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1690
The begging of king williams war as hostilties in europe between the french and english spill over to the colonies , -
1691
in new york, the newely appionted govener of new england -
1700
el pueblo de Nuestra senor lareina de los angles was founded in 1781 the citizen ship of the pueblo used asphaly from local seeps to water proof the roofs thier house as a fuel -
Queen anne
in march queen anne ascends english throne in may england declares war on france after deather of the king of spain charts II to stop the union of france and spain -
1712
In May, the Carolina colony is officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina. In June, the Pennsylvania assembly bans the import of slaves into that colony. In Massachusetts, the first sperm whale is captured at sea by an American from Nantucket. -
1720
The population of American colonists reaches 475,000. Boston (pop. 12,000) is the largest city, followed by Philadelphia (pop. 10,000) and New York (pop. 7000). -
1732
February 22, George Washington is born in Virginia. Also in February, the first mass is celebrated in the only Catholic church in colonial America, in Philadelphia. In June, Georgia, the 13th English colony, is founded. -
1751
The Currency Act is passed by the English Parliament, banning the issuing of paper money by the New England colonies. -
john
John Adams is elected second president of the U.S. Jefferson is elected vice president, having received the second largest number of electoral votes. -
adam
Adams inaugurated as President - Jefferson is inaugurated as vice president of the United States and begins gathering information on rules of parliamentary practice. As vice president, Jefferson presides over the Senate. -
u.s
The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. -
electors
Electors meet in their states and cast votes for the next president of the United States. A tie vote between Jefferson and Aaron Burr does not become known till the end of the month. This throws the election into the House of Representatives which addresses the matter on February 11, 180 -
1802
The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs, moving up the Missouri River. (Lewis and Clark map, with annotations... Geography and Map Division) -
1802
Ohio outlaws slavery -- September. James Callender makes the accusation that Thomas Jefferson has "for many years past kept, as his concubine, one of his own slaves," Sally Hemings. It is published in the Richmond Recorder that month, and the story is soon picked up by Federalist presses around the country. Callender, a Republican, has previously been an avid investigator of Federalist scandals. In 1798, Jefferson had helped pay for the publication of Callender's pamphlet The Prospect Before Us -
1906
efferson nominates James Monroe and William Pinckney as joint commissioners to Great Britain. British warships have been boarding and searching American ships and seizing American as well as British seamen, claiming that they are British deserters. Jefferson hopes to resolve the issue and maintain American neutrality in the conflict between Great Britain and France. -
1807
Aaron Burr is captured near New Orleans. He escapes but is recaptured and imprisoned. In April, Burr is charged with treason and tried in Richmond in a federal circuit court presided over by John Marshall.* Burr is acquitted. Later, with other charges pending, Burr escapes to England. (*Winfield Scott, then a young lawyer, attends the trial as a spectator.) -
british
British burn Capitol building in Washington -
Napoleon
Napoleon finally, finally defeated at Waterloo. -
Georgia
Georgia prohibits Manumission -- Karl Marx born in Germany -
Missouri
Missouri Compromise, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Maine immediately gives right to vote and education to all male citizens. The compromise also prohibited slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30'N lat. (southern boundary of Missouri). The 36°30' proviso held until 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
Mexico
Mexico becomes a republic – outlaws slavery- In disputed election, John Quincy Adams (John Adams’ son) is elected President, defeating populist Andrew Jackson.
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historic
john milne an english became a pefessor of geology and mining at the imperial -
1852
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published - Jossiah Priest publishes Bible defense of slavery
Franklin Pierce elected president; Napoleon III's Second Empire established in France; California encourages Chinese to immigrate and work on railroads -
1861
Fort Sumter fired on, surrenders -
1862
Union loses Battle of Fredericksburg and over 12,600 men, South loses about 5,300. -
historic
walking stick has a very unusal form form of handle wich appears to be and sumkind of prehistoric -
1890
Battle of Wounded Knee – 200 Native American women and children massacred by U.S. troops. Wounde Knee -
AUSTRALIA/NIGERIA
australia declares the indepenece from fedration of UK COLINIES,NIGERIA BECOMES A BRITISH PROTECATOR. -
NSW
NSW scores 918 all out vs south australia in 560 mintues -
clevland/soccer
1st soccer game between belgium (8) & Netherlands (0) , clevland Bock baker give up a record of 23 singles as white sox -
brothers
WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT -
Armory Show
The Armory Show opens in New York City introducing Modern art both American and European to the American public. -
President
President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe -
1920
19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote
1920 - Sacco and Vanzetti arrested -
1929
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets a record 68 points over a two-day period, setting off the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and triggering the Great DepressionThe Museum of Modern Art opens to the public in New York City American Samoa officially becomes a U.S. territory -
electors
The electors' votes for president are officially opened and counted in Congress, which already knows that the vote is tied between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House of Representatives meets separately and continues balloting for six days. On February 17, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson is elected president and Aaron Burr becomes vice president. -
1925
Scopes Trial, whose outcome found that the teaching of evolution in the classroom "does not violate church and state or state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of intellectual disagreement"
1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross elected governor of Wyoming -
Prehistory 1700s
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1700
the Anglo population in the english colonies in america reaches 275000 -
scopes trail
Scopes Trial, whose outcome found that the teaching of evolution in the classroom "does not violate church and state or state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of intellectual disagreement" -
historic
heavy cast signed sterling handle wich appears to be gold platium
