuello (modern-day Belize) has been carbon dated to around 2600 BC. Settlements were established around 1800 BC in the Soconusco region of the Pacific coast, and the Maya were already cultivating the staple crops of maize, beans, squash, and chili pepper
Mohenjo Daro
2500 BC
Mohenjo-daro is an archaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation
Epic of Gilgamesh
2100 BC
2200 BC The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in Mesopotamia(Ancient Iraq).
Karnak Temple
2050 BC
In 2050 BC, A cult temple dedicated to Amun, Mut and Khonsu. The largest religious building ever constructed at the time.
Earliest Wrestling Depicted
2000 BC
Murals in tomb 15 at Beni Hasan, hold the first depictions of wrestling techniques. Beni Hasan is an Ancient Egyptian cemetery site, located to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt.
Ancient Babylonia
1894 BC
Ancient Babylonia was founded in 1894 BC,
Hammurabi's Code
1760 BC
King Hammurabi of Babylonia inscribed his code of laws in Stone
Phaistos Disc
1700 BC
Is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the island of Crete, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age
First Hindu Texts
1500 BC
1500 BC The first books of the Hindu religion were written in India.
Death of King Tut
1323 BC
1332 BC King Tut was Pharoah of Egypt.
Phoenician Civilization
1100 BC
At its height between 1100 and 200 BC, Phoenician civilization spread across the Mediterranean, from the Levant to the Iberian Peninsula.
Olmec Pyramid
1000 BC
The Olmec were one of the first civilizations to develop in the Americas. Chronologically, the history of the Olmecs can be divided into the Early Formative (1800-900 BCE), Middle Formative (900-400 BCE) and Late Formative (400 BCE-200AD). The Olmecs are known as the 'mother culture' of Mesoamerica, meaning that the Olmec civilization was the first culture that spread and influenced Mesoamerica. The spread of Olmec culture eventually led to cultural features found throughout all Mesoamerican societies.
Olmec Pyramids
1000 bc
The Olmec were one of the first civilizations to develop in the Americas. Chronologically, the history of the Olmecs can be divided into the Early Formative (1800-900 BCE), Middle Formative (900-400 BCE) and Late Formative (400 BCE-200AD). The Olmecs are known as the 'mother culture' of Mesoamerica, meaning that the Olmec civilization was the first culture that spread and influenced Mesoamerica. The spread of Olmec culture eventually led to cultural features found throughout all Mesoamerican societies.
Carthage Founded
849 BC
The city of Carthage is thought to be founded in the 9th century BC on the coast of Northwest Africa, in what is now Tunisia, as one of a number of Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean created to facilitate trade from the city of Tyre on the coast of what is now Lebanon. The name of both the city and the wider republic that grew out of it, Carthage developed into a significant trading empire throughout the Mediterranean.
Ancient Greek Civilization
800BC
Ancient Greece is said to have begun in 8th century BC, around the sane time as the earliest recorded Greek poet, Homer.
Ancient Rome Founded
753 BC
the day Rome was founded: April 21, the day of the festival sacred to Pales, goddess of shepherds, on which date they celebrated the Par ilia (or Palilia)
The Odyssey Written
725 BC
725 BC The Iliad and the Odyssey is an early Greek epic about the Trojan Wars between Greece and Troy written by Homer in 800 BC or earlier.
Ancient Greek Poet Homer
700 BC
700 BC Legendary Greek poet Homer the author of the Iliad & Odyssey is thought to have lived .
Library of Ashurbanipal
600 BC
tablets and fragments containing texts of all kinds from the 7th century BC. Among its holdings was the famous Epic of Gilgamesh.
First Persian Empire
550 BC
Persian Empire founded in 550 BC by Cyrus the Great stretched from balkans to indus valley
Cyrus Charter
539 BC
The Cyrus Charter, or Cyrus Cylinder, holds a written declaration in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of Persia's Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great. It was created following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, when the Neo-Babylonian Empire was invaded by Cyrus and incorporated into his Persian Empire.
Cleisthenes leads Athens
507 BC
Cleisthenes takes power in the city-state of Athens and institutes reforms that lead historians to consider him the father of democracy.
Greco-Persian Wars begin
499 BC
492 BC The Greco Persian Wars began when Persia (Ancient Iran) invaded Greece.
Carthaginian Empire
480 BC
the Carthaginian Empire is said to have began in 480 BC when Carthage became a republic
Law of the Twelve Tables
449 BC
In 449 BC, The Twelve Tables, which stated the rights and duties of the Roman citizen was completed.
Parthenon Completed
432 BC
432 BC The Parthenon is a Greek Temple to the goddess Athena, which rests on a mountain top known as the Acropolis.
Trial of Socrates
399 BC
399 BC Socrates, a Greek Philosopher and Teacher, was sentenced to death for teaching against the accepted gods of the state.
Platos Republic
375 BC
philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically. Taken from Wikipedia
Death of Plato
347 BC
348 BC Plato was a Greek Philosopher reknown for his work on logic, reasoning and metaphysics.
Alexander the Great becomes King
336 BC
336 BC Alexander the Great became the King of Macedon Greece and began his conquest of the Western world all the way to India.
Death of Aristotle
322 BC
322 BC Aristotle was a great Greek educator and philosopher, the teacher of Alexander the Great, known as the Father of Western Philosophy.
Library of Alexandria
285 BC
unknown precisely how many such scrolls were housed at any given time, but estimates range from 40,000 to 400,000 at its height.
