8th Grade History Timeline

Period: Feb 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1700

Mercantilism
Feb 24, 1582

Gregorian Calendar
Period: Jan 1, 1651 to Jan 1, 1766

Parliament's Act & Taxes
Sep 13, 1651

The Navigation Acts
Period: Jan 1, 1731 to Jan 1, 1755

The First Great Awakening
Mar 1, 1733

The Molasses Act
Period: Jan 1, 1745 to Jan 1, 1816

Francis Asbury
May 1, 1750

"Black Harry" Hoiser
May 28, 1751

Battle of Jumonville Glen
Period: Jan 1, 1754 to Jan 1, 1763

The French and Indian War
Jul 9, 1755

Battle of Monongahela
Period: Jan 1, 1756 to Jan 1, 1763

Seven Years' War
Period: Jan 27, 1756 to Dec 5, 1791

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Jan 1, 1760 to Jan 1, 1766

Pontiac's War
Period: Jan 1, 1760 to Jan 1, 1840

Industrial Revolution
Jan 1, 1763

Royal Proclamation
Apr 5, 1764

The Sugar Act
Sep 2, 1764

The Currency Acts
Mar 22, 1765

The Stamp Act
May 3, 1765

The Quartering Act
Jan 1, 1766

Sons of Liberty
Mar 18, 1766

The Declaratory Act
Mar 5, 1770

Boston Massacare
Dec 16, 1773

The Tea Act
Dec 16, 1773

Boston Tea Party
Apr 19, 1775

Battle of Lexington
Apr 19, 1775

Battle of Concord
Jan 1, 1776

Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Period: Jan 1, 1776 to Jan 1, 1779

Battles of Revoulution Part i
Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence
Nov 15, 1777

Articles of Confederation
Period: Jan 1, 1779 to Jan 1, 1783

Battles of Revoulution Part II
Sep 17, 1787

Constitution of the United States
Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 1799

French Revolution
Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

President George Washington
Jan 1, 1790

The Second Great Awakening
Jul 16, 1790

Washington, D.C.
Period: Jan 1, 1791 to Jan 1, 1794

Whiskey Rebellion
Dec 15, 1791

Bill of Rights
Period: Aug 29, 1792 to Aug 16, 1875

Charles Finney
Jan 1, 1793

Fugitive Slave Law Passed
Jan 1, 1793

Chisholm v. Georgia decision
Oct 11, 1793

Yellow Fever Outbreak
Dec 22, 1793

Napoleon Bonaparte
Mar 14, 1794

Cotton Gin
Nov 19, 1794

Jay Treaty Signed
Aug 3, 1795

Treaty of Greenville
Period: Nov 2, 1795 to Nov 10, 1799

The Directory
Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801

President John Adams
Feb 1, 1800

American Entertainment
Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1801

President Thomas Jefferson
Apr 30, 1803

Louisiana Purchase
May 14, 1804

Lewis and Clark Expedition
Period: Jan 1, 1807 to Jan 1, 1910

Westward Expansion
Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

President James Madison
Jan 1, 1812

War of 1812
Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

President James Monroe
Mar 3, 1820

Missouri Compromise
Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

President John Quincy Adams
Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

President Andrew Jackson
Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1890

Indian Wars in the West
Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1840

Steam Locomotive
Jan 1, 1831

Trail of Tears
Oct 2, 1835

Battle of Gonzales
Period: Oct 2, 1835 to Apr 21, 1836

Texas Revolution
Jan 1, 1836

Morse Code
Period: Feb 23, 1836 to Mar 6, 1836

Battle of Alamo
Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

President Martin Van Buren
Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841

President William Harrison
Period: Mar 5, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

president john tyler
Jan 1, 1843

Steam Hammer
Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 4, 1849

President James Polk
Period: May 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1849

Mexican-American War
Period: Jan 24, 1848 to Jan 24, 1955

California Gold Rush
Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

Presdient Zachary Taylor
Period: Jul 9, 1850 to Mar 4, 1853

President Millarod Fillmore
Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

President Franklin Pierce
May 30, 1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act
Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

President James Buchanan
Aug 5, 1858

Transatlantic Cable
Apr 3, 1860

Pony Express
Feb 1, 1861

Confederate States
Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

President Abraham Lincon
Jul 21, 1861

Battle of Manassas
Feb 6, 1862

Battle of Fort Henry
Period: Feb 11, 1862 to Feb 16, 1862

Battle of Fort Donelson
Period: Apr 6, 1862 to Apr 7, 1862

Battle of Shiloh
May 20, 1862

Homestead Acts
Period: Aug 28, 1862 to Aug 30, 1862

2nd Battle of Manassas
Sep 17, 1862

Battle of Antietam
Period: Dec 11, 1862 to Dec 17, 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg
Apr 21, 1863

Battle San Jacinto
Period: Apr 30, 1863 to May 6, 1863

Battle of Chancellorsville
Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 14, 1863

Battle of Vicksburg
Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg
Period: Sep 19, 1863 to Sep 20, 1863

Battle of Chickamauga
Jan 1, 1864

Battle of Shenandoah Valley
Period: May 31, 1864 to Jun 21, 1864

Battle of Cold Harbor
Jul 22, 1864

Battle of Atlanta
Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1877

Reconstruction Period
Apr 9, 1865

Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

President Andrew Johnson
Period: Jun 9, 1865 to Mar 25, 1865

Siege of Petersburg
Dec 24, 1865

Klu Klux Klan
Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

President Ulysses Grant
Mar 10, 1876

Telephone
Oct 14, 1878

Light Bulb
Jan 1, 1881

American Red Cross
Period: Mar 5, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

President James Garfield
Jul 4, 1881

The Tuskegee Institution
Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 19, 1885

