American History timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

American Revolutionary War
Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Indpendence signed
Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 10, 1865

Civil War
Apr 14, 1865

President Abraham Lincoln murdered
Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Jun 28, 1919

World War I
Oct 24, 1929

Wall Street crash; Begininng of the Great Depression
Period: Sep 3, 1939 to Aug 14, 1945

World War II
Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1953

Korean War
Jul 20, 1969

First Man on the moon
Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 31, 1988

Iran-Iraq War
Sep 11, 2001

Attack on the Two Towers