First Gladiator Games
264 BC
The First recorded gladiatorial combat was said to be held in Rome when, Decimus Junius Brutus Scaeva had three gladiator pairs fight to the death to honor his dead father, Brutus Pera
Edicts of Ashoka
250 BC
The Emperor, Ashoka the Great, of the Mauryan Empire reigned from 268 BC to 232 BC. He created inscriptions throughout the empire which show his efforts to develop Buddhism with a focus on social and moral precepts rather than specific religious practices. Inscriptions on the Major Rock Pillar are considered by experts to be created in the year 250 BC
First Chinese Empire
221 BC
The first Chinese empire Qin
Great Wall of China Started
220 BC
220 BC Building of the he Great Wall of China began to protect China from invading peoples .
Cleopatra takes the throne
51 BC
Cleopatra VII Philopator, was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.
Julius Caesar Assassinated
44 BC
44 BC Julius Caeser the Emperor of the Republic of Rome and a military general , was assassinated by members of his own Senate.
Writing Invented
4000 BC
Sumerian cunieform writing system and Egyptian hieroglyphs played a major role in recorded history.
New Test Event
1500
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Maple Leaf Rag published
1899
This musical composition by Scott Joplin was a major influence on the developing ragtime genre.
bitcoin
2009
creation of bitcoin and a cryptocurrency puzzle
Mayan
3000 BC
Mayan pyramids
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First Dynasty of Egypt
3150 BC
The First Dynasty of ancient Egypt covers the first series of Egyptian kings to rule over a unified Egypt. It immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
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US Constitution
1789
The Supreme Law of the USA establishing Congress, the Presidency, the Supreme Court and individual rights .
Skara Brae in Scotland
3180 BC
Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Scotland. Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village.
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Caligula's Assassination
January 22, 41
Caligula was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 to 41. In early 41, Caligula was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy by officers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers. The conspirators' attempt to use the opportunity to restore the Roman Republic was thwarted, however. On the day of the assassination of Caligula, the Praetorians declared Caligula's uncle, Claudius, the next Roman emperor.
Roman Colosseum built
79 AD
79 AD The Roman Coliseum , the largest open air oval amphitheater ever built , opened in Rome.
Mount Vesuvius erupts
79
Mount Vesuvius, a stratovolcano in Italy, erupted in 79 AD in one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in European history, which was witnessed and documented by Roman administrator and poet Pliny the Younger. Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings.
Emperor Marcus Aurelius
161
was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire.
First Wrestling Instructions
200
A greek manuscript dated to roughly 200 AD called the Papyrus Oxyrhynchus III contains the first discovered instructions for wrestling, including the description of various grips and holds, constituting the earliest historical European martial arts manual
Three Kingdoms period begins
220
The Three Kingdoms period started in 220 AD with the end of the Han dynasty and was followed by the Jin dynasty. Wei, Shu, and Wu.
Mayans - Classic Period
250 AD
The Classic period is largely defined as the period during which the lowland Maya raised dated monuments using the Long Count calendar. This period marked the peak of large-scale construction and urbanism, the recording of monumental inscriptions, and demonstrated significant intellectual and artistic development, particularly in the southern lowland regions. The Classic period Maya political landscape has been likened to that of Renaissance Italy or Classical Greece, with multiple city-states engaged in a complex network of alliances and enmities. The largest cities had populations numbering 50,000 to 120,000 and were linked to networks of subsidiary sites.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
395 AD
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediteranean World for 500 years and in 395 AD when the European portion of the Empire began to fall to invading armies, Europe moved into a new period of repressed culture and enlightenment sometimes known as the Dark or Middle Ages
Death of Attila the Hun
453 AD
453 AD Attila the Hun, the leader of a nomadic people who established a central European tribal empire which invaded most of Europe.
Dark Ages begin
476 AD
476 AD The Dark Ages , also known as the Early Middle Age, is an historical era of time in Europe that began with the fall of Rome.
Code of Justinian
530 AD
in the year 530 AD, The Roman Emporer Justinian codified more than 500 years of past Greco Roman law.
Constitution of Medina
622 AD
The constitution, or charter of Medina was drawn up on behalf of the Islamic prophet Muhammad shortly after his arrival at Medina (then known as Yathrib) in 622. The constitution formed the basis of a multi-religious Islamic state in Medina.
Moors invade Europe
711 AD
The Moors occupied modern day Spain and Portugal from 711 AD to 1492 AD leaving a lasting influence in language customs and culture.
Charlemagne
748 AD
He was the first emperor to rule western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. His rule spurred a period of energetic cultural and intellectual activity within the Western Church.
Dark Ages end
800 AD
800 AD The end of The Dark Ages, also known as the Early Middle Age, was an historical era in Europe.
Gunpowder
904 AD
Gunpowder was invented in 9th-century China as one of the Four Great Inventions, and spread throughout most parts of Eurasia by the end of the 13th century. Originally developed by the Taoists for medicinal purposes, gunpowder was first used for warfare around 904 AD
Mayans - Post Classic Period
950 AD
Although much reduced, a significant Maya presence remained into the Postclassic period after the abandonment of the major Classic period cities; the population was particularly concentrated near permanent water sources. Unlike during previous cycles of contraction in the Maya region, abandoned lands were not quickly resettled in the Postclassic. Activity shifted to the northern lowlands and the Maya Highlands; this may have involved migration from the southern lowlands, because many Postclassic Maya groups had migration myths. Chichen Itza and its Puuc neighbours declined dramatically in the 11th century, and this may represent the final episode of Classic Period collaps.
