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Chronological Timeline
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World War I (1914–1918)
Imperial, territorial, and economic rivalries led to the “Great War” between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey) and the Allies (U.S., Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro, Portugal, Italy, and Japan). About 10 million combatants killed, 20 million wounded.
2010
World War II (1939–1945)
1492
1513
Burj Khalifa (formerly called Burj Dubai),
United Arab Emirates (2,716 feet (828 meters),
160 stories)
Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) versus Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia).
Christopher Columbus, financed by Spain, makes the first of four voyages to the New World. He lands in the Bahamas (Oct. 12).
Spanish explorer Juan
Ponce de León lands on the
coast of Florida
1237-1240
The Mongols (Tatars) under
Batu Khan, invade, devastate Russia
70,000 B.C.
600 Million B.C.
Neanderthal man (use of fire and advanced tools).
Earliest date to which fossils can be traced.
1565
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Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, becomes the first permanent European colony in North America.
1615
By Justin Wright
1169
1619 The first African
slaves arrive in Virginia.
Prince Andrei Bogolubsky moves capital to Vladimir, near Moscow
3 Billion B.C.
First signs of primeval life
(bacteria and blue-green algae)
appear in oceans.
1790
1785
Chronological Timeline
September 11, 2001 - 8:45 a.m.
1793 Eli Whitney's invention of the
cotton gin greatly increases the demand for slave labor.
1787 Slavery is made illegal in the
Northwest Territory. The U.S
Constitution
states that Congress may not ban
the slave trade until 1808.
American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to
Los Angeles with 92 people onboard,
crashes into the north tower of the
World Trade Center in New York City