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MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
BEGINS AT THE RIO GRANDE
RIVER (APRIL 25, 1846)MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
ENDS IN GUADALUPE HIDALGO
WITH THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
(FEBRUARY 2, 1848)WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
TAKES OFFICE AND DIES
A MONTH LATER
(MARCH 4, 1841- APRIL 4, 1841)BATTLE OF THE
ALAMO FOUGHT
(MARCH 6, 1836) IN
SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR,
KILLING ALL THE TEXIANS
AND TEJANOS INSIDE.BATTLE OF
SAN JACINTO FOUGHT
(APRIL 21, 1836)
THE TEXIANS DEFEAT
THE MEXICAN FORCES1845 ANNEXATION OF TEXAS
TEXAS IS ANNEXED
INTO THE UNITED STATES
AS A SLAVE STATE
(DECEMBER 29, 1845)INDIAN REMOVAL
ACT SIGNED INTO LAW
BY PRESIDENT
ANDREW JACKSON
(MAY 30, 1830)QUEEN VICTORIA OF ENGLAND
MARRIED PRINCE ALBERT
OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA
(FEBRUARY 10, 1840)THE DONNER PARTY
BECOMES STRANDED
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SIERRA NEVADA AND RESORT TO
CANNIBALISM.
(DECEMBER OF 1846)ABRAHAM LINCOLN
BECOMES PART OF THE
US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.KING EDWARD VII
IS BORN
(NOVEMBER 9, 1841)VICTORIA, PRINCESS ROYAL,
BECOMES GERMAN EMPRESS
AND QUEEN CONSORT
OF PRUSSIA
(MARCH 9, 1888-
JUNE 15, 1888)FREDERICK III
OF PRUSSIA DIES
(JUNE 15, 1888)LOUIS XIX ANTOINE
IS KING OF FRANCE
(HIS REIGN LASTS FOR
20 MINUTES)
(AUGUST 2, 1830)FRANCO-PRUSSIAN
WAR BEGINS
(JULY 19, 1870)FRANCO-PRUSSIAN
WAR ENDS
(MAY 10, 1871)HENRY V
IS KING OF FRANCE
(AUGUST 2, 1830-
AUGUST 9, 1830)LOUIS-PHILIPPE II
(OR PHILIPPE VII)
IS KING OF FRANCE
(FEBRUARY 24, 1848- FEBRUARY 26, 1848)ALFONSO XII
DEPOSES HIS
MOTHER ISABELLA II
FROM THE SPANISH THRONEZACHARY TAYLOR'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1849-
JULY 9, 1850)ZACHARY TAYLOR
DIES (JULY 9, 1850)FILLMORE SIGNS
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
ACT INTO LAW
(SEPTEMBER 18, 1850)THE WAR OF 1812
ENDS WITH THE TREATY
OF PARIS
(FEBRUARY 18, 1815)FORMER PRESIDENTS
JOHN ADAMS AND
THOMAS JEFFERSON DIE
(JULY 4, 1826)CHARLES J. GUITEAU
SHOOTS PRESIDENT
JAMES GARFIELD
(JULY 2, 1881)PRESIDENT GARFIELD
DIES OF HIS INJURIES
(SEPTEMBER 19, 1881)ACTOR JOHN WILKES BOOTH
SHOOTS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM
LINCOLN IN FORD'S THEATRE'
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(APRIL 14, 1865)ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS PRONOUNCED DEAD
(APRIL 15, 1865)ABRAHAM LINCOLN
DELIVERS HIS 2-MINUTE (272 WORD)
GETTYSBURG
ADDRESS SPEECH
(NOVEMBER 19, 1863)ANDREW JOHNSON
IS IMPEACHED AND NEARLY
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
(FEBRUARY 24, 1868)CONFEDERATE GENERAL
ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERS
TO UNION GENERAL ULYSSES
GRANT AT APPOMATTOX HOUSE
(APRIL 9, 1865)KING GEORGE III DIES
(JANUARY 29, 1820)HOUSE OF HANOVER DISSOLVED
(SEPTEMBER 20, 1866)NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S
SECOND REIGN AS
EMPEROR NAPOLEON I
(MARCH 20, 1815-
JUNE 22, 1815)NAPOLEON IS DEFEATED
AT THE BATTLE OF
WATERLOO
(JUNE 22, 1815)JOHN ADAM'S
PRESIDENCY COMES
TO AN END
(MARCH 3, 1801)THE WAR OF
1812 BEGINS
(JUNE 8, 1812)DEATH OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