Vikings & Lief Erickson
970 AD
970 AD Leif Erikson was born and became the leader of Viking explorers who were the first Europeans to create a settlement in North America.
Norsemen settle Canada
986 AD
In 986 AD, Norsemen settle in what is now New Foundland, Canada. The site is known today as L'Anse aux Meadows
Death of Lief Erickson
1020 AD
1020 AD Leif Erikson, the leader of a group of Viking explorers who founded the first Europeon settlement in North America.
Beowolf
1025
he Nowell Codex is the second of two manuscripts comprising the bound volume Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, one of the four major Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscripts. It is most famous as the manuscript containing the unique copy of the epic poem Beowulf.
The Battle of Hasting
1066 AD
William the Conqueror from Normandy (Atlantic seaboard of modern day France) invades England and unites the countries under one Monarch and fosters the beginnings of a feudal system.
Crusades Begin
1095 AD
1095 AD The Crusades, a series of religious wars between European and Middle Eastern powers begin.
Magna Carta signed
1215 AD
1215 AD Magna Carta was a legal charter of rights signed by King John of England limiting the Kings power and giving rights to property and due process to the English Barons and their citizens..
Death of Genghis Khan
1227 AD
1227 AD Genghis Khan was the founder and first great Khan (King ) of the Mongol Empire. first conquering all of China and then most of Eurasia , India and Korea.
Birth of Marco Polo
1254 AD
1254 AD Marco Polo was an Italian adventurer and trader who travelled to China and the Mongol Empire during the late 13th century writing of his tales and adventure returning to his Venetian homeland where he died in 1324 AD
Siege of Baghdad
1258 AD
1258 AD The Siege of Bagdhad occurred when Mongol Invaders led by the Grandson of Genghis Khan destroyed the Mesopotamian educational and cultural base of Baghdad.
Crusades End
1291 AD
1291 AD The Crusades are a series of religious wars between European and Middle Eastern powers seeking to rule the Holy Land of Israel, began around 1095 AD and ended in 1291 AD.
The Renaissance begins
1300 AD
1300 AD The Renaissance is a rebirth of Man's interests in art and music and the humanities
The Aztecs
1300 AD
The Aztecs, were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec peoples included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Travels of Marco Polo
1300
and his experiences at the court of Kublai Khan. Taken from Wikipedia
Death of Marco Polo
1324 AD
1324 AD Marco Polo was an Italian adventurer and trader who travelled to China and the Mongol Empire during the late 13th century writing of his tales and adventure, in the end returning to his Venetian homeland.
The Plague hits Europe
1346 AD
1346 AD A pandemic known as the Plague or Black death killed over 450 million people worldwide.
Battle of Agincourt
1415
A battle between England and France in the Hundred Years War
Death of Joan of Arc
1431 AD
1431 AD Joan of Arc a French hero of the 100 yeas War between France and En,gland Joan was burned at the stake and made a martyr and later a saint.
Gutenberg Printing Press
1439 AD
1439 AD Johannes Gutenberg invented the first movable type printing press allowing for the mass producing of printed matter including the Bible, newspapers, and books.
The Iroquois League
1450 AD
The Iroquois League was established prior to European contact, with the banding together of five of the many Iroquoian peoples who had emerged south of the Great Lakes. Many archaeologists and anthropologists believe that the League was formed about 1450, though arguments have been made for an earlier date.
John Cabot
1450 AD
In 1450 AD, John Cabot, an Italian explorer and navigator was born
Christopher Columbus Voyage
1492 AD
1492 AD Christopher Columbus led three Spanish ships on a sailing expedition to the Americas exploring the coast of North America and landing on the Island of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Columbus reaches Bahamas
1492 AD
In 1492 AD, Christopher columbus reaches Bahamas, Cuba, and what is known today as the Greater Antilles (Hispaniola)
John Cabot explores Canada
1497 AD
In 1497 AD, John Cabot an Italian explorer and navigator voyaged to the coast of North America (New Foundland, Canada) under the commission of Henry VII of England. It is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norsemen visited Canada in 986
Christopher Columbus Imprisoned
August, 1500
In August, 1500, Columbus and his brothers were arrested and imprisoned, because of their gross misgovernance, upon their return to Spain from the third voyage. They lingered in jail for six weeks before King Ferdinand ordered their release.
The Reformation begins
1517 AD
1517 AD The Reformation movement began with Protestants breaking away from the Catholic Church and establishing new protestant religions throughout the World.
Death of Montezuma
1520 AD
1520 AD Montezuma, the Emporer of the Aztec nation in Mexico, was killed by the invading Spanish explorers led by Hernan Cortes
Death of Henry the VIII
1547 AD
1547 AD Henry the VIII King of England known for developing a strong Navy and breaking away from the Catholic Church in Rome and establishing the Church of England.
William Shakespeare born
1564 AD
1564 AD William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet famed for his works including Romeo and Juliet as well as Julius Caeser, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
Shakespeare's Richard III
1593 AD
Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare .. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England.. It is often criticized for historical inaccuracies.
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
1595 AD
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity.
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
1596 AD
A play in which a merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, and his famous 'Hath not a Jew eyes?' speech on humanity. Also notable is Portia's speech about 'the quality of mercy'.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
1599 AD
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a history play and tragedy based on true events from Roman history. Set in Rome in 44 BC, the play depicts the moral dilemma of Brutus as he joins a conspiracy led by Cassius to murder Julius Caesar to prevent him from becoming dictator of Rome. Following Caesar's death, Rome is thrust into a period of civil war, and the republic the conspirators sought to preserve is lost forever.
