History

By Lisa2mey
  • Period: 3001 BCE to 3000 BCE

    The Stone Age

    The Stone Age (2.5 million B.C.E. to 3000 B.C.E.): Documents the human migration from Africa and the first use of tools by Neanderthals, Denisovans, and early humans
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1300 BCE

    The Bronze Age

    The Bronze Age (3000 B.C.E. to 1300 B.C.E.): Humans settle in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and ancient Egypt. Bronze Age
  • Period: 1300 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Iron Age

    The Iron Age (1300 B.C.E, to 600 B.C.E.): Formation of planned cities; the introduction of ironworks, steel, and writing systems occurs
  • 1000 BCE

    Rome begins

    One of 7 hills, Rome began close to the year 1000 BC. Settled by the Latins on high ground to protect their farming and trade with the wealth Etruscans to the north.
  • 770 BCE

    Great Wall of China

    Construction on the Great Wall of China beings circa 770 B.C.E.
  • 753 BCE

    Ancient Roman Civilization founded

    The Ancient Romans cite this date as their founding. They actually site a specific day 21April
  • Period: 753 BCE to 476

    Ancient Rome

    Ancient Rome was a political power that developed many things, including a codified legal system, irrigation, architecture, city roads, and Christianity
  • Period: 600 BCE to 476

    The Classic Era

    The Classical era, also known as Classical antiquity, began roughly around 600 B.C.E. in most of the world. It marked the beginning of a philosophical period in world history as well provided the first recorded sources of human history. Politically, the Classical era saw the rise – and fall – of most of the world's first major empires.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 600

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece (600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.): Empire that created a lasting foundation of democracy, philosophy, mathematics, drama, and poetry
  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Confucius (POI)

    Confucius Chinese philosopher, teacher, and political theorist who is considered a founder of traditional Chinese civilization. His teachings, which are preserved in the Analects, are the foundation of much of Chinese education and thought. His ideas continue to influence Chinese and East Asian cultures today. 
  • Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE

    The Persian Empire

    Persian Empire (550 B.C.E. to 330 B.C.E.): Middle Eastern empire that practiced Zoroastrianism before Islam and fell to Alexander the Great in 330 B.C.E.
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Thermopylea

    The Battle of Thermopylae between Persia and several Greek city-states took place in 480 B.C.E.
  • Period: 321 BCE to 185 BCE

    Maurya Empire

    Maurya Empire (321 B.C.E. to 185 B.C.E.): Far-reaching Indian empire that helped advance the South Asian region with extensive trade systems and artistic output
  • 200 BCE

    Nazca

    The Nazca people start carving vast geoglyphs - monkeys, birds, whales as big as football fields - in the deserts of South America
  • 139 BCE

    Rome introduces secret ballot

    To prevent the influence of bribes or threats on elections, Romans start using a secret ballot.
  • 60

    Boudica of the Iceni

    Boudica Queen of a British tribe, leads a revolt against oppressive Roman rule. She later becomes a national hero.
  • 79

    Mt. Vesuvius errupts

    Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E. and destroys Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae, and more.
  • Period: 285 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    Byzantine Empire (285 C.E. to 1453 C.E.): Mediterranean culture that incorporated practices and beliefs from ancient Greece and Rome; the only major power not to fall until after the Renaissance
  • 476

    Fall of Holy Roman Empire

    Rome The decadence and incompetence of Commodus (180-192) brought the golden age of the Roman emperors to a disappointing end. His death at the hands of his own ministers sparked another period of civil war, from which Lucius Septimius Severus (193-211) emerged victorious.
  • Period: 476 to 1450

    The Middle Ages

    The Middle Ages was an unstable period lasting for nearly a millennium-marked by the collapse of Roman civilization in the 5thC to the period of the Renaissance. Historians often group the era into three distinct periods: the Early Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages.
  • Period: 476 to 1000

    Early Middle Ages

    Early Middle Ages (476 C.E. to 1000 C.E.): This period shows most powers rebuilding after the collapse of the Roman Empire and the beginning of Islamic rule in the Middle East
  • 610

    Arab trader, Muhammad, founds Islam

  • Period: 748 to 814

    Charlemagne (POI)

    Charlemagne (748 C.E. to 814 C.E.): King of the Franks who united much of continental Europe and ruled the Carolingian Empire
  • 793

    Vikings raid Lindisfarne

  • Dec 31, 800

    Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

    Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the majority of western and central Europe and was the first recognized emperor to rule from western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier
  • Period: 980 to 1037

    Ibn Sina (POI)

    Ibn Sina (980 C.E. to 1037 C.E.): Muslim physician and philosopher who wrote the seminal text The Canon of Medicine and is known as the Father of Modern Medicine
  • Period: 1000 to 1250