President Chester Arthur
May 24, 1883

Brooklyn Bridge
Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

President Grover Cleveland
Oct 28, 1886

Statue on Liberty
Oct 9, 1888

Washington Monument
Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

President Benjamin Harrison
Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

President Grover Cleveland
Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

President William Mckinley
Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 1, 1930

Global Exploration
Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

President Theodore Roosevelt
Period: Dec 5, 1901 to Dec 15, 1966

Walt Disney
Dec 17, 1903

Wright Brothers Plane
Jul 28, 1908

F.B.I.
Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

President William Taft
Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

President Woodrow Wilson
Period: Jul 21, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War I
Period: Aug 4, 1914 to Aug 16, 1914

Battle of Liege
Period: Aug 26, 1914 to Aug 30, 1914

Battle of Tannenberg
Period: Sep 5, 1914 to Sep 12, 1914

Battle of Marne
Period: Feb 19, 1915 to Jan 9, 1916

The Gallipoli Campaign
Sep 9, 1915

Army Tanks
Period: Feb 21, 1916 to Dec 18, 1916

Battle of Verdun
Period: May 31, 1916 to Jun 1, 1916

Battle of Jutland
Period: Jul 1, 1916 to Nov 18, 1916

Battle of Somme
Mar 8, 1917

The Bolshevik Revolution
Mar 8, 1917

Russian Revolution
Jul 31, 1917

3rd Battle of Ypres
Period: Oct 24, 1917 to Nov 19, 1917

Battle of Caporetto
Nov 20, 1917

Battle of Cambrai
Aug 8, 1918

Battle of Amiens
Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles
Jan 1, 1920

The Roaring 20's
Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

President Warren Harding
Period: Jan 1, 1922 to Jan 1, 1991

The Soviet Union
Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

president calvin coolidge
Oct 11, 1925

The Scopes Monkey Trial
Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1939

The Great Depression
Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

President Herbert Hoover
Mar 4, 1933

The New Deal
Period: Jan 8, 1935 to Aug 16, 1977

Elvis Presley
Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War II
Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima
Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

president harry truman
Oct 24, 1945

United Nations
Mar 5, 1946

The Iron Curtain
Apr 15, 1947

Jackie Robinso
Jan 1, 1948

Cable Tv
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

The Korean War
Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

President Dwight Eisenhower
Period: Jan 1, 1954 to Jan 1, 1968

Civil Right Movement
Aug 28, 1955

Emmet Till
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

The Vietnam War
Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks
Period: Jan 1, 1957 to Jan 1, 1975

The Space Race
Oct 5, 1957

Sputnik
Feb 1, 1960

Machine Guns
May 26, 1960

The Beatles
Jan 1, 1961

The Beach boys
Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

President John Kennedy
Period: Apr 12, 1961 to May 9, 1865

The Civil War
Period: Apr 17, 1961 to Apr 19, 1961

Bay of Pigs Invasion
Jan 1, 1962

The Rolling Stones
Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr.
Nov 22, 1963

Kennedy Assassination
Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

President Lyndon Johnson
Jan 1, 1964

Civil Rights Act
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

President Richard Nixon
Jul 20, 1969

Man on the Moon
Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

President Gerald ford
Apr 1, 1976

Apple Inc.
Period: Jan 21, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

President james carter
Jan 1, 1979

Microsoft
Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

President Ronald Reagan
Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

President George H.W. Bush
Nov 9, 1989

Berlin Wall
Jan 1, 1990

Computer Animation
Apr 24, 1990

Hubble Telescope
Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991

The Gulf War
Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

President Bill Clinton
Oct 27, 1995

Pickney's Treaty Signed
Jan 1, 1998

iMac
Jan 1, 2001

iPod
Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

President George W. Bush
Sep 11, 2001

9/11/2001
Jan 1, 2003

Apple/iTunes Store
Jan 1, 2005

YouTube
Jan 1, 2007

iPhone
Jan 1, 2008

App Store
Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 1, 2016

President Barak Obama
Jan 1, 2010

iPad

Mercantilism

Gregorian Calendar

Parliament's Act & Taxes

The Navigation Acts

The First Great Awakening

The Molasses Act

Francis Asbury

"Black Harry" Hoiser

Battle of Jumonville Glen

The French and Indian War

Battle of Monongahela

Seven Years' War

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Pontiac's War

Industrial Revolution

Royal Proclamation

The Sugar Act

The Currency Acts

The Stamp Act

The Quartering Act

Sons of Liberty

The Declaratory Act

Boston Massacare

The Tea Act

Boston Tea Party

Battle of Lexington

Battle of Concord

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Battles of Revoulution Part i

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

Battles of Revoulution Part II

Constitution of the United States

French Revolution

President George Washington

The Second Great Awakening

Washington, D.C.

Whiskey Rebellion

Bill of Rights

Charles Finney

Fugitive Slave Law Passed

Chisholm v. Georgia decision

Yellow Fever Outbreak

Napoleon Bonaparte

Cotton Gin

Jay Treaty Signed

Treaty of Greenville

The Directory

President John Adams

American Entertainment

President Thomas Jefferson

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Westward Expansion

President James Madison

War of 1812

President James Monroe

Missouri Compromise

President John Quincy Adams

President Andrew Jackson

Indian Wars in the West

Steam Locomotive

Trail of Tears

Battle of Gonzales

Texas Revolution

Morse Code

Battle of Alamo

President Martin Van Buren

President William Harrison

president john tyler

Steam Hammer

President James Polk

Mexican-American War

California Gold Rush

Presdient Zachary Taylor

President Millarod Fillmore

President Franklin Pierce

Kansas-Nebraska Act

President James Buchanan

Transatlantic Cable