Shakespeare's Hamlet
1600 AD
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, The play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. Described as a dramatisation of complex philosophical and ethical and historical issues dating back to before Aristotle
Death of Elizabeth the I
1603 AD
1603 AD Elizabeth1 was Queen of England and durning her reign secured the Church of England and continued the development of the English Navy and she feared defeated the Spanish Armada.
Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
1607 AD
The Tragedy of Anthonie, and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide during the Final War of the Roman Republic.
Telescope
1608
The first patent for a refracting lens telescope was submitted by Hans Lippershey, an eyeglass maker from the Netherlands. The telescope opened the Universe of celestial bodies to humanity.
Shakespeare's Henry VIII
1613 AD
Henry VIII is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII.As usual in his history plays, Shakespeare relied primarily on Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles to achieve his dramatic ends and to accommodate official sensitivities over the materials involved
Don Quixote
1615
Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615.Don Quixote holds the distinction of being the second-most-translated book in the world after the Bible. Learn more at Wikipedia
First slaves in the U.S.
1619
In 1619, the 'White Lion' an English ship, brought The first African people to arrive in the American colonies to be sold as slaves. They arrived in Point Comfort, a settlement that would later become Virginia.
Mayflower Compact
1620 AD
1620 AD The Mayflower Compact was written by the Pilgrims who sailed to Cape Cod Massachusetts and settled there proclaiming the right to govern themselves subject to the laws of England and the King.
Shakespeare's First Folio
1623 AD
Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare who died in 1616. It was published in 1623 and is commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio.[a] It is considered one of the most influential books ever published
Taj Mahal Completed
1653 AD
1643 AD The Taj Mahal is a beautiful mausoleum built in Agra, India It is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Age of Enlighten. begins
1685 AD
The Age of Enlightenment was an era that began in 1685 and lasted until 1800 and was characterized by individual freedoms ,religious tolerance, and scientific methods. The Declaration of Independence is an example of the era.
English Bill of Rights
1689
The Bill of Rights of 1689, was a pivotal act in the constitutional law of England. The granting of individual rights including freedom of religion, speech and the right to bear arms.
Robinson Crusoe
April 25, 1719
Robinson Crusoe, is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. Learn more at Wikipedia
One Thousand and One Nights
1721
Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. 1706–1721)
Death of Peter the Great
1725 AD
1725 AD Peter the Great was the Czar of Russia who westernized Russia and made it a power in the Europeon community.
Stono Rebellion
1739
called Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina.
American Revolution begins
1775 AD
1775 AD The Revolutionary War began when the American colonists met the British army at Concord Massachsetts. The war ended in 1781 when the British surrendered to the Americans.
Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
Northwest Territory
1787
Confederation through the Northwest Ordinance, it was the nation's first post-colonial organized incorporated territory.
French Revolution begins
1789 AD
1789 AD The French Revolution began when the people removed their their King and established a new republic form of government.
Haitian Revolution
August 22, 1791
The Haitian Revolution was a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolt began on 22 August 1791, and ended in 1804 with the former colony's independence.
Cotton Gin
1793
Eli Whitney with the help of Catharine Greene invented his cotton gin in 1793. He began to work on this project after moving to Georgia in search of work, given that farmers were desperately searching for a way to make cotton farming profitable. The cotton gin easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
Irish Rebellion
May 23, 1798
The Irish Rebellion was an uprising against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions. Presbyterians were angry at being shut out of power by the Anglican establishment and joined by Catholics, who made up the majority of the population. A French army which landed in County Mayo in support of the rebels was overwhelmed by British and loyalist forces. The uprising was suppressed by British Crown forces with a death toll of between 10,000 and 30,000.
Death of George Washington
1799 AD
1797 AD George Washington was the first President of the United States and a general in the Revolutionary War.
Coup of 18 Brumaire
November 9, 1799
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France and in the view of most historians ended the French Revolution. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. This occurred on 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII under the French Republican Calendar.
Louisiana Purchase
1803 AD
1803 AD The Louisianna Purchase occurred during the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson when the US purchased the huge territory from France.
Steam Powered Locomotive
1804 AD
1802 AD Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive in 1802.
Haiti Declares Independence
1804
After 12 years of conflict, Napoleon Bonaparte's forces were defeated by Louverture's successor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines (later Emperor Jacques I), who declared Haiti's sovereignty on 1 January 1804—the first independent nation of Latin America and the Caribbean
Emperor Napoleon
1804
In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France.
Morphine Produced
1805
In 1805, Morphine was first isolated between 1803 and 1805 by Friedrich Sertürner
Battle of Trafalgar
October 21, 1805
On, October 21, 1805, The Battle of Trafalgar, a naval engagement, was fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.
Congress bans import of slaves
1808
The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 is a United States federal law that provided that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States. It took effect on January 1, 1808, the earliest date permitted by the United States Constitution.
University of Berlin
1810
In 1810, the oldest of all universities was founded in Berlin. Among its notable alumni, faculty and researchers are Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Otto von Bismarck, W. E. B. Du Bois, Angela Davis, Walter Benjamin, Karl Liebknecht, Arthur Schopenhauer, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Ernst Cassirer, Heinrich Heine, Albert Einstein, Max Planck.
Venezuelan War of Independence
April 19, 1810
April 19, 1810, The Venezuelan War of Independence was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early nineteenth century, when independence movements in Latin America fought against rule by the Spanish Empire, emboldened by Spain's troubles in the Napoleonic Wars.