FIRST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
(JULY 12, 1804)AMERICAN REPUBLIC
ESTABLISHED AND GEORGE
WASHINGTON IS INAUGURATED
ON APRIL 30THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE
BEGINS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
(OCTOBER 8,1871)LAKOTA CHIEF
SITTING BULL DIES
OF A GUNSHOT
WOUND (DECEMBER 15, 1890)JAMES GARFIELD'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1881-
SEPTEMBER 19, 1881)KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA DISSOLVED
(NOVEMBER 9, 1918)DUAL MONARCHY (AUSTRO-
HUNGARAIAN EMPIRE)
DISSOLVED
(NOVEMBER 12, 1918)U.S. PRESIDENT
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
IS ASSASSINATED
(SEPTEMBER 14, 1901)THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND
IS MERGED WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN, CREATING THE KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
(JANUARY 1, 1800)IRELAND DECLARES
INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT
BRITAIN,
(DECEMBER 6, 1922)ADOLF HITLER
COMMITS SUICIDE
(APRIL 30, 1945)U.S. PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN
ORDERS THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
TO BE DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA
(AUGUST 6, 1945)TRUMAN ORDERS THE SECOND
BOMB TO BE DROPPED ON NAGASAKI
(AUGUST 9, 1945)JAPAN REJECTS THE
POTSDAM DECLARATION
(JULY 25, 1945)EMMA LAZARUS WRITES
"THE NEW COLOSSUS"
(NOVEMBER 2, 1883)MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
IS ASSASSINATED
(APRIL 3, 1968)SENATOR
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
IS ASSASSINATED
(JUNE 6, 1968)JOHN F. KENNEDY
IS ASSASSINATED
(NOVEMBER 22, 1963SOUTH VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT
NGO DINH DIEM IS ASSASSINATED
(NOVEMBER 1, 1963)MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
GIVE HIS "I HAVE DREAM SPEECH
IN WASHINGTON, D.C
(AUGUST 28, 1963)US. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
(1981-1989) GIVES HIS FAMOUS
BERLIN WALL SPEECH
(JUNE 12, 1987)RUSSIAN INVASION
OF UKRAINE BEGINS
(FEBURARY 24, 2022)CDC CONFIRMS
FIRST U.S. CORONAVIRUS CASE
(JANUARY 21, 2019)START OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
(JANUARY 1, 2001- DECEMBER 31, 2100)
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AND BEGINNING OF THE THIRD MILLENIUM
(JANUARY 1, 2001- DECEMBER 31, 3000)START OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
(JANUARY 1, 1901- DECEMBER 31, 2000)START OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
(JANUARY 1, 1801- DECEMBER 31, 1900)THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSES
(DECEMBER 25, 1991)THE EUROPEAN UNION
(EU) IS FORMED
(NOVEMBER 1, 1993)THE NORTH ATANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
(NATO) IS FORMED
(APRIL 4, 1949)WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
IS FOUNDED
(JANUARY 1, 1995)THE 9/11 ATTACKS
THE TWIN TOWERS ARE
ATTACKED BY FLIGHTS 11
AND 175
THE NORTH TOWER GOES DOWN
FIRST, THEN THE SOUTH TOWER. THE PLANES
ARE HIJACKED BY MEMBERS OF AL-QAEDA.
A THIRD PLANE CRASHES INTO THE PENTAGON,
THEN A FOURTH IS CRASHED INTO A FIELD IN
SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. 2,977 PEOPLE WERE
KILLED AND THE 19-HIJACKERS COMMITTED
MURDER-SUICIDE.
