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Pyramids

2780 BCE

Around 2780 B.C., King Djoser's architect, Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one beneath, in a stack to form a pyramid rising in steps.

Fiji

1483 BCE

Fiji, a country in the South Pacific, is an archipelago (a sea or stretch of water having many islands) of more than 300 islands.

Tonga

900 BCE

Tonga is a Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 South Pacific islands, many uninhabited.

Samoa

900 BCE

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands, two smaller, inhabited islands, and several smaller.

Society Island

200 BCE

The Society Islands are an archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean.

Easter Island

300

Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia. Its native name is Rapa Nui. It’s famed for archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues called moai, created by inhabitants during the 13th–16th centuries.

Hawaii

400

Hawaii is a U.S. state located in the Pacific Ocean approximately 2,000 mi from the U.S. mainland.

Cook Islands

521

The Cook Islands is a nation in the South Pacific, with political links to New Zealand. Its 15 islands are scattered over a vast area.

New Zealand

1280

New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses

100 Years War

Period: 1337 to 1453

The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts in Western Europe from 1337 to 1453, waged between the House of Plantagenet and its cadet House of Lancaster, rulers of the Kingdom of England, and the House of Valois over the right to rule the Kingdom of France.

Guy Fawkes

1605

The other conspirators were all either killed resisting capture or—like Fawkes—tried, convicted, and executed. In the aftermath, Parliament declared November 5 a national day of thanksgiving, and the first celebration of it took place in 1606.