Mexican War of Independence
Sep 16, 1810
The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict and political process, lasting from 1808 to 1821, resulting in Mexico's independence from Spain. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional struggles that occurred within the same time period, and can be considered a revolutionary civil war.
War of 1812
1812 AD
1812 AD The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 -1815.
Congress of Vienna
1815
In 1815, one of the most important international conferences was held in European history. It remade Europe after the downfall of French Emperor Napoleon I.The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Battle of Waterloo
1815
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: A British-led coalition consisting of units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, referred to by many authors as the Anglo-allied army or Wellington's army, and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal von Blücher, referred also as Blücher's army. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Simon Bolivar elected President
1819
Bolívar was born into a wealthy family and as was common for the heirs of upper-class families in his day, was sent to be educated abroad at a young age, arriving in Spain when he was 16 and later moving to France. While in Europe he was introduced to the ideas of the Enlightenment, which later motivated him to overthrow the reigning Spanish in colonial South America. Following this triumph over the Spanish monarchy, Bolívar participated in the foundation of the first union of independent nations in Latin America, Gran Colombia, of which he was president from 1819 to 1830. Bolívar fought 100 battles, and during his campaigns rode on horseback 70,000 kilometers
Greek war of Independence
1821
1821, The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution, was a successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1830
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
1824
In 1824, Ludwig Von Beethoven completes his 9th Symphony. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's greatest work
Last of the Mohicans
1826
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826.The novel is set primarily in the area of Lake George, New York, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Learn more at Wikipedia
Indian Removal Act
May 28, 1830
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States President Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
Hunchback of Notre-Dame
1831
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831.n Learn more at Wikipedia
Trail of tears begins
1831
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. In 1831, the Choctaw became the first Nation to be removed, and their removal served as the model for all future relocations. After two wars, many Seminoles were removed in 1832. The Creek removal followed in 1834, the Chickasaw in 1837, and lastly the Cherokee in 1838.
Democracy in America
1835
Market Revolution, Western expansion and Jacksonian democracy were radically transforming the fabric of American life.
The Alamo falls
1836 AD
1836 AD The Alamo is a mission in Texas that was used as a fort by 100 Texans, who were defeated by the Mexican Army fighting for Texas indpendence from Mexico..
TellTale Heart
1843
The Tell-Tale Heart, is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator’s sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. Learn more at Wikipedia
The Three Musketeers
1844
The Three Musketeers, is an historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice. Learn more at Wikipedia
US Mexico War
1846
US and Mexico fought to determine Bireer boundaries in the southwest and California
Mexican American War
1846
The US and Mexico fought over boundaries and southwest lands.
Frederick Douglas' North Star
1847
The North Star was an anti-slavery newspaper which began publishing in September of 1847 in Rochester, New York, by the abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Treaty of Hidalgo
Feb 2, 1848
neighborhood of Mexico City) between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
California Gold Rush
1849 AD
1849 AD Gold was found in California at Sutter's Mill resulting in thousands of Americans moving to California in search of gold.
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
1849
On September 17, 1849, Harriet, Ben and Henry escaped slavery on a Maryland plantation, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slave act
1850
States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers
Moby-Dick
1851
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. Learn more at Wikipedia
Uncle Toms Cabin
1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have 'helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War'. Learn more at Wikipedia
Dred Scott v. Sanford
1857
In 1857, Dred Scott v. Sandford, was a decision of the US Supreme Court. The Court held that the US Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for black people, regardless of whether they were enslaved or free, and so the rights and privileges that the Constitution confers upon American citizens could not apply to them.
Lincoln Elected
1860
President of U S
Pony Express starts
1860 AD
1860 AD The Pony Express was a mail service using relays of horse mounted riders that operated from April 3, 1860 to October 1861 between Missouri and California in the USA.
US Civil War begins
1861 AD
1861 AD The US Civil War was fought from 1861-1865 between the Northern States and the Southern States over the right to freedom from slavery of the African Americans living in the South and other states.
Emancipation Proclamation
1863 AD
1863 AD The Emancipation Proclamation, was an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. changing the legal status of enslaved African Americans from slave to free.
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
1865 AD
1865 AD President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wiles Booth
Slavery Abolished in the USA
1865
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution made slavery in the United Staes against the law.
Alaska Purchase
1867
United States on October 18, 1867, through a treaty ratified by the United States Senate and signed by President Andrew Johnson
War and Peace
1869
War and Peace, is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains a classic of world literature. Learn more at Wikipedia
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869
eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1870
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. Learn more at Wikipedia
Yellowstone National Park
1872
On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the Yellowstone National Park. is an American national park located in the western United States. Yellowstone is the first national park in the United States.
Custer’s Last Stand
1876 AD
1876 AD Custer's Last Stand was an armed engagement resulting in the defeat of the 7th Cavalry Regiment by the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho native American tribes
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1876
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri where Twain lived as a boy.[2] In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Learn more at Wikipedia
Treasure Island
1882
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of 'buccaneers and buried gold.' Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an 'X', schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.
Eiffel Tower constructed
1889 AD
1889 AD The Eiffel Tower was constructed in Paris France and was the tallest structure in the world at that time.
Spanish American War
1898
First US international War
First Electrical A/C
1902 AD
1902 AD Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing electric air conditioning in 1902.
Airplane Invented
1903
1903 AD The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane
Model T Vehicle introduced
1908 AD
1908 AD The Ford Model T is an automobile produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927
Mexican Revolution
November 20, 1910
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle, lasting roughly from 1910 to 1920, that transformed Mexican culture and government into one of the top 20 economies in the world, just behind Brazil.