(SEPTEMBER 11, 2001)SCHOOL SHOOTING
OCCURS AT ROBB ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN UVALDE, TEXAS
(MAY 24, 2022)STORMING OF
THE CAPITOL
(JANUARY 6, 2021)KING LOUIS XVI
IS BEHEADED
(JANUARY 21, 1793)DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE SIGNED
(JULY 2, 1776)ARTICLES OF
CONFEDERATION ADOPTED
(NOVEMBER 15, 1777)HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE DISSOLVED
(CHRISTMAS 800- AUGUST 6, 1806)BOSTON MASSACRE
5 PEOPLE KILLED
(MARCH 5, 1770)BATTLE OF LEXINGTON
AND CONCORD
(APRIL 18-19, 1775)LOUISIANA PURCHASE DOUBLES
SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES
(JULY 4, 1803)"ANNO DOMINI"
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
(JESUS CHRIST)
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BEGINNING OF THE FIRST CENTURY
(JANUARY 1, 1 AD- DECEMBER 31, 100 AD
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BEGINNING OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM
(JANUARY 1, 1 AD- DECEMBER 31, 1000 ADKING GEORGE III BORN
(JUNE 4, 1738)CHARLES I
DISMISSES PARLIAMENT
(MARCH 2, 1629)CHARLES I OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
IS BEHEADED
(JANUARY 30, 1649)BATTLE OF WORCESTER
(SEPTEMBER 3, 1651)MONMOUTH REBELLION
(MAY 1685- JULY 1685)JAMES SCOTT,
1ST DUKE OF MONMOUTH,
IS BEHEADED FOR TREASON
(JULY 15, 1685)BIRTH OF
JAMES VIII AND III
"THE OLD PRETENDER"
(JUNE 10, 1688)PLYMOUTH COLONY
ARRIVES AT PROVINCETOWN
(NOVEMBER 11, 1620)START OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
(JANUARY 1, 1701- DECEMBER 31, 1800START OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
(JANUARY 1, 1601- DECEMBER 31, 1700)LADY JANE GREY
QUEEN OF ENGLAND
AND IRELAND
(JULY 10-19, 1553)Periods
JAMES KNOX POLK
BEGINS HIS PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1845- MARCH 3, 1849)QUEEN VICTORIA'S REIGN
(MAY 20, 1837- JANUARY 22, 1901)
Queen Victoria was the last
British monarch reigning over
the House of Hanover.ANDREW JACKSON
BEGINS HIS TERM AS PRESIDENT
(MARCH 4, 1829- MARCH 3, 1837)MARTIN VAN BUREN'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1837- MARCH 3, 1841)JOHN TYLER'S
PRESIDENCY
(JULY 6, 1841- MARCH 3, 1845)FERDINAND I
IS EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA
(MARCH 2, 1835- DECEMBER 2, 1848)
Ferdinand was also King of Hungary,
Bohemia, Croatia and Lombardy-Venetia.FERDINAND VII
IS KING OF SPAIN
(DECEMBER 11, 1813-
SEPTEMBER 29, 1833)ISABELLA II
IS QUEEN OF SPAIN
(SEPTEMBER 29, 1833-
SEPTEMBER 30, 1868)
(Disputed by her uncle,
the Infante Carlos)LOUIS PHILIPPE I
IS KING OF FRANCE
(AUGUST 9, 1830-
FEBRUARY 24, 1848)LOUIS XVIII
IS KING OF FRANCE
(JULY 7, 1815- SEPTEMBER 16, 1824)CHARLES X
IS KING OF FRANCE
(SEPTEMBER 16, 1824-
AUGUST 2, 1830)FRANZ JOSEPH I
IS EMPEROR OF THE
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
(DECEMBER 2, 1848-
NOVEMBER 21, 1916)ALFONSO XII
IS KING OF SPAIN
(DECEMBER 29, 1874-
NOVEMBER 25, 1885)NAPOLEON III
IS EMPEROR OF FRANCE
(DECEMBER 2, 1852-
SEPTEMBER 4, 1870)MILLARD FILLMORE'S
PRESIDENCY
(JULY 10, 1850-
MARCH 3, 1853)ALFONSO XIII
IS KING OF SPAIN
(MAY 17, 1886-
APRIL 14, 1931)LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
