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Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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3200 BC (Prehistoric Era: The Stone Age)

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Sumerian Written Language

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3100 BC (Prehistoric Era: The Stone Age)

Southern Mesopotamia, Ur

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Pompeii Founded

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600 BC (Classical Era)

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Hadrian’s Wall

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122 BC (Classical Era)

Emperor Hadrian builds walled defenses on the border with Scotland

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Caesar’s invasions of Britain

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55 BC (Classical Era)

Roman General Julius Caesar invades Great Britain

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Romans withdraw from Britain

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401 AD (Classical Era)

The Angles begin their invasion of England and establish tribal kingdoms on the east coast.

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Cuthred of Wessex

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740 AD (The Middle Ages: Early Middle Ages)

Cuthred made Wessex more independent from Mercia.

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Viking Age Begins

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793 AD (The Middle Ages: Early Middle Ages)

Viking raid on a monastery in Lindisfarne

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Alfred the Great reign begins

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886 AD (The Middle Ages: Early Middle Ages)

House of Wessex, start of Kings to rule whole of England.

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L’Anse aux Meadows

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1000 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

[pronounced “Lawson Meadows”]

Now New Foundland, Canada: was founded by Lief Erikson from Greenland.

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The Norman Conquest

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1066 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

Battle of Hastings; William the Conqueror to be crowned William I, King of England, and began the reign of Norman Kings.

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People’s Crusade

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1096 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

Issued by Pop Urban II; the first, largest, and best documented of the popular crusades.

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Siege of Jerusalem

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1099 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

July 15th, People’s crusade. Siege of Jerusalem and the Fatimid Caliphate.

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Third Crusade

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1189 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

King Richard I becomes the Lionheart. Richard I and King Phillip II of France fight against Sultan Saladin.

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King John excommunicated

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1209 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

excommunicated by Pope Innocent III

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The Magna Carta

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1215 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

Magna Carta signed under King John. Would be revised many times over the years.

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The Treaty of York

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1237 AD (The Middle Ages: High Middle Ages)

Fixed the border between Scotland and England.

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Shepherd’s Crusade

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1251 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages)

Aimed at rescuing King Louis IX of France during the Seventh Crusade.

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Treaty of Paris

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1259 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages)

King Henry III of England and King Louis IX of France; ended House Plantagenet and House Capetian conflict.

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Battle of Stirling Bridge

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1297 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages)

William Wallace and the Scots beat the English. Edward I was King.

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Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton

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1328 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages)

England recognized Scottish independence. Edward III was King of England at the time.

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The Hundred Years War

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1337 AD - 1456 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages)

France (House Valois) beats England (House Plantagenet).

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Black Death begins

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1346 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages)

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Anglo-Portuguese Treaty

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1373 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages)

Treaty between England and Portugal, it exists today. Edward III was King of England.

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The Peasants' Revolt
1381 AD (The Middle Ages: Late Middle Ages) England. Wat Tyler's Rebellion. Young Richard II was King of England.
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Fall of Constantinople
1453 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Byzantine Empire's capital falls to the Ottoman Empire and Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror).
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Wars of the Roses
1455 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) English civil war between House of York (White Rose) and House of Lancaster (Red Rose).
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Christopher Columbus reaches the Bahamas
1492 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)
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Castilla de Oro
1508 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Panama. Diego de Nicuesa, from Spain, founds the first American colony called Castilla de Oro.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
1513 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida. He then tries and fails to start a colony in Florida in 1521 AD.
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Cortes & the Aztecs
1519 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Herman Cortes (Spain) conquers the Aztec Empire in Mexico. Charles V was the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Spain & Germany) at the time.
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Field of the Cloth of Gold
1520 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) King Henry VIII (England) and King Francis I (France) meet.
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Pizarro & the Incas
1531 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Francisco Pizarro (Spain) conquers the Inca Empire in Peru.
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Church of England
1533 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) King Henry VIII (England) severed ties with the Roman Catholic Church and declared himself head of the Church of England.
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Hernando de Soto
1541 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River.
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Roanoke Colony founded
1585 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)
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Acadia colony founded
1604 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Quebec, Canada. Founded by the French.
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Gun Powder Plot
1605 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Guy Fawkes conspired to blow up King James VI (Scotland) and I (England) and the Parliament of England, the plot was uncovered.
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Jamestown founded
1607 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Jamestown, Virginia, is founded by the English.
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Sante Fe founded
1610 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded by the Spanish.
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Fort Nassau founded
1615 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance) Fort Nassau (Albany, NY) founded by the Dutch.
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Great Fire of London
1666 AD (Early Modern Era: The Enlightenment)
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Glorious Revolution
1688 AD (Early Modern Era: The Enlightenment) King James II (England) and VII (Scotland) overthrown by daughter Mary II and husband William III of Orange.
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Treaty of Union
1706 AD (Early Modern Era: The Enlightenment) creation of Great Britain. George II was King of England.
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Acts of Union 1707
1707 AD (Early Modern Era: The Enlightenment) formalized Treaty of Union. George II was King of England.
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War of American Independence (Revolutionary War)
1775 AD (Early Modern Era: The Enlightenment) Starts with the battles of Lexington and Concord. Lasts until 1783 AD. George III was King of England.
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Treaty of Paris
1783 AD (Early Modern Era: The Enlightenment) Signed by King George III (England) and the US. Ended the Revolutionary War.
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On the Origin of Species
1859 AD (Modern Era: Age of Imperialism) Written by Charles Darwin.
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American Civil War
1861 AD (Modern Era: Age of Imperialism) War ended in 1865 AD.

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