1911 Revolution (China)
1911
October 10, 1911. Also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Xinhai Revolution, was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty) and established the Republic of China (ROC).
Arizona given Statehood
1912 AD
1912 AD Arizona was the 48th State admiited to the United States
Republic of China established
January 1, 1912
established on January 1, 1912 after the 1911 or Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Qing dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China.
Qing Dynasty ends
1912
The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China. It was established in 1636, and ruled China proper from 1644 to 1912, After the 1911 Revolution (Xianhai Revolution).
Tarzan of the Apes
1912
Tarzan of the Apes is a 1912 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine The All-Story in October 1912 before being released as a book in 1914. Learn more at Wikipedia
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
June 28, 1914
June 28, 1914. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who was killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Duchess Sophie by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb
Austria-Hungary seeks German support
July 5th, 1914
July 5, 1914. Austria-Hungary seeks German support for a war against Serbia in case of Russian militarism. Germany gives assurances of support
France declares support for Russia
July 20th, 1914
July 20, 1914. French President Raymond Poincaré arrived in St. Petersburg for a prescheduled state visit on 20 July and departed on 23 July. The French and the Russians agreed their alliance extended to supporting Serbia against Austria, confirming the pre-established policy behind the Balkan inception scenario.
Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia
July 23th, 1914
July 23, 1914. Austria-Hungary, following its own enquiry into the assassinations, sent an ultimatum to Serbia, containing their demands and giving 48 hours to comply.
Russian Ministers Meet
July 24th, 1914
July 24, 1914, the Russian Council of Ministers met at Yelagin Palace and, in response to the crisis and despite the fact that Russia had no alliance with Serbia, it agreed to a secret partial mobilisation of over one million men of the Russian Army and the Baltic and Black Sea Fleets.
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
July 28, 1914
July 28, 1914, At 11:00 a.m., Austria declared war on Serbia. Following instructions from Bethmann Hollweg, von Tschirschky did not present Wilhelm's 'Stop in Belgrade' proposal until noon.
First shots of World War 1
July 29, 1914
July 29, 1914, At 1:00 a.m., the first shots of the First World War were fired by the Austrian monitor SMS Bodrog, which bombarded Belgrade in response to Serbian sappers blowing up the railway bridge over the river Sava which linked the two countries.
Russian general Mobilization
July 30, 1914
Thursday evening, Tsar Nicholas II sent a message to Kaiser Wilhelm II informing him that he had ordered partial mobilization against Austria, and asking him to do his utmost for a peaceful solution.Upon hearing of Russia's partial mobilization, the Kaiser wrote: 'Then I must mobilize too.' The German Ambassador in St. Petersburg informed Tsar Nicholas that Germany would mobilize if Russia did not cease all military preparations at once, including those it had previously assured Russia it did not see as a threat against Germany or cause for German mobilization.
Germany declares war on Russia
August 1, 1914
August 1, 1914. Germany mobilizes and declared war on Russia. The Franco-Russian Alliance meant that countermeasures by France were correctly assumed to be inevitable by Germany, which declared war on France on 3 August 1914
Britain declares war on Germany
August 4, 1914
August 4, 1914. After the German invasion of neutral Belgium, Britain issued an ultimatum to Germany on 2 August to withdraw or face war. The Germans did not comply and so Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914.
World War 1 begins
1917 AD
1917 AD The US entered World War I, a global war originating in Europe that began in 1914 and ended November 11, 1918.
Russian Revolution
Mar 8, 1917
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire, commencing with the abolition of the monarchy in 1917, and concluding in 1923 after the Bolshevik establishment of the Soviet Union at the end of the Civil War. It began during the First World War, with the February Revolution that was focused in and around the Petrograd the capital (now Saint Petersburg). The revolution erupted in the context of Russia's major military losses during the War, which resulted in much of the Russian Army being ready to mutiny. In the chaos, members of the Duma, Russia's parliament, assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government. This was dominated by the interests of large capitalists and the noble aristocracy. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution, and Emperor Nicholas II abdicated his throne. Grassroots community assemblies called 'Soviets', which were dominated by soldiers and the urban industrial working class, initially permitted the Provisional Government to rule, but insisted on a prerogative to influence the government and control various militias.
First Transatlantic flight
1919 AD
On May 03, 1919, a squadron of NC flying boats gathered at Rockaway, Long Island for a transatlantic attempt. On May 27 1919, one flying boat successfully landed in the waters of the Lisbon, Portugal harbor.
The Roaring 20s
1920 AD
1920 AD The Roaring Twenties refers to the decade of the 1920s, a period of economic prosperity and a rise in modern conveniences in the United States and Western Europe.
Women’s right to vote
1920 AD
1920 AD The Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to Women vote.
Chinese Communist Party founded
July, 1921
July 1921. The founding National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was originally held in a house in the Shanghai French Concession, French police interrupted the meeting on July 30 and the congress was moved to a tourist boat on South Lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province. Only 12 delegates attended the congress, with neither Li nor Chen being able to attend, the latter sending a personal representative in his stead. The resolutions of the congress called for the establishment of a communist party (as a branch of the Communist International) and elected Chen as its leader
The Great Gatsby
1925
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. Learn more at Wikipedia
Great Depression begins
1929 AD
1930 AD The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
Japan invades Manchuria
September 18, 1931
September 18, 1931 The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Their occupation lasted until the success of the Soviet Union and Mongolia on Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation in mid-August of 1945.