    High Middle Ages

    High Middle Ages (1000 C.E. to 1250 C.E.): 250-year period that saw the height of the Catholic church’s power in the Crusades
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    Norman conquest of England. William the Conqueror of Normandy invades England taking control and ending Anglo-Saxon rule, introducing French customs
  • Period: 1157 to 1199

    Richard the Lionheart (POI)

    Richard the Lionheart (1157 C.E. to 1199 C.E.): Prominent English King and crusading military leader
  • 1163

    Notre-Dame Begins

    Construction begins in Paris. The flying buttresses allow for taller walls and bigger windows, bathing the interior in light.
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    A royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England near Runnymede, near Windsor. Limited monarchical power, ushering in beginning of modern day democracy.
  • Period: 1250 to 1450

    Late Middle Ages

    Late Middle Ages (1250 C.E. to 1450 C.E.): A period that saw the Black Plague, the beginning of European exploration, and the invention of the printing press
  • Period: 1309 to 1377

    Avignon Papacy seated in France vs Italy

  • 1337

    Hundred Year war begins

  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    Black Death | Bubonic Plague

  • Period: 1386 to 1466

    Donatello (POI)

    Donatello (1386 C.E. to 1466 C.E.): Italian sculptor who revitalized Classical sculpting styles and conventions during the Renaissance
  • 1391

    Pogroms

    During a time of increasing anti-Semitism in Spain, mobs carry out pogroms in Sevilla. The Jewish population of the kingdom of Castile faces the choice between Christian baptism and death.
  • 1406

    Forbidden City in China

    China’s 1st Emperor builds the Forbidden City, an imperial palace complex, to assert his power. He also sends large fleets to sail the world.
  • Period: 1412 to 1431

    Joan of Arc (POI)

    Joan of Arc (1412 C.E. to 1431 C.E.): Catholic French warrior turned saint who was executed for heresy
  • 1439

    Gutenberg invents printing press

  • Period: 1450 to

    Early Modern Era

    The Early Modern Era, which immediately followed the Middle Ages, saw a resurgence of the values and philosophies from the Classical era. Important influencers: Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Christopher Columbus
  • Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci (POI)

    Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

  • 1469

    Marriage of Ferdinand & Isabella

  • 1475

    The Flemish Hunting Deck

    One of the oldest surviving decks of cards is made. The exact rules are unknown, but it definitely involves gambling
  • 1478

    The Spanish Inquisition

    The Spanish Inquisition was a judicial institution that lasted between 1478 and 1834. Its ostensible purpose was to combat heresy in Spain, but, in practice, it resulted in consolidating power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom. Its brutal methods led to widespread death and suffering.
  • 1485

    Botticelli paints The Birth of Venus

  • 1498

    Da Vinci paints The Last Supper

  • 1501

    Michelangelo’s David commissioned

    After expelling the powerful & Goliath-like Medici family, the people of Florence commission a statue of their symbolic hero: David
  • 1517

    Martin Luther & Catholicism

    A German theology professor named Martin Luther launches an attack on the Catholic Church with a list of 95 theses about faith.
  • Period: 1517 to

    Protestant Reformation

    Protestant Reformation (1517 C.E. to 1648 C.E.): Religious movement in which Lutheranism (started by Martin Luther) broke with the Catholic church and redefined Christianity
  • Period: 1526 to

    The Mughal Empire

  • Period: 1565 to

    Colonial America Era & the Revolution

  • 1570

    Queen Elizabeth I & Ivan the Terrible

    In a secret letter, Queen Elizabeth I promises to receive Ivan the Terrible in England, should political circumstances dictate his need to leave Russia
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    The Dutch Golden Age

    The Dutch Golden Age was a period in the history of the Netherlands in which Dutch trade, science, and art and the Dutch military were among the most acclaimed in the world.
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    Baroque Style

    The Baroque Era followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transition (the galant style). The Baroque period is divided into three major phases: early (1580-1650), middle (1630-1700), and late (1680-1750).

  • Edo Period Begins

    Japan’s peaceful Edo period begins, led by a new shogun. With few enemies left to fight, many samurai instead read, paint or make ceramics.

  • Jamestowne Settlement Established

    The Virginia Company settlers landed on Jamestown Island to establish an English colony 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
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    Louis XIV - The Sun King

    Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign
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    La Fronde

    La Fronde, a period of long civil war in France, started when the nobles & Paris Parlement, driven by hatred of the PM Jules Cardinal Mazarin, rose against the crown. Louis XIV, 9 at the time, suffered poverty, hunger and much more. These trials would shape the young king.