IS PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
(DECEMBER 20, 1848-
DECEMBER 2, 1852)JAMES MONROE'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1817-
MARCH 3, 1825)JOHN QUINCY ADAMS'
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1825-
MARCH 3, 1829)ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1861-
APRIL 15, 1865)
Vice president: Hannibal Hamlin
(1861- 1865)
2nd term: Andrew Johnson
(1865)ANDREW JOHNSON'S
PRESIDENCY
(APRIL 15, 1865-
MARCH 3, 1869AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
(APRIL 12, 1861-
APRIL 9, 1865)FRANKLIN PIERCE'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1853-
MARCH 3, 1857)CHRISTIAN IX
IS KING OF DENMARK
(NOVEMBER 15, 1863-
JANUARY 29, 1906)
DUKE OF SCHLESWIG, HOLESTEIN,
AND LAUENBURGLEOPOLD I
IS THE FIRST KING
OF BELGIUM
(JULY 21, 1831-
DECEMBER 10, 1865KING GEORGE IV'S REIGN
(JANUARY 29, 1820-
JUNE 26, 1830)JAMES BUCHANAN'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1857-
MARCH 3, 1861)JOSEPH-
NAPOLEON IS
KING OF NAPLES
(MARCH 30, 1806-
JUNE 6, 1808)JOSEPH-NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE IS KING
OF SPAIN
(JUNE 6, 1808- DECEMBER 11, 1813)THOMAS JEFFERSON'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1801-
MARCH 3, 1809)
Vice presidents: Aaron Burr (1801-1805)
2nd term vice: George Clinton (1805-1809)CHARLES IV
IS KING OF SPAIN
(DECEMBER 14, 1788-
MARCH 19, 1808)GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENCY
(APRIL 30 1789- MARCH 3, 1797)FRENCH REVOLUTION
(MAY 5, 1789-
NOVEMBER 9 ,1799)JOHN ADAM'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1797-
MARCH 3, 1801)NICHOLAS II
(NIKOLAI II ALEXANDROVICH ROMANOV)
IS CZAR OF RUSSIA,
KING OF CONGRESS POLAND
AND GRAND DUKE OF FINLAND
(NOVEMBER 1, 1894- MARCH 15, 1917)ALEXANDER III
IS EMPEROR OF RUSSIA,
KING OF CONGRESS POLAND
AND GRAND DUKE OF FINLAND
(MARCH 13, 1881- NOVEMBER 1,1894)ULYSSES GRANT'S
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1869-
MARCH 3, 1877)RUTHERFORD B. HAYES'
PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1877-
MARCH 3, 1881)WILHELM (WILLIAM) I
IS KING OVER PRUSSIA
(JANUARY 2, 1861-
MARCH 9, 1888)WILHELM (WILLIAM) I
IS EMPEROR OF GERMANY
(JANUARY 18, 1871-
MARCH 9, 1888)WILHELM (WILLIAM) I
IS EMPEROR OF RUSSIA,
KING OF CONGRESS POLAND
AD GRAND DUKE OF FINLAND
(JANUARY 2, 1861-KING EDWARD VII,
KING OF ENGLAND
(JANUARY 22, 1901- MAY 6, 1910)THE GREAT WAR
(JULY 28, 1914- NOVEMBER 11, 1918)KING GEORGE V
IS KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
(MAY 6, 1910- JANUARY 20, 1936)THE GREAT DEPRESSION
(AUGUST 1929-1939)THE VIETNAM WAR
(NOVEMBER 1, 1955- APRIL 30, 1975)WORLD WAR 2
(SEPTEMBER 1, 1939- SEPTEMBER 2, 1945)FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S 'S PRESIDENCY
(MARCH 4, 1933-
APR 12, 1945)HIROHITO
IS EMPEROR OF JAPAN
(DECEMBER 25, 1926-
JANUARY 7, 1989)REIGN OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
(FEBRUARY 6, 1952- SEPTEMBER 8, 2022)THE COLD WAR
(MARCH 12, 1947-
DECEMBER 26, 1991)GULF
WARTHE HOLOCAUST
(1933-1945)KING
EDWA
RD VIII
JAN.20
-DEC.11
1936REIGN OF KING
GEORGE VI
(DECEMBER 11, 1936- FEBRUARY 6, 1952)IMPE
ACH
MENT
OF
NIXONPRESIDENT JOHN F.
