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105
New Ruler
Ptolemy I became the new ruler. -
130
Death
Cleopatra VII died in 30 BC -
235
Century Crises
There was aggressive barbarians, Ruled by rival Armies, the economic depression and a plague that was likely small pox. -
241
First Punic War
Battle of the Aegates Islands- the Romans sink the Cathaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end -
305
Stepping Down
Diocletian and Maximian willfully step down from their power -
306
More Death
Contantius Dies -
306
Tension
Amry wants Constantius' son, Constantine, to be Augustus. -
306
Promotion
Galerius, the Augustus of the East, promotes Severus, Caesar of the West, to Augustus -
431
Peloponnesian war
Begins in 431 BC and lasts 27 years -
Sep 17, 1000
Kingdom of Israel
The kingdom of Israel is established by Hebrews -
Oct 28, 1250
Trojan War
BC. The Mycenaeans and Trojans fought a war over a trade route not over a beautiful girl. -
More War!
England declares war on Spain -
Wthdraws
Spanish army under Don Carlos III draws into Naples -
Birth of Voltaire
French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform. -
Hammurabi
Hammurabi brought much of Mesopotamia under his control -
Capital is moved.
The state capital is moved from Philidalphia to Washington D.C. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground railroad is established. -
World War I
WWI happened because of mutual defence alliances, imperialism, militarism and nationalism. It also happened because of the assissinaton of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and France just called upon alliances and that is how WWI started. -
Holocaust
Hitler had managed to kill over six million Jews. They saw Jews as radically inferior. -
WWII
It started when Hitler invaded Poland and caused 50-85 billion deaths. WWII is the deadliest war in history because of the deaths. It included more than 30 countries. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese military forces attacked Pearl Harbor which was the US naval base. -
Hiroshima
A bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by a B-29 bomber, Enola Gay. The bomb destroyed 2/3 of Hiroshima. 70,000 cilivians died right after the bomb was released and 70,000 more died 5 years after due to radiation. All that is left of the bomb were the shadows imprinted on the buildings. -
Dead Wife
Julius' wife Cornelia died. Julius quickly remarried. -
Chernobyl Disaster
The blow up of the Nuclear power plant that was in Chernobyl happened when a reactor test failed and it blew up. -
Rwandan Genocide
It was the mass slaughter of the Tutsis by the Hutus. Tutsis wanted to end the Government led Hutus and Hutus retaliated by doing genocide. In this case Tutsis and Hutus are both deemed acountable for the 500,000 to 1 million deaths. -
AOL
America Online- announced the purchase of Time Warner Communications. Time Warner was both a larger company in terms of sales and assests, but with the Internet bubble at the top AOL's stock was valued at twice that of Time Warner. By the time the sale was consumated the bubble was over and it was clear that the stockholders of Time Warner had come out the losers. -
New place
Hebrew's migrated into a region known as the Canaan, -
USS Cole
the USS Cole a Guided Missile Destroyer was attacked while on a refueling stop in Aden. The ship was attacked by suicide bombers in a small inflatable boat which came alongside and then detonated. -
Twin Towers
The The twim towers in New York were both attacked by a hijacked plane. Thousands died. -
Anthrax threats
a week after the September 11th the first letter containing Anthrax spores were recevied in the US mail by several news media and two US Senators. Over the course of a few weeks five people were killed and 17 others were wounded. The FBI despite one of the largest investigations in its' history failed to apprehend anyone responisble for the attack. -
United Airlines
United Airlines, the second largest US airline sought protection under a Chapter 11 bankrupcy filing. The filing the largest ever by a US airline resulted from continued losses some stemming from the September 11th attacks and difficult competition from low cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines. -
Biggest Power Outage EVER
a power outage began in the Northeast US. Some power was restored by 11PM but many customers were without power for two days. It was the worse power outage in US history leaving 45 million people in the US in the dark. -
Exploding Shuttle
Seventy three seconds after blast-off, the shuttle Challenger exploded and killed all seven astronauts on board. The explosion ws the greatest loss ever for the American space program, and was later blamed on faulty o-rings in the booster rocket. In 2003 the shuttle Columbia disentegrated on reentry, killing all of its astronauts -
Commission
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, otherwise known as the 9/11 Commission issued its final report. The nonpartisan commission which was created after a public demand by family members of the victims of the attack report provided a vivid account of the event of 9/11 as well as the many government failures made it possible. -
The Great Tsunami
The Great Tsunami originated of the coast of Indonesia and submerged quite a few islands. The lives lost in the Great Tsunami is more than any other natural disaster. -
Hispanic mayor
Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa became the first hispanic mayor of Los Angeles in 130 years. -
Hurricane Katrina
hurricane Katrina a strong category four storm struck the Gulf Coast near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The storm brought widespread devestation to the Gulf Coast where it struck, flattening town and destroying much of what was in its path. 48 hours before the hurricane hit the mayor of New Orleans ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city. -
Inaugration
President Obama was inaugurated the 44th President of the Untied States. Close to 2 million packed the mall in Washington to watch the inauguration of the first African American President in American history. President Obama defeated Republican Senator John MCain to win the presidency. -
Obama allows troops
After weeks of deliberation President Obama announced that he was ordering an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. -
Arab Spring
It is a series of Anti-Government protests, uprisings, and armed rebllions. Their purpose, relative success remain hotly disputed in Arab countries, among foreign observers, and between moddle powers looking to cash in on changing map of the Middle East. -
Osama Bin Laden
elite American military unit entered the compound were Osama Bin Laden was hiding in Abbottabad Pakistan. Once there they engaged in a brief fire fight and then shot Osama bin Laden. -
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy the largest Atlantic hurricane in absolute size came ashore in Southern New Jersey. The storm that combined with winter storm created the largest storm surge in recent history along the New Jersey coast and the coast of New York along Long Island and most severely in New York harbor. The surge that it New York harbor was over 11 ft. high and flooded large parts of Lower Manhattan. -
Conquered
Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and destroyed Solomon's temple -
Asoka
Becomes emporer, conquers the Deccan region, horrified by the violnce and converts to Buddhism, creates a government based on morality, and becomes peaceful and prosperous. -
Annulled
Marriage between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves is quickly annulled. -
Married
Julius Caesar gets married in 84 BC. He married the daughter of L. Cornelius Cinna. His brides name was Cornelia. -
Power
Diocletian comes to power by "Avenging" the death of the 2nd emporer he killed. -
Roman Republic
The Romans overthrow the Etruscans ruler. Creates the Roman Republic and early lessons. -
Settling
Romans are the descendants of the Latin people and they settled in Italy around 800 BC. -
Sargon
Sargon the ruler of Akkad invaded and conquered Sumeria -
Old kingdom
Pharaohs organized a strong central state -
Unified
An Egyptian ruler, Narmer, unifies the Upper and Lower Kingdoms -
Cuneiform
Sumerians invented writing