Empire State Building
1931 AD
1931 AD The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper in New York City, and was the tallest building in the wolrd at the time.
Great Depression
1933
The Great Depression was well apparent by 1933 20% unemployment and millions hungry
Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia
October 2, 1935
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. It is seen as an example of the expansionist policy that characterized the Axis powers and the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations before the outbreak of World War II.
Rome-Berlin Axis
November 1, 1936
The Axis grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the treaty signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936. Benito Mussolini declared on 1 November 1936 that all other European countries would from then on rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis. The almost simultaneous second step was the signing in November 1936 of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan. Italy and Spain joined the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1937.
Anti-Comintern Pact
November 25, 1936
November 25, 1936, officially titled the Agreement against the Communist International (German: Abkommen gegen die Kommunistische Internationale), was an anti-Communist pact concluded between Germany and Japan on November 25, 1936, and was directed against the The Soviet UnionCommunist International (Comintern). It was signed by German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Japanese ambassador to Germany Kintomo Mushakoji. Italy, Spain and other countries didn't join until November 1941
Nanjing Massacre
December 13, 1937
The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (Nanking), then the capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The massacre occurred over a period of six weeks starting on December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanjing. During this period, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army murdered Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants who numbered an estimated 40,000 to over 300,000,and perpetrated widespread rape and looting.
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
July 1937
On July 1937, a battle between China's National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army occured. It is also known as the Double-Seven Incident.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 AD
December 7, 1941 AD The Japanese executed a surprise aerial attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii resulting in the United States declaring war on Japan and Germany and the beginning of World War 2.
The Atomic Bomb
Aug 6, 1945
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement.
World War 2 ends
September 2, 1945 AD
September 2, 1945 marks the end of World War 2 with the surrender of Japan to the United States as well as the destruction and fall of Nazi Germany.
People's Republic of China established
October 1, 1949
October 1, 1949, The People's Republic of China was established when Mao Zedong proclaimed it's creation from atop Tiananmen, after a near complete victory by the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the Chinese Civil War.
Mao Zedong takes office
October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong, took office as the chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, his theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism.
Korean War
1950
US joins UN force to protect South Korea
Mickey Mantle on Yankees
1951 AD
1951 AD Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player who played for the Yankees from1951 until 1968 and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974
I Love Lucy (TV)
1951 AD
1953 AD I Love Lucy was a television sitcom that featured Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz.
Interstate Highways (US)
1956
National Highway System in the United States. Construction of the system was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
Hawaii given Statehood
1959 AD
1959 AD Hawaii was the 50th State admitted to the United States.
Princess Diana Born
July 1, 1961
was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, and was the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity as well as an unprecedented public scrutiny, exacerbated by her tumultuous private life.
First Man in Space
1961 AD
1961 AD Yuri Gagarin? was a Soviet Russian pilot and cosmonaut and was the first human to journey into Outer Space on April 12,1961.
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 AD
1962 AD The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and is considered the closest we have come to a full-scale nuclear war.
MLK March on Washington DC
1963 AD
1963 AD The MLK march on Washington DC was to advocate for the civil rights of African Americans and Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his historic 'I Have a Dream' speech in which he called for an end to racism.
Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin
1964 AD
1964 AD The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War and was very controversial with widespread belief the incidents were false.
Star Trek (TV)
1966 AD
1966 AD Star Trek a groundbreaking science fiction TV series first debuted on US television.
Cultural Revolution begins (China)
May 1966
from Chinese society, and to re-impose Mao Zedong Thought (known outside China as Maoism) as the dominant ideology in the CPC.
Outer Space Treaty
1967
On October 10, 1967, The Outer Space Treaty, formally the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is a treaty that forms the basis of international space law
The UN Outer Space Treaty
1967
This treaty sets forth the terms of exploring and colonizing Outer Space. Approved and Ratified by the United States Senate
Man on the Moon
1969 AD
1969 AD Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the Moon, and they spent two and a half hours outside the spacecraft, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit.
Mash (TV)
1972 AD
1972 AD M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American Korean War comedy-drama television series that aired from 1972 to 1983.
Pong (Video Game)
1972 AD
1972 AD Pong was one of the first video games to be released to the public.
President Nixon visits China
February 21, 1972
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation.[1] The seven-day official visit to three Chinese cities was the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC; Nixon's arrival in Beijing ended 25 years of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two countries and was the key step in normalizing relations between the U.S. and China. Nixon visited China to gain more leverage over relations with the Soviet Union. The normalization of ties culminated in 1979, when the U.S. established full diplomatic relations with the PRC.
SNL (TV)
1975 AD
1975 AD Saturday Night Live is a comedy variety type show that aired from 1975 to the present.
Shogun (novel)
1975
Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Shōgun gives an account of the rise of the daimyō "Toranaga" (based upon the actual Tokugawa Ieyasu). Learn more at Wikipedia
Star Wars A New Hope
1977
The first movie that George Lucas released in the Star Wars film series.
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
1980
The second movie released in the Star Wars film series.
President Reagan elected
1980 AD
1980 AD Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th President of the United States.
Pac Man (Video Game)
1980 AD
1980 AD Pac Man was a hugely succesful arcade game with the iconic yellow character that ate pellets and ran from ghosts.