KENNEDY
(JANUARY 20, 1961-
NOVEMBER 22, 1963)THE SECOND BOER
WAR
(OCTOBER 11, 1899-
MAY 31, 1902)
FIRST BOER WAR
FOUGHT 1880-1881EMPIRE
STATE
BUILDING
(MAR.17
1930-
APR.11
1931IRAQ WAR
(MARCH 20, 2003- DECEMEBER 15, 2011)YEMEN CONFLICT
(SEPTEMBER 16, 2014- PRESENT)SYRIA CONFLICT
(MARCH 15, 2011- PRESENT)WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
(OCTOBER 7, 2001- AUGUST 30, 2021)KING LOUIS XVI
IS KING OF FRANCE
(MAY 10, 1774- SEPTEMBER 21, 1792)AMERICAN REVOLUTION
(APRIL 18, 1775- JANUARY 14, 1784)KING LOUIS XV
IS KING OF FRANCE
(SEPTEMBER 1, 1715- MAY 10, 1774)KING GEORGE III,
KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND
(OCTOBER 25, 1760- JANUARY 29, 1820)KING GEORGE II,
KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND
(JUNE 11, 1727- OCTOBER 25, 1760)MARIA THERESA,
HOLY ROMAN EMPRESS
(SEPTEMBER 13, 1745- NOVEMBER 29, 1780)MARIA THERESA,
QUEEN OF BOHEMIA
(MAY 12, 1743- NOVEMBER 29, 1780)MARIA THERESA,
ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA,
QUEEN OF HUNGARY AND CROATIA
(OCTOBER 20, 1740- NOVEMBER 29, 1780)KING JAMES
I OF ARAGON
(SEPTEMBER 12, 1213- JULY 27, 1276)FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
(MAY 28, 1754- FEBRUARY 10, 1763)KING JAMES VI AND I,
KING OF SCOTLAND
(CROWN OF SCOTLAND)
(JULY 24, 1567- MARCH 27, 1625)KING LOUIS XIV,
KING OF FRANCE
(MAY 14, 1643- SEPTEMBER 1, 1715)KING JAMES VI AND I,
KING OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
(UNION OF CROWNS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND)
(MARCH 24, 1603- MARCH 27, 1625)CHARLES I,
KING OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
(MARCH 27, 1625- JANUARY 30, 1649)OLIVER CROMWELL,
LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND
(DECEMBER 16, 1653- SEPTEMBER 3, 1658CHARLES II,
KING OF SCOTLAND
(JANUARY 30, 1649-
SEPTEMBER 3, 1651)KING CHARLES II
IS KING OF
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND
(MAY 29, 1660- FEBRUARY 6, 1685)JAMES VII AND II,
KING OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND,
AND IRELAND
(FEBRUARY 6, 1685- DECEMBER
23, 1688)GLORY
REVOLUT-
ION OF
1688WILLIAM II AND III,
KING OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND,
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STADHOLDER OF HOLLAND, ZEELAND,
UTRECHT, GUELDERS, AND OVERIJSSEL,
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PRINCE OF ORANGE
(1689- MARCH 8, 1702)CO-REIGN OF QUEEN MARY II
(1689- DECEMBER 28, 1694)ANNE, QUEEN OF
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND
(MARCH 8, 1702- MAY 1, 1707)
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QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
(MAY 1, 1707- AUGUST 1, 1714)GEORGE I,
KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND
(AUGUST 1, 1714- JUNE 11, 1727)
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ELECTOR OF BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG
(JANUARY 23, 1698- JUNE 11, 1727)METACOMET'S (KING PHILIP'S)
WAR (JUNE 20, 1675- APRIL 12,
1678)KING HENRY VIII
KING OF ENGLAND AND
LORD/KING OF IRELAND
(APRIL 22, 1509- JANUARY 28, 1547)KING EDWARD VI
KING OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND
(JANUARY 28, 1547- JULY 6, 1553)
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