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  Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493
  Reign of King Henry VIII (England), 1509-1547
  Birth of Edward VI (England), October 12, 1537
  Death of Queen Jane Seymour (England), October 24, 1573
  The Battle of Glenlivet (Scotland), October 3, 1594
  Signing of the Mayflower Compact, U.S., November 11, 1620
  Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
  Roger Williams' Letter to the People of Providence, RI, 1648
  Maryland Toleration Act, 1649
  Father Marquette, The First White Man to Visit LaSalle, Illinois, 1673
  Salem Witch Trials, 1692
  Witchcraft Trials of Robert Calef, 1697, 1700
  John Wise, A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches, 1717
  Benjamin Banneker, 1731-1806
  Trial of John Peter Zenger, U.S., 1735
  Céloron de Blainville, possession of the Ohio Valley, 1749
  Braddock's Expedition, 1755
  Establishment of Pittsburgh, Novermber 27, 1758.
  James Otis, speech against Writs of Assistance, 1761
  Battle of Bushy Run, August, 1763
  French and Indian War, 1754-1763
  Starved Rock Massacre, Massacre of the Illini Indian Tribe, Illinois, 1764
  James Otis, The Rights of British Colonists Asserted and Proved, 1764
  Patrick Henry, The Virginia Resolves, May 29-30, 1765
  Colonel Isaac Barre, Sons of Liberty Speech, March 1765
  Benjamin Franklin's Testimony Before the House of Commons, 1766
  Stamp Act, 1765-1766
  Boston Massacre, MA, March 5, 1770
  Townshend Acts, 1767-1770
  Boston Tea Party, MA, December 16, 1773
  Battle of Point Pleasant, WV, October 10, 1774
  Intolerable Acts, 1774
  American Colonial Period (pre-1775)
  Patrick Henry, Second Virginia Convention of Delegates, 1775
  Nomination of Washington as Commander-in-Chief, June 14th, 1775
  Battle of Bunker Hill, MA, June 17, 1775
  Development of American Democracy 1776-1820s
  Thomas Paine, Common Sense pamphlet, January 1776
  Battle of Trenton, NJ, December 26, 1776
  Surrender at Saratoga, NY, October 17, 1777
  Sinking of the Bonhomme Richard, September 25, 1779
  Benedict Arnold turns traitor, September 1780
  Surrender at Yorktown, VA, October 19, 1781
  Battle of Yorktown, VA, October 1781
  Thomas Paine, The American Crisis pamphlets, 1776- 1783
  American Revolution, 1775-1783
  Exploration and Discovery of Alaska, 1786-1897
  1st President, George Washington, 1789-1797
  The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860
  The Statehood of Vermont, March 4, 1791
  Battle of the Wabash, November 4, 1791
  Sojourner (Isabella ) Truth, 1797-1883
  Presidential Election of 1800
  3rd President, Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
  Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803-1806
  Presidential Election of 1808
  The Bombardment of Fort McHenry, 1812
  Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813
  Battle at Stonington, Connecticut, August 9th, 1814
  Battle of Plattsburgh Bay, September 6-11, 1814
  War of 1812
  Presidential Election of 1816
  Frederick Douglass, 1817-1895
  5th President, James Monroe, 1817-1825
  Harriet Tubman, 1820-1913
  Presidential Election of 1824
  Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
  6th President, John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
  The Miramichi Fire, 1825
  The Erie Canal, 1825 - Present
  First Norwegian People to Come to America, 1825
  Presidential Election of 1828
  7th President, Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
  The Underground Railroad, 1830s-1860s
  President Andrew Jackson re-elected, 1832
  Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, TX, 1836
  Presidential Election of 1836
  Texas War for Independence, 1835-1836
  8th President, Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
  Pastry War (Guerra de los pasteles); Invasion of Mexico by France, 1838
  Aroostook War, 1839-1839
  Talton Hall, (1840-1892)
  Presidential Election of 1840
  9th President, William Henry Harrison, 1841
  10th President, John Tyler, 1841-1845
  Presidential Election of 1844
  11th President, James K. Polk, 1845-1849
  Annexation of Texas, 1845
  Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920
  Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
  Presidential Election of 1848
  Free Soil Movement
  12th President, Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
  California Gold Rush, 1849
  13th President, Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
  Presidential Election of 1852
  14th President, Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
  Presidential Election of 1856
  15th President, James Buchanan, 1857-1861
  Great Police Fight and Riot at City Hall, New York City, June 15, 1857
  Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boys Gang Fight/Riot in Manhattan, New York City, July 4, 1857
  Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858
  Harpers Ferry Raid, VA, October 16, 1859
  Presidential Election of 1860
  American Labor Movement, 1860-1980
  Alfred E. Hicks, trial for murder, 1860
  16th President, Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
  Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, December 13, 1862
  Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)
  Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862
  Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)
  Presidential Election of 1864
  U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
  Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865
  Confederacy formed, February 4, 1861
  Murder of Laura Foster by Tom Dooley, Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1866
  Presidential Election of 1868
  Puerto Rican Independence Movement
  Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, 1866-1869
  18th President, Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877
  Construction of the Big Bend Tunnel, West Virginia, 1870-1872
  Westfield Disaster, Ferry crash, July 1871
  Construction of the Swannanoa Tunnel, North Carolina, 1874-1879
  Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
  Presidential Election of 1876
  Brooklyn Theater Fire, December 5, 1876
  Reconstruction, 1865-1877
  19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881
  American Industrial Era, 1880s-1930
  Presidential Election of 1880
  Santa Fe Trail, 1821 - 1880
  20th President, James A. Garfield, 1881