The Space Shuttle
1981
In 1981, The space shuttle 'Columbia' was The first semi reusable low earth orbital spacecraft developed by the USA.
Cheers (TV)
1982 AD
1982 AD Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller
1982 AD
1982 AD Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Mario Bros. (Video Game)
1983 AD
1983 AD Mario Brothers was one of the most popular console games for the Nintendo.
Star Wars Return of the Jedi
1983
The third movie released in the Star Wars film series.
Tetris (Video Game)
1984 AD
1984 AD Tetris revolutionized puzzle game play attracting children and parents with it's mesmerizing block stacking gameplay.
Super Mario Bros. (Video Game)
1985 AD
1985 AD Super Mario Brothers was the incredibly succesful sequel to the Mario Brothers franchise.
Chernobyl Disaster
1986 AD
1986 AD The Chernobyl disaster, was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred 1968 in what was then the Soviet Ukraine.
MIR Space Station launched
1986 AD
1986 AD Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia.
Seinfeld (TV)
July 5, 1989 AD
1989 AD Seinfeld is an American live-action TV sitcom and ran from 1989 to 1998.
Tiananmen Square Incident
June 4, 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests or the Tiananmen Square Incident, commonly known as the June Fourth Incident in mainland China, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing during 1989. The popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests is sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement. The protests started on April 15 and were forcibly suppressed on June 4 when the government declared martial law and sent the People's Liberation Army to occupy central parts of Beijing. In what became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by tanks fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into Tiananmen Square. Estimates of the death toll vary from several hundred to several thousand, with thousands more wounded.
Berlin Wall Falls
November 9, 1989 AD
November 9, 1989 AD The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 preventing people from leaving the Soviet occupied side of Berlin/
Simpsons (TV)
December 17, 1989 AD
1989 AD The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company debuting in 1989
Collapse of Soviet Union
December 25, 1991 AD
1991 AD The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on 26 December 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
President Clinton elected
1992 AD
1992 AD Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd President of the United States
Doom (Video Game)
1993 AD
1993 AD Doom was a violent and fast paced action shooter game for the PC and is one of the prime innovators to the First Person Shooter genre.
Golden Eye 007 (Video Game)
1997 AD
1997 AD Goldeneye 007 a wildly popular action shooter for the Nintendo 64 that had a renowned 4 player split screen mode and is still respected by gamers today.
Golden Eye 007 (Video Game)
1997 AD
1997 AD Goldeneye 007 a wildly popular action shooter for the Nintendo 64 that had a renowned 4 player split screen mode and is still respected by gamers today.
Harry Potter Philosophers Stone
June 26, 1997
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. Learn more at Wikipedia
Int'l Space Station launched
1998 AD
1998 AD The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000.
Sopranos (TV)
1999 AD
1999 AD The Sopranos is a crime drama first aired as a TV series on HBO in 1999.
Star Wars The Phantom Menace
1999
The fourth movie released in the film series. The first of the prequel trilogy.
Counter Strike (Video Game)
2000 AD
2000 AD Counterstrike was a multiplayer first person shooter video game that was extremely popular in it's time and greatly contributed to the FPS shooter genre of today.
Attack on 9/11
2001 AD
September 11, 2001 AD The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated hijacked passenger airliner terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States
Star Wars Attack of the Clones
2002
The fifth Star Wars film in the series and the second in the prequel trilogy.
World of Warcraft (Video Game)
2000 AD
2004 AD World of Warcraft is known as the most popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) for the PC.
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2005
is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), which was published posthumously in 2005 to become an international bestseller. Learn more at Wikipedia
Office (TV)
2005 AD
2005 AD The Office is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, lasting nine seasons.
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
2005
The sixth movie in the film series, and the last in the prequel trilogy.
iPhone 1 released
2007 AD
2007 AD The iPhone is the first smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
President Obama elected
2008 AD
2016 AD President Barrack H. Obama was inaugurated The 44th President of The United States.
Breaking Bad (TV)
2008 AD
2008 AD Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series originally aired on AMC for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013.
Game of Thrones (TV)
2011 AD
2011 AD Game of Thrones is an Americn televesion series premiered on HBO on April 17, 2011, and concluded in 2019.
Star Wars The Force Awakens
2015
The seventh film released in the Star Wars franchise.
Fortnite (Video Game)
2017 AD
2017 AD Fortnite is an independantly developed game with a free to play mode that boasts an immense fan base and champions the Battle Royale play style.
Stranger Things (TV)
July 5, 2016 AD
2016 AD Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror web television series released on Netflix in 2016.
President Trump elected
November 8, 2016 AD
2016 AD President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated The 45th President of The United States.
Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’
April 23 2016 AD
2016 AD Lemonade is the sixth solo studio album by American singer Beyoncé, released on April 23, 2016.
Star Wars The Last Jedi
2017
The eigth Star Wars movie in the film franchise.
iPhone X released
2018 AD
2018 AD iPhone X is a smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It was the eleventh generation of the iPhone announced on September 12, 2017
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Star Wars: Episode IX
Covid 19 Pandemic
2020 AD
In the beginning of the year 2020 countries around the world began reporting cases testing positive for the virus SARS-CoV-2, which produces the disease referred to as Covid19 (Coronaivrus 2019)
President Biden inaugurated
January 20, 2021
The 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden took office on January 20th, 2021
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
February 24th, 2022
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, its neighbour to the southwest, marking the largest escalation of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The campaign was preceded by a prolonged Russian military build-up beginning in early 2021.
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