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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

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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

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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

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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

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1492 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

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Castilla de Oro

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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

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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

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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

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1520 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

King Henry VIII (England) and King Francis I (France) meet.

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Pizarro & the Incas

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1531 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

Francisco Pizarro (Spain) conquers the Inca Empire in Peru.

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Church of England

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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

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1541 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River.

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Roanoke Colony founded

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1585 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

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Acadia colony founded

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1604 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

Quebec, Canada. Founded by the French.

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Gun Powder Plot

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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

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1607 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

Jamestown, Virginia, is founded by the English.

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Sante Fe founded

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1610 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded by the Spanish.

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Fort Nassau founded

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1615 AD (Early Modern Era: European Renaissance)

Fort Nassau (Albany, NY) founded by the Dutch.

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Great Fire of London

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1666 AD (Early Modern Era: The Enlightenment)

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Glorious Revolution

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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1859 AD (Modern Era: Age of Imperialism)

Written by Charles Darwin.

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American Civil War

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1861 AD (Modern Era: Age of Imperialism)

War ended in 1865 AD.

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