  • Colonial America Trivia

    Actors put on the first play in colonial America. They are quickly arrested for public wickedness.
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    The Franco-Dutch War

    The second war of conquest by Louis XIV of France, whose chief aim in the conflict was to establish French possession of the Spanish Netherlands after having forced the Dutch Republic’s acquiescence
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    Sebastian Bach, POI

    Lived during Baroque Period

  • Salem Witch Trials begin

    The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. Trials
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    War of Spanish Succession

    The War of Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between supporters of the French Bourbons and the Habsburgs
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    The Classical Era

    The Classical Period was an era of classical music roughly between the Baroque and Romantic periods
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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, POI

    A prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
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    Industrial Revolution

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    Neoclassicism Period

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    American Revolution

  • Paul Revere’s Run

  • Declaration of Independence Signed

  • Period: to

    The New Nation

  • French Revolution

  • Louis XVI beheaded

  • Marie Antoinette beheaded

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Encompassing 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America, the United States purchased Louisiana from France in 1803 for $15 million. Louisiana Purchase
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    Napoleonic Wars & the United States

    Pre-cursor to the War of 1812, the N. Wars continued the wars of the French Revolution, Great Britain for European supremacy. Napoleonic Wars

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Announcement of the Louisiana Purchase
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    Lewis & Clarke Expedition

    Expedition Timelline

  • Philippe de Girard

    He helps patent a method for canning food, a revolution in food storage. Unfortunately, no one has yet invented the can opener.
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    War of 1812

    Pre-cursor to the War of 1812, the N. Wars continued the wars of the French Revolution, Great Britain for European supremacy. War of 1812

  • Trail of Tears

    Land speculators demanded the US gov give states land rights over protected Native land. Pres. Andrew Jackson complied and in 1830 the Indian Removal Act was passed. The Trail of Tears between 1838-1839 Injustice

  • John Deere invents the steel plow

  • Oregon Trail

    Seeking to move west, settlers in large wagon trains begin to leave Missouri on the Oregon Trail

  • California Gold Rush begins

    Men abandon San Francisco for the mines, leaving the town so empty it looks as if an epidemic struck.
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    American Civil War

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

  • Battle of Bull Run

    First major battle of Civil War

  • First transcontinental telegraph completed

    Developed in the 1830’s & 40s buy Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long distance communication. The transcontinental line connected the existing eastern US network to California.

  • Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)

    Known as the bloodiest battle ever fought on US soil w/22k+ casualties, counted as a Union victory led by McClelland & Lee, but massive failure of McClelland for failure to pursue and crush Lee and end the war. Led President Lincoln to declare end to slavery.

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Decisive Union victory that divided Confederacy and cemented Grant’s reputation

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Most impt battle stopping Lee’s march north and inspiring Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

  • Battle of Atlanta

    Atlanta held out until Sept 2, marking beginning of Sherman’s March to Sea
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    Reconstruction & Industrialization

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    Reconstruction Period

  • Battle of Appomattox

    Lee surrenders to Grant

  • Juneteenth

    Enslaved African Americans in Texas were told they were free.
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    The Gilded Age

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    Arts & Crafts Movement

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    The Progressive Era

  • Queen Victoria Dies

    Known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire

  • Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jones

    Having lost her own children, MHJ leads a strike of children working in mines and mills. By then, she’s known as Mother Jones

  • Women gain right to vote in Finland

  • FBI established

  • Titanic sinks

  • Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the derby

    Fighting for the right to vote, Emily Davison dies at the derby

  • Archduke Ferdinand & Duchess Sophia assinated

  • England enters WW1

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    The Russian Revolution

  • US enters WW1

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    Art Deco Period

    Stylistically celebrating post-war era. Hard-edge style of modernism for new era

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Ends WW1

  • Band-Aid Invented

    Josephine Dickson keeps getting cuts while cooking and her bandages don’t stay on. Her husband, Earle, creates the Band-Aid
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    The Third Reich

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    The Great Depression

    Some site it’s end in 1939.

  • Black Thursday

    Wall Street crashes. Great Depression begins

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Third Reich takes control in Germany

  • Franklin D Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President

  • Hindenburg disaster

  • WW2 begins, Germany invades Poland

  • Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister

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    World War II

  • Pearl Harbor

    The day after the attack, Congress declared war on Imperial Japan with only a single dissenting vote by
    Janette Rankin

  • Japanese internment camp

    Japanese internment camps were established during WW II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. gov that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps. The incarceration of Americans is considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th C. History

  • D-Day, Normandy invasion

  • Battle of the Bulge

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    The Cold War

  • Roosevelt dies, succeeded by Truman

  • Hitler commits suicide

    As Soviet forces near his command bunker in central Berlin on April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Berlin falls to the Soviets within days

  • Germany surrenders

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombed

    Nagasaki bombed on the 9th. Targeted cities were Kyoto, Hiroshima, Kokura, and Niigata, but Kyoto was removed from the list. Tokyo never selected.

  • WW2 ends, Japan surrenders

  • JFK Assassination

  • Alexei Leonov

    Performs the first space walk. His suit expands in the vacuum of space, so he initially can’t fit back into the airlock.

  • Hurricane Agnes

    Strikes the East Coast. It helps lead to modern disaster relief, including FEMA.

  • First MRI

    Is performed on a human. The technique was initially tested on clams.

  • 9/11