  Alfred Packer, Convicted of Cannibalism,1883
  Presidential Election of 1884
  22nd President, Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
  Presidential Election of 1888
  23rd President, Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
  Wreck on the C & O Railroad near Hinton, West Virginia, October 23, 1890
  Coal Creek Rebellion, July 14, 1891
  Presidential Election of 1892
  Homestead Strike, Homestead, PA, June 30th-November 20th, 1892
  24th President, Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
  The Cotton States and International Exposition, September 18, 1895
  Brooklyn Trolley Strike, 1895
  Presidential Election of 1896
  Presidential Term of William McKinley, 1897-1901
  25th President, William McKinley, 1897-1901
  Sinking of the USS Maine (ACR-1), February 15,1898
  American Settlement of Alaska, 1898-1941
  American Frontier and Westward Expansion, pre-1890s
  19th Century Immigration, 1800 - 1899
  Early 20th Century Immigration, pre-World War II, 1900-1945
  Galveston Hurricane, September 8, 1900
  Presidential Election of 1900
  26th President, Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
  Assassination of William McKinley, Sept. 6, 1901
  Wreck of Southern Railroad Train 97, Monroe, Virginia, September 27, 1903
  Presidential Election of 1904
  Presidential Election of 1908
  National Negro Convention, 1909
  27th President, William H. Taft, 1909-1913
  Titanic sinks, April 15, 1912
  Sinking of the RMS Titanic, April 14, 1912
  Presidential Election of 1912
  28th President, Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
  Ludlow Massacre, CO, April 20, 1914
  World War I, 1914-1918
  Joe Hill, Trial and Execution for murder in Salt Lake City, 1915
  Easter Uprising, April 14, 1916
  Presidential Election of 1916
  Prohibition, 1919-1933
  Arrest and Trial of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 1920
  Presidential Election of 1920
  29th President, Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923
  30th President, Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
  Virginian Railway Strike, 1923
  Presidential Election of 1924
  Aimee MacPherson, reported abduction of, 1926
  Wreck of Southern Railroad Train 101 (The Royal Palm), Rockmart, Georgia, December 23, 1926
  Execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vinzetti, August 23, 1927
  Presidential Election of 1928
  31st President, Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933
  The Dust Bowl, 1930s
  Plight of the American Farmer, 1930-1950
  The Search for Albert Johnson, December 1931- January 1932, British Columbia, Canada
  Presidential Election of 1932
  Roane County Strike at Harriman, Tennessee, October 26, 1933
  32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945
  Presidential Election of 1936
  Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
  World War II, 1939-1945
  Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1939
  Presidential Election of 1940
  Great Depression, 1929-1941
  Sinking of the USS Reuben James, October 31, 1941
  Auschwitz Mass Gassing Begins, January 1942
  D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944
  Presidential Election of 1944
  Liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, January 26, 1945
  33rd President, Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
  Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
  Presidential Election of 1948
  Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-
  Presidential Election of 1952
  Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
  34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961
  Sinking of the C. P. Yorke, December 1954
  Murder of Emmett Till, Greenwood, MS, 1955
  Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, AL, December 1955
  Desegregation of Schools, Little Rock, AR, September 2-September 25, 1957
  Alaskan Statehood, January 3, 1959
  Lunch Counter Sit-ins, U.S. South, 1960
  Nashville Lunch-Counter Desegregation Sit-ins, February-April 1960
  Presidential Election of 1960
  Communist Resistance Movement, 1948-1960
  Freedom Rides, U.S. South, 1960
  35th President, John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963
  Albany Movement to desegregate Albany, GA, 1961-1962
  Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969
  Bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL, September 15, 1963
  Governor George Wallace attempts to oppose integration of University of Alabama, June 11, 1963
  Assassination of Medgar Wiley Evers, June 12, 1963
  Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963
  Protest Movement of the Vietnam War, 1963-1975
  Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964
  Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964
  Women's Liberation Movement, 1964-1980
  Civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi, June 21, 1964
  Presidential Election of 1964
  Civil Rights Act Passed, U.S., July 2, 1964
  Deacons for Defense and Justice, founded 1965
  U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965
  U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-
  Black Panther Party founded, 1966
  Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1968
  Presidential Election of 1968
  Tet Offensive, Vietnam, January 30-31, 1968
  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
  37th President, Richard M. Nixon, 1969-1974
  First Moon Landing, July 20, 1969
  Angela Davis (member: Black Panther Party) arrested, New York
  Kent State University Riot, May 4, 1970
  Riot in Augusta, GA, May 11, 1970
  Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1972
  American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD, February 27, 1973
  38th President, Gerald R. Ford, 1974-1977
  Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
  Black Power Movement, 1966-1975
  Watergate Scandal, 1972-1975
  Presidential Election of 1976
  39th President, Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981
  Presidential Election of 1980
  40th President, Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989
  Presidential Election of 1988
  41st President, George H. W. Bush, 1989-1993
  Cold War, 1945-1989
  Presidential Election of 1992
  42nd President, William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001
  Presidential Election of 1996