time line of america

By weaklier
  • Oct 12, 1492

    America

    America
    america was discoverd
  • Feb 28, 1504

    mona lisa

    mona lisa
    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa. Michelangelo sculpts the David (1504).
  • May 13, 1517

    turks

    turks
    Turks conquer Egypt
  • Sep 3, 1580

    The globe

    The globe
    Francis Drake returns to England after circumnavigating the globe; knighted by Queen Elizabeth I (1581)

  • treason

    treason
    Mary, Queen of Scots, executed for treason by order of Queen Elizabeth I.

  • hamlet

    hamlet
    Shakespeare publishes "Hamlet"

  • Hungary

    Hungary
    Turks invade Hungary

  • new hampshire

    new hampshire
    First English settlement in New Hampshire

  • Pirates

    Pirates
    Pirates settle in Tortuga

  • maya empire

    maya empire
    Last remains of the Mayan civilization destroyed by the Spanish in the Yucatan

  • unity

    unity
    England and Scotland united under the name of "Great Britain"

  • new city

    New Orleans is founded by the French.

  • newspaper

    newspaper
    Benjamin Franklin begins publishing The Pennsylvania Gazette, which eventually becomes the most popular colonial newspaper.

  • new war

    new war
    England declares war on France, as the French and Indian War in the colonies now spreads to Europe.

  • stamp act

    stamp act
    In March, the Stamp Act is passed by the English Parliament imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies, to offset the high costs of the British military organization in America.

  • new land

    new land
    Louisiana Purchase January 18.

  • lewis and clark

    lewis and clark
    The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs

  • war!!!!!

    war!!!!!
    War of 1812 with Britain (15% sailors Black)

  • underground

    underground
    “Underground Railroad” established

  • new inventions

    new inventions
    Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore

  • Flight!!!

    Flight!!!
    WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT

  • the war

    the war
    • WORLD WAR I ENDS

  • the great depression

    the great depression
    STOCK MARKET CRASHES, DEPRESSION BEGINS

  • WWII

    WWII
    (June) Germany invades Russia
    • (DECEMBER) JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR – U.S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN
    • HITLER DECLARES WAR ON U.S.

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    U.S. - Vietnam peace talks start
    • 400,000 people attend “Woodstock”
    • My Lai massacre – Lt. Calley convicted in 1971
    • Golda Meir becomes Prime Minister of Israel
    • Yale, Bowdoin and Colgate admit women